The Nationwide Freeway Visitors Security Administration mentioned Monday it has closed a preliminary investigation into Fisker over complaints that its all-electric Ocean SUV rolls away unexpectedly. The U.S. security regulator opened an investigation in February after receiving 4 complaints — one in all which resulted in an harm — over the failure of the automobiles to shift into park.
The investigation was closed after bankrupt Fisker issued a recall of seven,745 of its all-electric SUVs and resolved the issue by way of a software program replace, based on NHTSA. The software program improve, which was launched final month, “offers extra robustness to forestall unintended automobile motion by way of two main modifications,” the company mentioned.
NHTSA’s Workplace of Defects Investigation nonetheless has one remaining probe targeted on complaints that Fisker automobiles have issues with inadvertent emergency braking. In 2024, federal regulators opened 4 investigations into Fisker automobiles that included complaints of sudden loss of braking performance, multiple claims of inadvertent computerized emergency braking, rollaway dangers, and issues opening doorways to the automobile.
