The investigation into the summons feature likely comes as a blow to Tesla, which has been trying to advance its driverless capabilities lately. In a somewhat controversial move, Tesla's summons feature relies on a camera-only approach, as opposed to competitors using lidar, radar and cameras for driverless capabilities.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has lunched an investigating into Tesla’s parking retrieval feature called “Actually Smart Summon”.

Dozens of videos reportedly show Tesla vehicles colliding with other cars, parking signs, and walls while using a driverless remote parking feature.

The “Actually Smart Summon” feature enables drivers to remotely summon or move their vehicles to them or another location via a mobile phone app.

The U.S. government is probing Tesla over a driverless feature in its electric vehicles, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). The NHTSA cited Tesla’s “Smart Summon” and “Actually Smart Summon” features,

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Tesla’s automated summoning feature has been linked to at least four crashes.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration announced it is investigating nearly 2.6 million Tesla vehicles over a remote driving feature.

U.S. regulators on Tuesday announced an investigation into 2.6 million Tesla vehicles following reports of crashes linked to technology that enables drivers to use a smartphone app to remotely summon their cars or direct them to another location.