Thursday, May 12th 2022
Tesla to Patch 130,000 Cars with AMD Ryzen APUs Due to Overheating
One of the electric vehicle driving forces in the car market, Tesla, has today announced that the company would have to issue a soft recall of a few select car models over an issue with overheating. The affected vehicles are Tesla Model 3 2022, Tesla Model S 2021-2022, Tesla Model X 2021-2022, and Tesla Model Y 2022. Tesla's infotainment system is powered by AMD Ryzen APUs, replacing the Intel Atom CPUs found in the previous models. With Ryzen APUs overheating, the infotainment system can lag or restart and sometimes cause it to get completely turned off. The problem is that the car's liquid cooling will prioritize cooling the batteries instead of the processor, causing it to overheat. Tesla issued a soft recall on these models, meaning that a regular firmware update will fix this issue.
Source:
Electrek
TeslaTesla, Inc. (Tesla) is recalling certain 2021-2022 Model S, Model X, and 2022 Model 3 and Model Y vehicles operating certain firmware releases. The infotainment central processing unit (CPU) may overheat during the preparation or process of fast-charging, causing the CPU to lag or restart. A lagging or restarting CPU may prevent the center screen from displaying the rearview camera image, gear selection, windshield visibility control settings, and warning lights, increasing the risk of a crash. Tesla will perform an over-the-air (OTA) software update that will improve CPU temperature management, free of charge. Owner notification letters are expected to be mailed July 1, 2022. Owners may contact Tesla customer service at 1-877-798-3752. Tesla's number for this recall is SB-22-00-009.
79 Comments on Tesla to Patch 130,000 Cars with AMD Ryzen APUs Due to Overheating
@thesmokingman :)
www.notebookcheck.net/Tesla-goes-AMD-Ryzen-for-the-2022-Model-Y-and-Model-3-infotainment-systems-in-America-gets-rid-of-12V-lead-acid-batteries.589256.0.html
Hence, Toms assumed that most 3s and Ys produced in Fremont since then will have new hardware.
When you are used to working on cars, cooling priority usually meant going thru the larger hoses first. :laugh:
also edited in source for AMD info..
www.tesla.com/en_ca/supercharger
As for the cooling, it's been a while since I've read up on it and I don't know if 2022s have changed since adding heat pump and Ryzen, but everything just lies on the same (one? two?) loops since these cars really aren't that complicated physically
But, yeah, the tesla inside looks so cheap, simple, minimalistic... and UGLY!!
Rear view camera and sensor is great, though, to tell you of possible obstacles/walls/etc...
2nd, that's FUD cuz not all MCU's used Ryzen. There were plenty of Intel MCU delivered in that time frame. It could be true or false, but either way it's inventing facts. Also, the source actually specifies that the cars affected are running certain firmware versions not certain processor types of their MCU.
To hell with not having parking sensors if you're parking your car to autistic places, lol. I'm not a bad driver when I drive but those things I'm not doing without.
Would still grab a Genesis G80 EV over these any day, though. Leave Tesla for over glorified hippies.
You can hack the G37 rear camera to turn it on when you're driving the car, though. Not needed but kind of an interesting bit, heh.
And if I wanted to truly go all the way to the deep-end, not even music playing or anything like that.
I never turn music or anything of that form when I'm driving myself, just throw the phone to the pocket and focus on the road. Bad driving habits shouldn't be a reason to ditch modern assisting technologies.