Tesla Semis recalled over potential parking brake failure

The Tesla Semi was starting to look like the automaker’s other fabled new vehicles, the Cybertruck and Roadster, in that it seemingly would never become a reality. Tesla proved the naysayers wrong when it finally started deliveries of the futuristic Semi a short while back, but like any other real vehicle, it's now facing a recall.

We don’t know how many trucks Tesla has managed to deliver to date, but the recall involves 35 units. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's documentation states that a number of Semis were manufactured with a defective electronically controlled parking brake valve module. The unit can intermittently fail to respond to the parking brake’s engagement or disengagement and could cause the parking brake to malfunction.

Bendix, the component’s manufacturer, notified Tesla that its Safety Committee would issue a recall, as it had identified that the module might allow for excessive internal air leakage and may not build enough pressure. Though there are no gears or traditional drivetrain components in the Semi, an unexpected release of the parking brake could still cause a crash. I