No. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (Nhsta), Tesla Faced a Software-Based Recall That Elon Musk Blames the “Fun Police. ” the...
No. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHSTA), Tesla faced a software-based recall that Elon Musk blames the “fun police.” The NHSTA is unhappy that Tesla allowed drivers to play sounds like a fart noise on an external speaker.
Does a Tesla have a fart button?
Tesla is recalling over 500,000 vehicles in the United States due to its Boombox feature, a 2020 update that allows drivers to play sounds such a bleating goat or a fart noise outside the vehicle. The Boombox feature allowed drivers to play preset or custom sounds from an external speaker while the vehicle is moving.
Federal officials said it's a safety issue for pedestrians who might not interpret those sounds as a proper warning. The affected vehicles are the 2020 through 2022 Model S, Model X and Model Y, but it also applies to some earlier Model 3s. Tesla will release a firmware update to disable the feature.
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