The American automaker Tesla has to recall tens of thousands of cars in China. This is announced by the Chinese market authority SAMR.
A total of 48,442 vehicles from the S and X series have to be returned to the garage. The cars are being recalled for potentially unsafe construction faults in the front and rear suspension. According to the Chinese medium Gasgoo 29,193 Model S and Model X cars manufactured between September 17, 2013 and August 16, 2017 are being recalled. In addition, there are 19,249 Model S vehicles produced between September 17, 2013 and October 15, 2018. All these Teslas were bolted together at the assembly plant in Fremont, California.
Tesla disagrees with the SAMR’s decision and states in a letter published by Electrek, that they do not recognize possible defects. The manufacturer goes a step further and accuses Chinese drivers of the mistakes and speaks of “driver abuse”. Still, Tesla agrees to the recall because otherwise the company will have to “go through the tough Chinese administration process,” Tesla said.