The company said it voluntarily agreed to do a recall on Oct. It developed another software update to fix the problem and sent it out on Oct.
24, the company traced the cause to a communication disconnect between two computer chips. That disabled emergency braking on some of the vehicles. In a matter of hours, the company says it canceled further updates or reverted the software to a previous version. Hertz to buy 100,000 Teslas rentals to start in NovemberĬompany documents say Tesla started getting reports from owners the next day about phantom braking.
