Tesla Deploys Fix to 1.85 Million Cars After Hoods Fly Open (1)

Tesla Inc. released a software update to 1.85 million cars in the US to guard against its vehicles’ hoods flying open during driving.

Beginning on June 18, the carmaker deployed the over-the-air software update to detect whether the hoods of its vehicles are open and notify customers, according to a recall report posted to the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s website on Tuesday. The fix went to Tesla Model S, X, 3 and Y vehicles produced as early as January 2020 and as recently as this month.

Tesla said in the report that it began investigating customer complaints of ...