Electric Vehicle (EV) maker Tesla is under scrutiny over battery and security issues after at least two dozen complaints were filed with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), including a Chicago consumer who said his 2014 Tesla lost about 30 miles of range after a software update last May, say media reports.

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The software update essentially means he needs to charge the vehicle more often -- and, he has reportedly said, it also takes longer to charge up. Federal safety regulators have begun looking into Tesla battery fires. The probe covers all Model S and Model X Tesla vehicles manufactured between 2012 and 2019 and sold in the US.

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In a letter sent to the EV maker`s legal department dated October 24, the agency demands that Tesla produce all documents that relate to "high-voltage battery fires that are not related to collision or impact damage to the battery pack" in the Model S and Model X, Los Angeles Times reported on Friday.

The software update in question was sent after a handful of battery fires in Tesla vehicles around the world, including in parked cars. In one such instance, in San Francisco, an unplugged Model S ignited while parked overnight in a residential garage, according to a report in Chicago Sun-Times.

Meanwhile, a man named Omar Awan, who was a 48-year-old anesthesiologist, died inside his Tesla Model S in South Florida last week after he crashed it into a palm tree and the police could not rescue him owing to vehicle`s futurist handle design.

According to the "wrongful death" lawsuit that was filed by Awan`s family, the vehicle`s door handles were retracted and did not `auto-present` when the police officer arrived to the scene, the Newsweek had reported.