Tesla Recalling Nearly 55,000 Model X Vehicles That May Fail to Detect Low Brake Fluid

The Tesla Model X on the second press day of the Paris auto show, on Oct. 3, 2018. Regis Duvignau/Reuters

Tesla is recalling thousands of its Model X vehicles after a safety report by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) found the vehicle controller on some models may fail to detect low brake fluid.

The report found that on 54,676 of Tesla’s 2021–2023 Model X vehicles, the vehicle controller that detects the sensor voltage that indicates brake fluid level “may not have a sufficient threshold range at low fluid levels” and will not display a warning light.