Tesla's Boombox feature seems to have caught the attention of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) again, with a new safety recall report showing that the Boombox feature on Tesla vehicles when using summon or smart summons may be risky because it allows users to play custom sounds (sounds emitted using the Boombox feature may be identified by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) as obscuring or preventing PWS compliance). FMVSS 141 protocol, which may lead to an increased risk of vehicle collisions).
Under NHTSA regulations, they have set special requirements for pedestrian alarm sounds for electric vehicles such as Tesla that prohibit manufacturers from altering or modifying the sound emitted by their vehicle Pedestrian Warning System (PWS), which is designed to make the presence of electric vehicles more apparent, and after this incident, NHTSA estimates that about 594,717 Model 3, Model Y, Model S and Model X may be affected.
In its remediation plan for the security recall notification for the incident, Tesla said it had released a wireless software update that would disable Boombox when their vehicle was in driving, neutral or reversing, and that tesla would ban some owners who did not have the feature, even if they later opted to purchase or subscribe to Summon or Smart Summon.