Tesla recalls nearly 1.1 million cars in U.S. due to window reversal

AUSTIN, Texas - Due to increased risks caused by a fault in its automatic window reversal system, electric vehicle maker Tesla has recalled nearly 1.1 million cars in the U.S.

Tesla told the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration that it would conduct an over-the- air software update of the faulty system, which will cover some 2017 -- 2022 Model 3, 2020 -- 2021 Model Y, and 2021 -- 2022 Model S and Model X vehicles.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says a closing window without the proper automatic reversing system may exert excessive force and possibly injure the driver or passengers before reversing.

It said that the affected vehicles did not meet the requirements of a federal motor vehicle safety standard on power windows.

Tesla said during its August product testing that its employees discovered that the performance of its window automatic reversal system had greater than expected variations in response to pinch detection. After extensive additional testing, the company determined that the vehicles' pinch detection and retraction performance in the test results did not meet requirements for automatic reversal systems, it added.

The software update improves the vehicle's automatic window reversal system behavior, according to the company.

Elon Musk, the Tesla Chief Executive, criticized the description of the callback as a recall last week, saying that the terminology is outdated and inaccurate. This is a little over-the- air software update. There have been no injuries to the best of our knowledge.