wire / 2026-08-04-deac
Tesla FSD v14 Lite Update Causes Overheating and Hardware Failures in HW3 Vehicles
Tesla shipped a bigger model to older hardware and the computers cooked. Owners are getting replacements they were told they would never need.
The facts
After Tesla deployed the FSD v14 Lite AI software to HW3 vehicles, many owners reported severe overheating and failures of the Autopilot computer, with some requiring hardware replacement. The resource-intensive AI model exceeded HW3's capacity, leading to operational disruptions and increased risk of hardware damage.