Overview
- NHTSA, which closed the probe Monday, ended a 15‑month review of Smart Summon on about 2.59 million Teslas after finding incidents were rare and minor.
- The feature lets a driver move the car short distances in parking areas using a phone, and most reports involved low‑speed bumps into parked cars, gates, or garage doors.
- Tesla shipped six over‑the‑air updates in 2025 to improve obstacle detection, flag blocked cameras, handle moving gate arms, and cut camera errors from snow or condensation.
- The agency said the closure is not a clean bill of health and it may reopen the case or take action if new evidence appears.
- Regulatory scrutiny continues through an engineering analysis of Full Self‑Driving covering about 3.2 million vehicles, after last month’s rejection of a separate unintended‑acceleration recall petition.