NHTSA has announced a recall of more than 2 million Tesla vehicles due to the small font size of the dashboard warning light.
Although the Cyber Truck is only new, it has already received its first recall. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has issued recall notices for nearly 2.2 million Tesla vehicles manufactured between 2012 and 2024, including each Cybertruck, because the vehicle's dashboard warning light was too small.
The font size displayed on the dashboard of the brake, parking, and anti-lock braking system (ABS) warning lights is incorrect," the recall statement. As a result, these vehicles do not meet the requirements of the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 105 "Hydraulic and Electric Braking Systems" and No. 135 "Braking Systems for Light Vehicles". "
The recall affects a total of 2,193,869 Teslas, equivalent to all Teslas ever sold in the United States.
Because Tesla uses a screen instead of an analog instrument cluster, affected owners don't have to take their cars to a Tesla repair shop for repairs. Instead, Tesla is experimenting with OTA updates to address the issue of the warning lights being too small.
There are a few strange points about this recall, as cars were affected back in 2012, which means that these warning lights have been incorrectly sized for the past decade, how did Tesla not realize this mistake for 12 years? Why Did It Take So Long For NHTSA To Notice? Why is there a legal minimum font size for warning lights?
Thankfully, it would be nice to have an OTA solution to the problem, at least without having to send the vehicle back to the factory. However, for the owners who have just brought the cyber truck home, it may not be very happy news.