Waymo recall overview:Â
- Who: Waymo issued a voluntary recall notice to notify the public of a software update on its autonomous vehicle fleet.Â
- Why: The software update was issued because of two separate December 2023 accidents between Waymo vehicles and the same towed vehicle.
- Where: The Waymo recall is valid across the United States.
A new Waymo recall for a software update will address a pair of accidents in which two separate Waymo vehicles struck the same towed vehicle.
According to a voluntary recall notice, the Waymo accidents took place Dec. 11, 2023, in Phoenix with a pickup truck that was being improperly towed.
The pickup truck was angled across a center turn lane and traffic lane, Waymo says. After the first of the Waymo accidents, the tow truck did not pull over and the towed pickup was later hit by a second Waymo vehicle, the company says.
According to Waymo, the positioning of the towed pickup led the Waymo vehicles to incorrectly predict where it was headed.
There were no passengers in either of the Waymo vehicles at the time; no injuries and only minor damage resulted from the Waymo accidents.
Waymo gave notice about the crashes to the Phoenix Police Department and the Arizona Department of Public Safety on Dec. 11 and to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) on Dec. 15.
Software was updated Dec. 20 to address crash issues, Waymo says
Waymo conducted an investigation of the crashes and updated the software Dec. 20.
The company is not facing legal action over the recall, but Top Class Actions follows recalls closely as they sometimes lead to class action lawsuits.
Waymo vehicles have traveled 10 million fully autonomous miles and made one million ride-hail trips while having fewer police-reported and injury-causing crashes than human drivers, the company says.
Contact information for Waymo can be found on its support page.
Tesla updated its Full Self-Driving driver-assist program after recalling 363,000 vehicles last year.
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