The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says it is opening a preliminary investigation into 120,000 2023 Tesla Model Y vehicles after two reports of steering wheels falling off while driving.
·People try a Tesla Model Y car at a Tesla showroom at a shopping mall in Beijing on April 29, 2022. On Wednesday, the The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said it was opening an investigation into 120,000 2023 Tesla Model Y vehicles.The U.S. auto safety regulator said the steering wheels in both vehicles — which had a low mileage — completely detached.The vehicles were delivered to owners missing the retaining bolt that attaches the steering wheel to the steering column.
The agency is opening a preliminary investigation to assess the "scope, frequency, and manufacturing processes associated with this condition." The investigation is a first step before the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration could demand a recall. Tesla CEO Elon Musk departs from a court hearing in Wilmington, Del., on July 13, 2021. Tesla did not immediately respond to a request for comment about the investigation.
The agency said it received a complaint from a parent who had bought a new Model Y five days earlier and was on Route 1 South in Woodbridge, New Jersey on Jan. 29 "and all the sudden steering wheel" fell off.NHTSA posted a link to a tweet as part of the complaint filing. The tweet has more than 2.4 million views on Twitter.
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