Tesla is under fire from NHTSA once again over the Full Self-Driving feature

It's been a rough year for Tesla and its FSD autopilot's Beta. Within the last year or so, the company faced and lost several trials involving fatal FSD accidents. Although Tesla managed to navigate through these types of trials in the past, it began losing many of them, while still facing pressure from the California DMV over misleading branding of the Full Self-Driving feature.

Now, the NHTSA is launching another probe that involves all Tesla vehicles equipped with FSD, after linking 58 recent crashes to FSD. The investigation will focus on two specific scenarios: FSD not stopping at a red traffic light and proceeding into the intersection, and FSD performing a lane change into the oncoming traffic lane.

These 58 crashes caused 23 injuries and 14 fires, so they weren't trivial traffic accidents either.

Some flags were raised after 18 complaints and 1 media report highlighted a specific intersection in Joppa, Maryland, where FSD didn't stop at a red light.

The traffic agency is also investigating incidents where FSD would run into oncoming traffic by changing lanes incorrectly. The NHTSA is interviewing drivers to determine whether FSD issued a warning before changing lanes. Additionally, the agency wants to be informed of any other incidents where FSD committed a traffic violation, such as when approaching a railroad crossing. Interestingly, several media reports suggest that FSD isn't stopping at railroad crossings.

This may be the largest probe yet, considering the scope of the investigation. The NHTSA is investigating 2,882,566 vehicles equipped with FSD Beta.

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