(NewsNation) — The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) wants to know if Tesla’s recent recall to improve the autopilot software in about two million cars really did the job.
The recall, issued in December, was intended to update the autopilot software and ensure that drivers pay attention when using the feature.
Now, the NHTSA says it’s looked at crashes involving Teslas since the recall and says it has “concerns.”
Among them: “A portion of the remedy both requires the owner to opt in and allows a driver to readily reverse it,” the agency said.
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The Justice Department is already investigating Tesla’s autopilot system. The Washington Post found at least eight serious accidents in which the autopilot feature was enabled when it should not have been.
Word of the new inquiry comes about two weeks after Tesla announced layoffs totaling about 10% of its workforce and reported its lowest quarterly sales in two years.
Tesla delivered nearly 390,000 vehicles in the first quarter of this year, which is about 8.5% fewer than in the first quarter of 2023.
