Tesla Recalls More Than 20,000 Model Ys in China
December 03 2021 - 4:38AM
Dow Jones News
By Clarence Leong
Tesla Inc.'s China business is recalling 21,599 locally made
Model Ys due to issues with auto parts from suppliers.
The company has filed the recall plans with China's top market
regulator, according to a notice posted Friday by an affiliate of
the State Administration for Market Regulation.
A component known as a steering knuckle, which allows the wheels
to turn, might be deformed or break while the car is in use,
increasing the risk that an accident could occur, the notice
said.
Tesla Shanghai will carry out related checks on the affected
vehicles for free and replace substandard steering knuckles, the
regulator said.
The recall, which affects vehicles manufactured between Feb. 4
and Oct. 30, isn't the first time the company has had to deal with
safety issues in the world's largest auto market.
In June, Tesla addressed a safety issue in more than 285,000
passenger vehicles in China, most of them locally produced, linked
to the cruise-control system.
In October, Tesla sold 13,725 locally built vehicles in China,
according to China Passenger Car Association. That accounted for
around 4.3% of the country's overall new-energy vehicles sales that
month.
Write to Clarence Leong at clarence.leong@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
December 03, 2021 04:23 ET (09:23 GMT)
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