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Tesla recalls 439 of its Revolutionary electric Roadsters 2.0 and 2.5 for Fire Concern

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Tesla acquiesces an issue in their 2.0 and 2.5 versions of the Roadster that is worth a recall and recalls 439 Electric Roadsters. This recall comes in the wake of a single incident in which a low-voltage auxiliary wire rubbed against a carbon fiber panel in the car and caused a short resulting in smoke and a fire behind the right front headlamp. The issue at hand affects models 2.0 and 2.5 but not the earlier 1.5 cars. According to a company statement this issue is limited to the 12V low voltage auxiliary cable and does not involve the main battery pack or main power system. The Electric Roadster recall aims at fixing this headlight power cable.

 

The all-electric Tesla roadster is the first high-performance electric car that was mass-produced. Nearly a third of its 1,300 vehicles sold are affected by the recall, which involves the 12v low voltage auxiliary cable from a redundant back up system that provides power to various systems, including the head lamps, taillights, turn signals and hazard lights, and airbags, in an unlikely event of the primary 12V power failing or dropping below a minimum threshold value. The repair involves checking the routing of the 12V low voltage auxiliary cable and installing a protective sleeve over it. The fix would take around an hour to complete.

 

This is Tesla's second recall. The company recalled 345 Roadsters made between March 2008 and April 2009 over safety concerns with the rear hub bolts and in May 2009 when it discovered some bolts were not properly tightened on the car's inner hub. This problem was reported to have originated at the Lotus factory, which produced the chassis. The issue could have caused vehicles to crash, so Tesla went on a series of house calls to fix the issue.

 

The company is now undertaking a similar effort for the fix too. It has started alerting customers by email and a mailing campaign and might as well again offer house and office visits.

As Motor Authority notes, Tesla's quick move to fix the issue before problems arise is not surprising, given the small number of Roadster owners. The effort is intended to instill confidence in the still-nascent car maker's ability to support its cars and the consumers.

Negative attention about the safety of Roadsters in specific and electric vehicles in general had never been good for a nascent market and Tesla wants to reassert that fire in this recent case didn't involve the battery pack or power system. There was criticism that the way its thousands of lithium ion batteries string together could cause a thermal runaway or a blow up. But to date there hasn't seemed to be an instance of where Tesla's battery packs blew up.

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