Federal safety regulators are mulling a probe after Tesla owners complained that their cars were stopping for no reason.
The issue may stem from Tesla's automatic braking feature hitting the brakes when there is no need to do so. A spokesperson for the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said the agency"is aware of complaints received about forward collision avoidance and is reviewing them through our risk-based evaluation process.""If the data show that a risk may exist, NHTSA will act immediately," the spokesperson said.
Earlier this week, the EV maker was forced to recall all 53,822 of its vehicles equipped with the"full self-driving" feature because the software was intentionally programmed to slowly roll through stop signs in some scenarios.Last year, NHTSA also forced Tesla to disable a feature that allowed occupants to play video games on the dashboard computer screen while the car was in motion.
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