Electric vehicle maker Tesla (TSLA) is recalling more than 817,000 vehicles because an audible alert may not activate when a vehicle starts, and the driver has not buckled their seat belt.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said the vehicles, 2021-2022 Model S and Model X, 2017-2022 Model 3, and 2020-2022 Model Y, fail to comply with a federal motor vehicle safety standard on "Occupant Crash Protection" because the chime does not activate.
Tesla will perform an over-the-air (OTA) software update to address the issue. The company said that, as of January 31, it was unaware of any crashes or injuries related to the seat belt issue.
The automaker added that the issue was limited to circumstances where the chime was interrupted in the preceding drive cycle and the seat belt was not buckled subsequent to that interruption.
Tesla has come under increasing scrutiny from U.S. regulators and issued a number of recalls in recent months.
Earlier this week, Tesla said it was recalling 53,822 vehicles with the company's “Full Self-Driving (Beta)” software that may allow some models to conduct "rolling stops" and not come to a complete stop at intersections.
Tesla will perform an over-the-air software update that disables the "rolling stop" functionality, according to the NHTSA.
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