---
title: "Tesla Forced to Recall Almost Half a Million Cars"
description: "Tesla recalled about 475,000 cars because of rear camera and trunk issues. All of the recalls are Model 3 and involve rear camera and trunk safety problems."
date: "2022-01-01"
modified: "2022-01-01"
authors:
  - name: "Lonnie Lee Hood"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/ahood"
url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/tesla-recall-half-million-cars"
categories:
  - "Advanced Transport"
  - "Tesla"
tags:
  - "electric vehicles"
  - "elon musk"
  - "tesla"
  - "the digest"
---

# Tesla Forced to Recall Almost Half a Million Cars

![Tesla recalled about 475,000 cars because of rear camera and trunk issues. All of the recalls are Model 3 and involve rear camera and trunk safety problems.](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/tesla-recall-half-million-cars.jpg>)
*Brand new Tesla motors electric cars, including the Tesla Model 3 on a car carrier truck awaiting delivery near the company's headquarters and factory in the Silicon Valley, Fremont, California, July 28, 2018. (Photo by Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images) \<em\>Image: Getty\</em\>*

## Production Reduction

Electric automaker Tesla recalled almost as many cars on Thursday as it delivered in 2020, [according to *Bloomberg*](<https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-12-30/tesla-recalls-over-475-000-u-s-cars-on-camera-trunk-issues?sref=YfHlo0rL>).

The outlet reports that Tesla recalled as many as 475,000 cars in the US because of rear camera and trunk issues. Around 356,309 are Model 3 vehicles made between 2017 and 2020, and 119,009 more are Model S cars assembled in 2014. *Bloomberg* reported that Tesla will fix both issues for free. On [Tesla's website](<https://ir.tesla.com/press-release/tesla-q4-2020-vehicle-production-deliveries>), the company reported that in 2020, it delivered half a million vehicles — just about as many as it's now recalling.

"Tesla Service will inspect and install a guide protector and new cable harness as necessary, free of charge," the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration [said in a release](<https://www.nhtsa.gov/search-safety-issues#recall>) on its website Dec. 21. "Owner notification letters are expected to be mailed February 18, 2022."

## Get It Together

This is hardly the first time Tesla has encountered dramatic legal and logistical issues. In July, a family blamed Tesla for a car accident and the subsequent [death of their son](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/lawsuit-tesla-autopilot-death>). In December of 2021 alone, Tesla got slapped with two new [suits over sexual harassment allegations](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/sexual-harassment-lawsuit-alleges-disgusting-behavior-tesla>) and CEO Elon Musk's [erratic tweets](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/tesla-sued-elon-musk-elizabeth-warren>).

*Bloomberg* reports that vehicle recalls were common in 2020, affecting more than 300 auto models and around 28 million vehicles. Still, the NHTSA still has two ongoing investigations at Tesla involving a software update and the Autopilot system.

For such a beloved car manufacturer, Tesla sure attracts a lot of drama. And if Musk's worries about his other company, [SpaceX, going bankrupt](<https://futurism.com/bankruptcy-musk-hinted-spacex-public>) are true, it seems like he may need to focus on getting things right back at Tesla just to survive.

*Updated the year that Tesla delivered half a million vehicles.*

**More on Musk's financial woes:** [*Elon Musk Tersely Addresses SpaceX Bankruptcy Leak*](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/elon-musk-tersely-addresses>)