The American electric car giant Tesla “will recall” nearly 128,000 vehicles in China, due to a failure which can lead to collisions, announced the Chinese regulator, following several controversies targeting the brand.
At last year’s Shanghai auto show, a customer angry over allegedly faulty brakes on her Tesla made headlines in China, while in France a Tesla electric taxi was blamed following a fatal crash.
The cars affected by the recall in China have a “small manufacturing defect” in a component at the level of the inverter, which regulates the current supplying the battery and the electric motor, said the regulator of the markets (SAMR) . “In extreme cases, this increases the risk of an accident and can constitute a danger”, specifies the regulator in a press release published Thursday.
The recall concerns Model 3s produced between 2019 and 2022. The measure targets some 128,000 vehicles, including 93,578 manufactured in the gigantic Shanghai factory.
Tesla has faced numerous complaints on social media in China in recent months for alleged quality and service issues.