NHTSA closes preliminary probe into 7,745 Fisker Ocean SUVs after software program replace

(Reuters) – The U.S. auto security regulator mentioned on Monday it has closed a preliminary analysis into 7,745 Fisker (OTC:FSRNQ) Ocean SUVs over failure to shift automobiles into the park gear, after the electric-vehicle startup issued recollects and launched a software program replace.

Earlier this yr, the Nationwide Freeway Visitors Security Administration (NHTSA) opened a preliminary probe into claims of unintended car motion in about 4,000 of Fisker’s 2023 Ocean electrical sport utility automobiles.

The complaints alleged an incapacity to shift into the park mode or into the supposed gear, which might end in an inadvertent car motion.

The NHTSA mentioned final month Fisker is recalling 7,745 automobiles as a rollaway will increase the chance of a crash or damage.

The corporate was fixing the problem by releasing a software program improve “OS 2.0”, which launched an “Auto Automobile Maintain” function that stops the car from rolling below gravity, which due to this fact helps have interaction each the park gear and digital parking brake, NHTSA mentioned on Monday.