Tesla will recall nearly 54,000 self-driving vehicles in the US, after finding that some of their cars were not coming to a complete stop at intersections

The “rolling stop” feature that was sent out to the testing owners on October 20, allows vehicles to go through intersections with all-way stop signs at up to 9km per hour.

US safety regulators say that Tesla will disable the feature with an over-the-internet software update.

Tesla has been testing the self-driving feature on public roads, but the carmaker and the regulator say the features do not make the cars autonomous.

Safety advocates are concerned that Telsa testing the vehicles in traffic with untrained drivers, as well as the potential risk of the Telsa software malfunctioning could expose other motorists and pedestrians to danger.

Last week, the company’s beta vehicles increased to nearly 60,000 in the US, from a few thousand at the end of September.

It comes just weeks after the company noted that it was not aware of any warranty claims, crashes, injuries or fatalities related to the recall.

But the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said the recall covers models from 2016 and onwards.

The feature has also drawn controversy for violating several US state laws that require vehicles to come to a complete stop.

Also written by Savannah Pocock