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NHTSA launches probe into Tesla’s ‘full self driving’ tech

<p>The US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has <a data-i13n="cpos:1;pos:1" href="https://www.nhtsa.gov/?nhtsaId=PE25012">opened a probe[/url] into 2.88 million Tesla electric vehicles currently equipped with the company's &quot;Full Self-Driving&quot; (FSD) system. As first reported by <a data-i13n="cpos:2;pos:1" href="https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/us-opens-probe-into-28-million-tesla-vehicles-over-traffic-violations-when-using-2025-10-09/">Reuters[/url], the NHTSA has received more than 50 reports of traffic-safety violations as well as numerous <a data-i13n="cpos:3;pos:1" href="https://www.engadget.com/transportation/evs/feds-investigate-tesla-over-inaccurate-autopilot-and-fsd-crash-reports-175837772.html">crashes[/url].</p>
<p>The agency, which oversees the nation’s motor vehicle safety standards, said that Tesla's FSD software has &quot;induced vehicle behavior that violated traffic safety laws,&quot; with vehicles reportedly running red lights and driving against the flow of traffic.</p>
<span id="end-legacy-contents"></span><p>Among the reports the agency has received, six of them allege that a Tesla vehicle with FSD engaged &quot;approached an intersection with a red traffic signal, continued to travel into the intersection against the red light and was subsequently involved in a crash with other motor vehicles in the intersection.&quot; The probe will begin as a <a data-i13n="cpos:4;pos:1" href="https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/inv/2025/INOA-PE25012-19171.pdf">preliminary evaluation[/url], after which the NHTSA could issue a recall if it believes the vehicles pose a great enough risk to public safety.</p>
<p>The agency has conducted numerous investigations into the EV maker this year alone. At the start of the year, it opened an <a data-i13n="cpos:5;pos:1" href="https://www.engadget.com/transportation/nhtsa-opens-investigation-into-tesla-remote-parking-features-194559802.html">investigation into Tesla's Smart Summon[/url] and Actual Smart Summon features, which allow owners to remotely retrieve their vehicles from a parking spot. Just a few weeks ago, it announced an investigation <a data-i13n="cpos:6;pos:1" href="https://www.engadget.com/transportation/evs/nhtsa-is-investigating-tesla-over-its-electronic-door-handles-203605393.html">into the 2021 Model Y[/url] over its door handles and whether they risk trapping passengers inside the vehicle. This is also not the first time the agency has <a data-i13n="cpos:7;pos:1" href="https://www.engadget.com/transportation/evs/teslas-fsd-is-under-federal-investigation-after-four-reduced-visibility-crashes-140248063.html">looked into the safety[/url] of Tesla's driver assist features.</p>
<p>Tesla releases its own <a data-i13n="cpos:8;pos:1" href="https://www.tesla.com/VehicleSafetyReport">vehicle safety reports[/url] highlighting that accidents per million miles driven are far less common when its FSD technology is engaged than when it is not. However, the company has also fought to have <a data-i13n="cpos:9;pos:1" href="https://www.engadget.com/transportation/tesla-is-trying-to-stop-certain-self-driving-crash-data-becoming-public-150946549.html">more specific crash data[/url] involving FSD kept from public release, citing confidentiality.</p>This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/transportation/evs/nhtsa-launches-probe-into-teslas-full-self-driving-tech-141102274.html?src=rss

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