1) Isn’t this a software recall? Tesla updates its software constantly. It’s not like they need to bring all the cars in and mechanically alter them. But it IS like they need to change the software because the government told them there were serious problems.
2) ”Does it bring the car and Musk down a notch or two, in your mind?”
– Well, Musk could not get much lower in my estimation, so a couple more notches doesn’t do much to my estimation.
– In fact, I actually really like how Teslas perform (when driven by a good human driver), and of the several EVs I test-drove, I actually liked the way the Tesla drove, the most. But I and most people I know despise Musk, and that overrode any chance of wanting to buy one.
3) As for the self-driving features that this is update is about . . . I don’t want those, and have been saying for many years that these sorts of problems are serious, and reasons to be very cautious about adopting and using such.
(I do, however, like the features of my EV where I can just set it to beep at me when there seems to be an obstacle or incoming car when thinking about changing lanes or backing up in parking lots. But I turn off the features that would have the computer actually provide input to the vehicle controls.)