Another 53,000 Teslas recalled in the US

Tesla recalled another 53,000 of its electric cars overnight on Tuesday, after a new software fault was discovered, which could see the cars run through stop signs.

The United States National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said the recall included a number of Model S and X cars made between 2016 and 2022, as well as Model 3 vehicles between 2017 and 2022, and Model Y autos made between 2022 and 2022.

It said the so-called ‘full self-driving’ software, which is technically still in beta testing, could see vehicles travel through all-way stop junctions without stopping.

The NHTSA said Tesla would send a software update to cars that would disable the ‘rolling stop’ function, which is where the bug is present.

It came after almost half a million Tesla cars were recalled at the end of 2021, after it emerged that the opening and closing of the boot could damage the cables connecting cameras to the rear-view mirror.

According to Cars.com, there have been 27 previous recalls ordered by the NHTSA on Tesla vehicles since 2009, before the fresh recall issued this week.