# EV Door Lock Recall: Another example of how complexity affects reliability?

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**Created:** [December 22, 2023, 10:36pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ev-door-lock-recall-another-example-of-how-complexity-affects-reliability/194059 "2023-12-22T22:36:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2023, 10:36pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ev-door-lock-recall-another-example-of-how-complexity-affects-reliability/194059/1 "2023-12-22T22:36:53Z")

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Tesla is recalling 120,423 vehicles because the doors can unlatch and open in a crash, heightening the risk of injury, according to safety regulators … has released a free software update to resolve the problem .

> **[Tesla recalls more than 120,000 vehicles because doors can unlatch in a crash](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tesla-recall-2023-doors-lock-autopilot-nhtsa/)**
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> Traffic safety watchdog says doors on some Model S and X vehicles can unlock in accidents, raising the risk of injury.

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**Author:** ![old\_mopar\_guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/6bbea6/32.png) [@old\_mopar\_guy](https://community.cartalk.com/u/old_mopar_guy)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2023, 2:35am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ev-door-lock-recall-another-example-of-how-complexity-affects-reliability/194059/2 "2023-12-23T02:35:36Z")

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Bear in mind, George, that when Tesla has a recall that requires a software update, it is done “over the air” and requires no action on the part of the vehicle owner. It was the same last week when they had to “tighten up” the software for their autonomous driving function.

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**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2023, 2:45pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ev-door-lock-recall-another-example-of-how-complexity-affects-reliability/194059/3 "2023-12-23T14:45:49Z")

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The autonomous driving software fix is in the second half of the article that @George_San_Jose1 linked. I own a Model 3 and didn’t play the $6000 fee to activate autonomous driving. While I’m reasonably sure I got the software fix for autonomous driving, it won’t matter. Failures like that are the reason I didn’t sign up for autopilot.