By Michael Elkins
American electric vehicle maker, Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) is recalling 321,000 vehicles due to a safety issue. In a filing posted over the weekend on the NHTSA website, the automaker announced that some Tesla Model 3 sedans and Model Y SUVs had an issue that caused the tail lamps to “intermittently illuminate,” meaning poor visibility on the road in some instances. Tesla said the brake lights were not affected by the issue.
Tesla became aware of the issue from owners of cars in non-U.S. markets, and after investigating the issue, decided to perform a voluntary recall in order the fix the taillight malfunction. The recall will be performed via an over-the-air software update.
This latest recall follows another recall last Friday of around 30,000 model X SUVs over a passenger airbag issue, making this latest notice the 19th Tesla recall in the U.S. this year, affecting nearly 3.77 million vehicles. Note that vehicles can be subject to multiple recalls, so the exact number of vehicles affected by a recall this year is smaller than the total amount listed by NHTSA.
Shares of TSLA are down 5.30% in mid-day trading on Monday.