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On April 7, the State Administration for Market Regulation issued a recall notice, Tesla Motors (Beijing) Co., Ltd. and Tesla (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. in accordance with the requirements of the Regulations on the Administration of the Recall of Defective Automobile Products and the Implementation Measures for the Administration of the Recall of Defective Automobile Products, decided to recall from now on some imported and domestically produced Model 3 electric vehicles from January 11, 2019 to January 25, 2022, with a total of 127785 (including imported Models). 3 cars 34207 units, domestic Model 3 cars 93578 units).
According to the official website, there may be slight manufacturing differences in the power semiconductor components of the rear motor inverter of the vehicles within the scope of this recall, and the difference in component manufacturing after some vehicles have been used for a period of time may cause the rear inverter to fail, resulting in the inverter not being able to control the current normally. This failure occurs when the vehicle is in a parked state, which will cause the vehicle to fail to start; this failure occurs when the vehicle is in a driving state, which will cause the vehicle to lose driving power, and in extreme cases, it may increase the risk of collision of the vehicle, and there is a safety hazard.
In view of the above defects, Tesla Motors (Beijing) Co., Ltd. and Tesla (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. will upgrade the motor control software for the vehicles within the scope of the recall through the vehicle remote upgrade (OTA) technology; for vehicles that cannot be recalled through the car remote upgrade (OTA) technology, the relevant users will be contacted through the service center to upgrade the motor control software for the vehicle, so as to closely monitor the rear motor inverter of the vehicle, and timely replace the rear inverter with related failures free of charge to eliminate safety hazards.
The recall was carried out in the context of the state administration for market regulation to initiate a defect investigation. Affected by the investigation, Tesla Motors (Beijing) Co., Ltd. and Tesla (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. decided to take recall measures to eliminate potential safety hazards. Tesla reminds: Before the vehicle recall upgrade software, users should drive the vehicle cautiously and contact the Tesla service center for maintenance as soon as possible after the recall begins to be implemented.
It is worth mentioning that yesterday there were car owners exposing this problem. In the Tesla Model 3 car friend circle, a Model 3 owner revealed that he encountered a thrilling scene of a "vehicle sudden stop accident" while driving on the highway. According to the owner's self-report, this Model 3 is the premise of this year's New Year's Day, before the accident the vehicle at a speed of 100 yards in the tunnel, without warning the central control screen suddenly displayed "the vehicle can not continue to drive, please stop immediately", because there is a vehicle behind the follow-up, in order to prevent the vehicle from suddenly stopping, the owner stepped on the electric door but the vehicle did not respond, its reaction 0.5 seconds after immediately opened the double flash, and continuously changed two lanes, in a short period of time to slow down and parked the vehicle on the emergency lane. The owner said that the co-pilot of the vehicle was sitting with the owner's sister and her three-month-old child, and fortunately the accident did not cause casualties.
The owner said that after the vehicle was parked, he immediately contacted Tesla sales and some staff, but was told that "did not encounter a similar situation", suggested directly call Tesla after-sales, and Tesla after-sales also said that there is "no solution", directly let the owner call the trailer to drag the vehicle to the service center. At present, the Model 3 has been pulled to Tesla's after-sales processing center.
According to the owner's statement, Tesla initially confirmed that the inverter failure led to the occurrence of the accident, and how the inverter caused the vehicle to lose control was not explained. In response to the accident, the owner said that he was unwilling to repair the car and was unwilling to change the car, and has reached a preliminary return request with Tesla, but he is still not satisfied with the amount of the return, and the owner calls 12315 to request further consultations on depreciation fees and loan penalties, etc. If the negotiation does not achieve, he can only agree to Tesla's processing results. For other riders mentioned that it is more cost-effective to change the car, the owner believes that "Tesla is not stupid, will definitely choose to return the car, and he does not dare to open it, hoping to deal with related problems quickly." Finally, the owner said that my luck is really not the kind of luck of hundreds of thousands, the problem may not have exploded on a large scale, and I feel that this batch of cars may soon be required to be recalled.
Comprehensive owner and Tesla's latest recall, the correlation between the two is still relatively high, the above owner's Model 3 in Tesla's recall date, and the reason for the loss of power of the vehicle is pointed to the inverter. According to the official statement, there may be slight manufacturing differences in the rear motor inverter power semiconductor components of the vehicles within the scope of the recall, and the difference in component manufacturing after some vehicles are used for a period of time may cause the rear inverter to fail, resulting in the inverter not being able to control the current normally, but for the above failures, Tesla plans to solve this problem through the OTA method.
The data shows that Tesla delivered 310048 new cars worldwide in the first quarter of 2022, of which 295324 were delivered for the Model 3 and Model Y, and 14,724 were delivered for the Model S and Model X. According to the data of the Association, Tesla's sales in China in January and February 2022 were 59,846 and 56,515 vehicles, respectively, of which 42,546 were delivered in the domestic market, including 7,595 Model 3 and 34,951 Model Y. The recall of domestically produced Model 3 totals 93,578 vehicles, accounting for 62% of the 150,890 Model 3 deliveries in 2021.
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Source: Automotive Industry Concern (ID: autoWechat)