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Software bugs causing vehicle features to misbehave (e.g., motor hood unlatching error).

  Tesla software bugs in 2025 and 2026 have increasingly moved from minor UI glitches to critical safety-related malfunctions, often requiring immediate Over-the-Air (OTA) patches to prevent physical accidents. Here is the list of 5 labels for Tesla Software-Driven Feature Malfunctions : Front Hood Latch Detection Failure (Recall), Cause: A 2024–2025 mass recall affecting ~1.8 million vehicles (Model 3, Y, S, X) involved software that failed to detect if the front hood (frunk) was unlatched. This allowed the car to reach highway speeds where wind force would flip the hood open, blinding the driver. Solution: Tesla pushed firmware version 2024.20.3 (and subsequent 2025 versions) to implement more aggressive latch-state polling. If the latch is physically deformed (common on China-made hardware), a physical replacement is required. "Swerve-Brake" Autopilot Logic, Cause: A 2025 software "Summer Drop" introduced a bug where the vehicle would occasionally initiate a ...