I...okay, that headline is just bad.<p>Core issue: "A small gear may be defective in some cars; you should come into the service center and get it checked. If it breaks, you may be unable to disengage the parking brake."<p>Headline: "Massive recall over brake issue!"<p>It's not <i>technically</i> wrong. But it misleads more than it informs.
A very sensational title. One of their suppliers F'ed up, and now Tesla needs to check and replace a small part in some of their cars. All that's required is a visit to a service centre. Doesn't seem like a big deal.
Details surrounding the issue in question:<p><i>In a statement the firm said the electric parking brakes installed on Model S and Model X "may contain a small gear that could have been manufactured improperly by our third-party supplier".<p>If the gear were to break, the parking brake would continue to keep the car from moving, but the parking brake would be stuck in place, it added.</i>
> The electric car maker said about 2% of the 53,000 vehicles built from February to October 2016 were affected, but all of those cars are being recalled<p>That's 1,060 cars altogether are affected.