tesla issued a recall in the united states to just over 40000 vehicles for a possible problem in the electric power steering system an issue that was being fixed remotely the us road safety agency the nhtsa reported a possible defect in this system in a filing dated november 1 and published on tuesday reduced or lost power steering assist does not affect steering control but could require greater steering effort from the driver particularly at low speeds the agency said the affected vehicles  model s and model x manufactured between 2017 and 2021  can be remotely fixed at no charge according to tesla 97 percent of the concerned vehicles had an update as of november 1 tesla already made several recalls in the united states this year to remotely modify potentially problematic features at the end of september the company recalled more than one million vehicles because of a risk of injury in operating the car windows