Instrument panel issues prompt recall for Nikola battery-electric trucks

Nikola Tre BEV at the Port of Los Angeles

Truck OEM Nikola has issued a recall for its battery-electric Tre trucks related to defective instrument panels which could fail.

The screen failure is considered a safety hazard, as drivers would not be able to see essential information such as speed and available range.

The recall covering 72 examples of the battery-electric trucks from the 2022 and ’23 model year was called by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Instrument panels will be replaced at no charge to the customer.

Nikola started series production of its battery-electric trucks before it introduced its hydrogen fuel cell models. They are now only avaialble to customer order.

Model recalls for defective screens follows a recall in August 2023 for all (209 units) of the brand’s battery-electric trucks due to a fire risk. The issue was traced back to a coolant leak in the battery packs.

The vehicles are being returned to customers fitted with packs billed as ‘BEV 2.0’.