Tesla recalls 120,000 cars over safety concerns, adding to its growing list of issues

Tesla has decided to recall over 120,000 of its vehicles from the market due to a potential safety risk identified by supervision authorities. The identified risk is that the car doors might unexpectedly open during a collision, significantly elevating the risk of passenger injury, as reported by CNN.

The issue specifically affects certain car models manufactured from 2021 to 2023, notably the Model S and Model X, which were released in the United States. In response, the car maker has decided to issue an over-the-air (OTA) software update for the vehicles impacted by this issue.

The decision to recall these vehicles emerged two days after the "Washington Post" published an in-depth investigation. This investigation exposed at least eight severe accidents, including multiple fatalities, in which the Autopilot function should not have been active, as recalled by CNN.

Last year, following a two-year investigation and a series of reports and accidents, the American National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) concluded that the attentiveness monitoring systems in Tesla's autopilot feature are insufficient. The NHTSA examined 956 accidents involving 23 fatalities in which the implicated autopilot was in use. As a result, Tesla had to recall approximately 2 million cars.