{"id":115592,"date":"2017-04-20T16:56:35","date_gmt":"2017-04-20T20:56:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedetroitbureau.com\/?p=115592"},"modified":"2017-04-20T16:56:35","modified_gmt":"2017-04-20T20:56:35","slug":"tesla-recalling-53000-vehicles-due-to-brake-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/2017\/04\/tesla-recalling-53000-vehicles-due-to-brake-problem\/","title":{"rendered":"Tesla Recalling 53,000 Vehicles Due to Brake Problem"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Model X part of a large recall of Model X and S cars due to a brake problem.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Tesla is riding a streak of bad news. The California-based EV maker announced a recall of 53,000 of its Model S and Model X cars due to an issue with the parking brake.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s the largest recall in the young company\u2019s history.<\/p>\n

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News You Can Trust!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The total may not seem so large compared to recent actions by other automakers, but the company only produced about 83,000 vehicles in 2016.<\/p>\n

“The electric parking brakes installed on Model S and Model X vehicles built between February and October 2016 may contain a small gear that could have been manufactured improperly by our third-party supplier,” Tesla said in a statement on its website.<\/p>\n

(Tesla facing new lawsuit over Autopilot. To get the details, <\/em><\/strong>Click Here<\/a><\/span><\/strong>.)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The automaker said it is unaware of any accidents or injuries due to the issue. Ulitmately, the problem may affect less than 5% of the vehicles being recalled. The repair will take less than 45 minutes, the company said.<\/p>\n

The company said on Thursday it was working with Italian supplier Freni Brembo SpA to get replacement parts. Official recall notices will be sent to owners of the affected vehicles.<\/p>\n

Tesla\u2019s last recall involved 2,700 Model X sport utility vehicles in the United States due to a faulty locking hinge in third-row seats.<\/p>\n

(UAW gearing up for organizing battle with Tesla. Find out more,\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>Click Here<\/a><\/span><\/strong>.)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The announcement comes shortly after the EV maker is being sued three customers who say that Autopilot, designed to take control of the vehicle while driving on well-marked, limited-access highways, doesn\u2019t live up to its billing as safe and reliable, declaring the $5,000 option \u201cessentially unusable and demonstrably dangerous.\u201d<\/p>\n

Additionally, the company is facing a possible strike at its German-owned subsidiary, Tesla Grohmann Automation. Earlier in the week, reports surfaced that employees at the company are unhappy about their wages and may strike over the issue.<\/p>\n

(Tesla misses mark on deliveries.\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>Click Here<\/a><\/span><\/strong>\u00a0for details.)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

A strike could be costly as it will likely delay the maker\u2019s first mainstream vehicle, the Model 3, which is viewed as critical to Tesla\u2019s long-term survival. In typical Tesla form, the automaker disputed the report about the wages outlining that it had given employees more than $10,000 raises when it took over the company.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tesla is riding a streak of bad news. The California-based EV maker announced a recall of 53,000 of its Model S and Model X cars due to an issue with the parking brake. Find out more at TheDetroitBureau.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4389,"featured_media":99239,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"make":[],"post-state":[],"category_old":[151],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115592"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4389"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=115592"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115592\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/99239"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=115592"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=115592"},{"taxonomy":"make","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/make?post=115592"},{"taxonomy":"post-state","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post-state?post=115592"},{"taxonomy":"category_old","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/category_old?post=115592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}