Tesla announces recall of 439 Roadsters due to fire risk

Over 400 units of Tesla Motors’ battery-powered Roadsters are being recalled due to risks of the vehicle’s power cable shorting and catching fire.

Priced at $109,000, the Roadster is a car on a Lotus platform that is powered by a battery pack composed of more than 6,800 laptop batteries. Tesla admits that it has received a report of a case where a short was caused when a 12-volt cable in the vehicle chafed against a panel. Tesla said that smoke started to come out of this cable and that a fire may have started in an area behind the front headlamp.
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uaw_lax - 10/5/2010 12:01:16 PM

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nothing man made is perfect.

Whelan - 10/5/2010 12:03:32 PM

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Tesla's recalled due to fire, Ferrari 458 recalled due to fire. Therefore Ferrari helped designed Tesla's?

veyron1001 - 10/5/2010 7:32:53 PM

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I would like the Tesla a bit more if they had a diesel option for their "sport car".