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Foreign Electric Vehicle Manufacturer Recalls Entire First Batch of Cars Shipped to US Over Serious Safety Issue

by Western Journal
May 25, 2023 at 1:18 pm
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Foreign Electric Vehicle Manufacturer Recalls Entire First Batch of Cars Shipped to US Over Serious Safety Issue

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - NOVEMBER 18: The all-electric Vinfast VF7 is on display at the 2022 Los Angeles Auto Show on November 18, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Josh Lefkowitz/Getty Images)

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A Vietnamese carmaker’s entry into the American electric car market has hit a pothole, with all of the first batch of vehicles sent to the U.S. under a recall notice.

VinFast’s VF 8 vehicles suffer from an issue with the multifunction head unity display, which is the dashboard display. At times, the unit goes blank.

“A blank MHU display will not show critical safety information, such as the speedometer or warning lights,” the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration warned.

The VF8, an SUV, sells for $49,000, according to the Kelley Blue Book.

Vietnam’s electric vehicle maker VinFast is recalling some of its first vehicles sold in the US because of malfunctioning head unit displays https://t.co/uqjgLlb5Oq

— Bloomberg (@business) May 25, 2023


“Typically, a minor issue with an infotainment unit wouldn’t be cause for major concern. However, this issue was elevated in the case of the VF8 because the display is the only screen in the vehicle,” Lewin Day wrote for TheDrive.

“As it is used in place of a traditional gauge cluster, it displays critical information like vehicle speed and warning lights. Thus, the failure of the display is considered a safety issue.”

Day noted that the software update to fix the glitch could be problematic.

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“The fix for the issue is an over-the-air software update. It consists of a watchdog mechanism that determines if the communications error has occurred and reinitializes the head unit’s software if so. VinFast reports that the update can rectify the issue in under 200 ms. That’s long enough for the human eye to perceive the screen momentarily blanking, so some owners may not consider this a perfect fix,” he wrote.

* #US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration: “[#Vinfast] VF8 SUV may increase the risk of a crash.”

* New Car Assessment Program in SE Asia: “VF 8- very safe, received the #ASEAN NCAP 5-star safety rating.”

* Next: ????’s Vinfast IPO on #NYSE! https://t.co/Xy5UZOk6ol

— petehw1 (@petehw11) May 25, 2023

The NHTSA report on the problem said 999 vehicles were involved in the recall, of which 111 had been bought by customers and another 153 were in use for fleets. The problem took place on vehicles made between July 27 and Nov. 25.

“VinFast is aware of 18 reported occurrences on 14 vehicles. Of the 18 occurrences, 8 occurred while the vehicle was in park, 5 occurred while the vehicle was not in park, and for 5 of the occurrences, the position of the shift selector lever was not reported,” the report said.

The report said that the glitch came to the company’s attention on April 27, triggering an investigation that led to the voluntary recall notice being issued on May 12.

“VinFast is not aware of any field reports of incidents. The company is issuing this recall out of an abundance of caution,” the company said in a statement, according to Reuters.

no worry, just the extra lux “Laos” pkge – comes with 20 live vintage land minds (made in USA).

Vietnam’s VinFast recalls first batch of US-bound EVs over safety risk https://t.co/0akw9UlspA

— Bernie Selloff – Dead Bankers Société Σ (@EBookberg) May 25, 2023

In February, VinFast had recalled 2,781 of the vehicles sold in Vietnam due to a front brake issue.

VinFast began selling EVs in California this year and has sent 2,097 VF8 cars to the U.S. The recalled cars made up the first batch sent.

This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.

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