© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Guests carrying face masks test a China-made Tesla Mannequin Y sport utility car (SUV) on the electrical car maker’s showroom in Beijing, China January 5, 2021. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang/File Photograph
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Tesla (NASDAQ:) Inc stated it’s recalling 3,470 2022 by way of 2023 Mannequin Y automobiles in the US as a result of bolts securing the second-row seatback frames could not have been securely tightened, in line with a submitting made public Saturday.
The Nationwide Freeway Visitors Security Administration (NHTSA) stated a unfastened seat body bolt could cut back seat belt system efficiency, growing damage dangers throughout a crash.
Tesla informed NHTSA it has recognized 5 guarantee claims since December which may be associated to the circumstances described above. Tesla stated it was not conscious of any accidents or deaths which may be associated to the recall problem.