The most infamous product recalls in modern history
Elon Musk dubbed himself the Technoking of Tesla, but he's fast becoming the Recall-king too. In 2023, Tesla recalled two million of its vehicles in the United States due to a technical problem. At the end of 2023, the company released its much-talked-about Cybertruck, a somewhat bizarre-looking creation compared to Tesla's other vehicles. Since then, there have been four recalls issued for various design problems with the truck. The first was related to a Tesla-wide software issue in January 2024. The second came in April when it was revealed that the Cybertruck accelerator pedal could become stuck down. Now, the third and fourth recalls have been issued—one for a piece of plastic trim that can fly off the windshield and another for a problem with the high-powered single windshield wiper that could cause the truck's motor to fail. This once again highlights the worldwide phenomenon of the product recall. Essentially, this is a request from a manufacturer to return a product after the discovery of safety issues or product defects that might endanger the consumer or put the maker/seller at risk of legal action. And the practice is nothing new. Cars, for example, were being withdrawn from the market as early as 1973 in order for modifications to be carried out. Since then, thousands of different products have been subject to withdrawal, and even outright bans. Click through and discover the goods that fell victim to a total recall.
2023-12-18T07:07:41Z