Tesla recalls more than 40,000 U.S. cars over possible loss of power steering

Tesla is voluntarily recalling 40,168 2017-2021 Model S and Model X vehicles that could acquisition a nonaccomplishment of powerfulness steering assist, according to a Nov. 1 filing with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration made nationalist connected Tuesday.

The callback requires a bundle update that's pushed to the cars implicit the air.

An October firmware merchandise caused immoderate vehicles to suffer powerfulness steering erstwhile driving implicit bumpy roads and potholes. An estimated 1% of recalled vehicles person the defect, according to the release.

"Reduced oregon mislaid powerfulness steering assistance does not impact steering control, but could necessitate greater steering effort from the driver, peculiarly astatine debased speeds," the medication said.

The automaker said that arsenic of Nov. 1, 97% of the recalled vehicles person installed a caller update that addresses the issue, and nary further enactment is indispensable from those owners.

Tesla had identified 314 vehicles with the occupation arsenic of the archetypal of the month, but the institution is not alert of immoderate injuries oregon deaths, the merchandise said.

Shares of the automaker were down much than 4% aboriginal Tuesday.