Tesla recalls 54,000 vehicles that don't stop at stop signs

Tesla was hit with a safety recall from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) on all of its Full Self-Driving Beta vehicles due to a feature called “rolling stop” that allows vehicles to go through STOP signs without coming to a complete stop.

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The automaker should roll back the feature in an upcoming software update.

NHTSA took issue with the feature, which was first introduced in Tesla's 2020.40.4.10 Full Self-Driving Beta in the initial FSD Beta release in October 2020, but it went largely unnoticed.

The agency met with Tesla to talk about this on January 10, 2022, and a week later they decided to proceed with the voluntary safety recall.

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Here's how the "rolling stop" feature is described in the recall notice:

The “rolling stop” function is designed to allow the vehicle to pass through an intersection at a complete stop without coming to a complete stop when many different operating conditions are met. The required conditions are as follows:

1. The feature must be enabled in the FSD Beta Profile settings
2. The vehicle must be approaching an intersection that has a STOP sign
3. The vehicle must travel at less than 10 kilometers per hour
4. No moving cars are detected near the intersection
5. No pedestrians or cyclists are detected near the intersection
6. There is sufficient visibility for the vehicle while approaching the intersection
7. All roads entering the intersection have a speed limit of 50 kilometers per hour or less.

If all the above conditions are met, only then will the vehicle pass the intersection at a speed of 1 to 10 kilometers without first coming to a complete stop. If any of the above conditions are not met, the function will not be activated and the vehicle will stop normally.

NHTSA specifies that "entering an intersection that has a STOP sign without the vehicle coming to a complete stop may increase the risk of a crash.".

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The recall notice states that it affects 53,822 vehicles.

NHTSA says Tesla will push a new software update that will disable the “rolling stop” feature in FSD Beta.

Tesla had previously complained about having to call it a “recall,” as it is not physically recalling any products and is simply pushing out a new software update.

Source of information: electrek.co