WASHINGTON, Jan 10 (Reuters) - Tesla said on

Friday it is recalling about 239,000 vehicles in the United

States because rear-view cameras may fail to work.

The development comes days after the National Highway

Traffic Safety Administration opened a probe into 2.6 million

Tesla vehicles in the U.S. over reports of crashes involving a

feature that allows users to move their cars remotely.

Tesla said a reverse current may occur while powering up the

vehicle, which could cause a short circuit on the car's computer

board and result in the rear-view camera becoming inoperative,

the automaker said.

The automaker said the issue was the result of a sequence of

specific software and hardware configurations, coupled with

colder temperatures.

Tesla said it has already pushed a software update to

vehicles that changes the vehicle power up sequence to prevent

the shorting failure. Tesla will identify any vehicles with a

circuit board issue and replace the car's computer if necessary.

The automaker launched an investigation after seeing an

increase in car computer replacements relating to short circuit

issues in November.

Tesla said it has 887 warranty claims and 68 field reports

related to the recall but said it is not aware of any

collisions, injuries or fatalities related to the condition

Tesla said Model 3, Model S and Model X vehicles in

production also received a different car computer variant after

Dec. 16 to address the issue.

The issue affects 2024-25 Model 3 and Model S vehicles and

2023-25 Model X and Model Y.

Tesla had the largest number of recalls in the U.S. with 5.1

million vehicles affected, but all issues can be addressed

through a software update, recall management firm Bizzycar said

in a report.

Advanced vehicle technologies led to a spike in electrical

system recalls last year, affecting 6.3 million vehicles in

2024, according to the report.