Last week, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) showed its distatest for Tesla's Boombox feature.
Last week, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration showed its distaste for Tesla’s Boombox feature. The agency posted a new Safety Recall Notice for 578,607 Tesla vehicles over the serious problem of which sounds pedestrians hear coming from a Tesla. The NHTSA doesn’t like the idea of cars farting at pedestrians.that the recent recall affected 2020–2022 Tesla Model S, 2020–2022 Tesla Model X, 2017–2022 Tesla Model 3, and 2020–2022 Tesla Model Y vehicles.
According to the NHTSA, pedestrians could be unaware of an approaching vehicle if the pedestrian warning system sounds were obscured, and this would increase the risk of a crash. So, if a Tesla owner was to have a song or a different type of sound effect enabled, then a pedestrian may not realize that there is a car behind them making the sound. That is the argument.
The remedy that pleased the NHTSA was for Tesla to perform an over-the-air software update that disabled the Boombox feature when the vehicle is in Drive, Neutral, and Reverse modes. Oh, and although it wasn’t mentioned in the letter, the OTA update had to be labeled a “recall.” I really think the NHTSA is being unnecessarily petty here. If they were truly concerned about safety, they would be concerned aboutIf there’s a “safety recall” for every single OTA update, people will no longer feel a sense of urgency when they hear news of one, and when the time for a real recall arises, no one will take the NHTSA seriously. I think the NHTSA should refocus on safety instead of being petty with Tesla.
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