US ends probe into Tesla allowing video games while vehicles are moving, says feature was disabled

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2. They claimed

it was for use by a front seat "passenger", but obviously most cars with front seat dash displays (including one for the driver that contains an analog and/or digital representation of the gauges and other info), have a single larger display positioned in the center over the central console (that might include various car system and environmental controls like the clock setting/radio tuning/media sound/lights/temp control & air/navigation/misc. bluetooth & wifi, etc).

Article when the NHTSA was investigating - https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a32961869/tesla-model-s-infotainment-screen-investigation-nhtsa/

NHTSA Expands Tesla Touchscreen Probe to 158,000 Vehicles


By Roberto Baldwin Updated: Nov 16, 2020


Car and Driver

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Update 11/16/20: NHTSA has upgraded its investigation into the issues with Tesla touchscreens in the Model S. It's now on the "engineering analysis" phase of the investigation. The next step would be a recall. It's also expanded the date range and vehicles affected by the issue. NHTSA states that the model years of the products affected are now the 2012–2018 Model S and the 2016–2018 Model X. The agency states that it has received 12,523 claims and complaints about the touchscreen issue.

For its part, Tesla has released an over-the-air update that includes firmware changes to mitigate the effects of the issue.

One of the defining elements of the Tesla lineup is the large touchscreen display that sits in the dash. The move to a digital dash not only reduces the number of physical parts in a vehicle but also creates an interface that can be upgraded over time. That’s all fine and dandy until the touchscreen breaks. For some owners of older Teslas, that has become enough of an issue that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has opened a preliminary evaluation into the matter.


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