Don't Call It a Recall: Tesla to Replace Model S Charging Adapters

"The word 'recall' needs to be recalled," Tesla CEO Elon Musk wrote on Twitter on Tuesday.

But a recall is just what the company is issuing. Tesla Motors has offered to replace 29,000 potentially-faulty charging adapters, even though the company maintains a recent software update will remedy any and all problems. Tesla informed the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) of its precautionary "voluntary recall" of adapters distributed with its Model S.

"Initial analysis demonstrated that defective or improperly installed wall receptacles that the NEMA 14-50 adapter plugged into could cause problems including melted adapters and, in a worst case scenario, fire," James Chen, Tesla's vice president of regulatory affairs, wrote in a letter to the NHTSA dated Jan. 12. Read more...