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Waymo recalls robotaxis for driving on flooded roads

May 12, 2026 Andrew J. Hawkins

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Waymo vehicle — A Waymo drives across Congress Avenue on 8th Street in front of the Capitol Building as rain arrives in the Austin area on Friday, Jan. 23, 2025 ahead of anticipated drops in temperature and freezing rain over the weekend. (Sara Diggins/The Austin American-Statesman via Getty Images) | Image: Getty

Waymo is recalling its autonomous driving software that allowed its vehicles to drive on flooded roads. The recall affects 3,791 vehicles that operate using Waymo's fifth and sixth generation systems.

In documents filed with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the Alphabet-owned company said that an unoccupied Waymo robotaxi "encountered an untraversable flooded section of a roadway that has a 40 mph speed limit." Despite detecting the flooded road, the vehicle "proceeded at reduced speed." Waymo said it was currently working on a remedy. In the interim, the company has updated its vehicles to "increase weather-related cons …

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