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
Here's your basic Kona kicking it, I'm not even going to mention about stuff like I-Pace. :) 0-50 kph is like 2 secs with traction control off, it does burn rubber without TCS, however this is primarily because of the poorer 215 tires fitted on this vehicle:
Why don't they have car door opening restrictors? Something to stop their door opening so far as to bang a wall or another car. I've got just as many dings in my car from car parks where other people open their car door into my car, either scratching the paint sometimes even dinging my car. Something for that lady over there and her children where the world revolves around them without respect for other people's property.
Thank you.