The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said Thursday that Tesla is recalling 578,607 vehicles in the United States. Under increasing NHTSA scrutiny, Tesla has issued 10 recalls in the past four months.
The recall totaled 578607 units, covering the Model S, Model X, Model Y produced in the U.S. market in 2020-2022 and model 3 produced in 2017-2022. Tesla said it did not find any car accidents, injuries or fatalities related to the recall.
NHTSA said the vehicles did not meet the minimum sound requirements for electric vehicles in the federal motor vehicle safety standards. The noise emitted by these electric vehicles when driving is very small, and pedestrians may not know that a vehicle is approaching, increasing the likelihood of a traffic accident.
Separately, NHTSA argued that the "Boombox" feature violated federal safety standards that require electric vehicles to emit pedestrian warning noise and asked Tesla to disable the feature.
According to the surging news, "Boombox" is an on-board feature that Tesla upgraded during Christmas 2020, which can let drivers change the sound of the car's horn. Owners can choose goat barking, farting and other sounds to replace the normal car horn sound. In addition, car owners can play in-car music through external speakers, and owners can upload five custom songs while driving Tesla, playing their favorite music outside the car while driving Tesla.