Tesla is having a very awful week. The Wall Street Journal reports the EV producer has recalled a complete of 80,561 vehicles in China over software program and seat belt issues. Battery administration glitches affecting 67,698 Model S and Model X automobiles might result in surprising stops, in accordance with the nation’s State Administration for Market Regulation, whereas 12,863 Model 3 sedans have seat belt points.

As with some recollects, Tesla is fixing the battery software program with over-the-air updates. It’s not identified if the issues have resulted in any collisions or accidents, or are straight associated to previous faults. In February, Tesla recalled 817,143 vehicles throughout its lineup over buggy seat belt chimes.

This is the third recall in a single week for Elon Musk’s outfit. Tesla recalled practically 30,000 Model X SUVs over troublesome airbag conduct, and 321,000 Model 3 and Model Y EVs as a consequence of software-related rear mild anomalies. This comes alongside quite a few recollects all through the remainder of 2022, together with over 1 million automobiles with pinching home windows and a Full Self Driving beta oversight that allow vehicles roll by means of cease indicators. While Tesla has rapidly launched patches for software-linked bugs, the sheer variety of recollects has clearly been a problem for homeowners.

Recalls like these could also be hurting Tesla’s status. Consumer Reports not too long ago positioned Tesla close to the underside of its annual reliability survey. Although that is a slight enchancment and reflective of teething troubles for EVs as an entire, it does not assist Tesla’s makes an attempt to court docket newcomers used to a sure degree of high quality from typical vehicles.