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    Products Liability Law Daily Wrap Up, NHTSA NEWS—ODI INVESTIGATION—NHTSA to review Tesla’s delay in submitting crash reports, (Aug 22, 2025)

    By WK Editorial Staff

    Many reports were submitted months after the crashes occurred.

    NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) has opened an audit query to review the timeliness of crash reports submitted by Tesla, Inc. Under a Standing General Order, manufactur ...

    By WK Editorial Staff

    Many reports were submitted months after the crashes occurred.

    NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) has opened an audit query to review the timeliness of crash reports submitted by Tesla, Inc. Under a Standing General Order, manufacturers of vehicles equipped with Automated Driving Systems (ADS) and Level 2 Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) must provide timely notice of crashes to NHTSA. The Order in place at the relevant time required Tesla to report crashes within one or five calendar days of receiving notice of the crash. However, numerous reports were submitted several months or more after the crashes occurred (NHTSA ODI Investigation, No. AQ25002 (Aug. 19, 2025)).

    Tesla indicated to ODI that the timing of the reports was due to an issue with its data collection, which has now been fixed. Nevertheless, NHTSA opened the audit query—a standard process for reviewing compliance with legal requirements—to evaluate the cause and scope of the delays and the measures Tesla is taking to address them. NHTSA will also assess whether any reports of prior incidents remain outstanding and whether the reports that were submitted include all the required data.

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