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Tesla issues 5th recall for the new Cybertruck within a year, the latest due to rearview camera (abcnews.go.com)
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[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago (2 children)

NHTSA are the ones who investigate safety issues and issue recall notices. Once they have done that then the manufacturer has very specific legal requirements to follow. Hiding data from them would eventually come to light, and that would be very bad. Look at the diesel emissions scandal for one example. Volkswagen payed billions in fines for that, and a dozen or so employees including the CEO have been indicted. A few have pled guilty and been sentenced to jail.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 months ago

That is only one method for recalls. Many (maybe most) of the Tesla recalls have been voluntary and not mandated by the NHTSA

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

(Apologies for not otherwise contributing to the discussion, you want "paid" instead of the nautical rope-handling term "payed".)