Tesla voluntarily recalls 53,000 cars due to faulty parking brakes from supplier

Re:Tesla voluntarily recalls 53,000 cars due to faulty parki... by sfeng on Thursday April 20, 2017 @01:38PM (#14158926)

This to me is always great PR for Tesla (for those who look into the details). If they're willing to do a recall for something as not-safety-critical as this, it means when a real safety issue occurs they will recall. There have been many cases of car companies not recalling for cost reasons, this shows that's not how this decision gets made at Tesla.

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Re:Tesla voluntarily recalls 53,000 cars due to faulty parki... by dlanouette on Thursday April 20, 2017 @01:43PM (#14158973)

To play the devil's advocate. While I agree with you, the article did say the costs were being incurred by the part manufacturer.

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Re:Tesla voluntarily recalls 53,000 cars due to faulty parki... by sfeng on Thursday April 20, 2017 @03:14PM (#14159869)

Yes, but the PR hit would be felt by Tesla.

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Re:Tesla voluntarily recalls 53,000 cars due to faulty parki... by bryanlarsen on Thursday April 20, 2017 @01:41PM (#14158950)

The part manufacturer is covering the cost in this case, not Tesla.

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Re:Tesla voluntarily recalls 53,000 cars due to faulty parki... by developerdanny on Thursday April 20, 2017 @03:37PM (#14160056)

And rightly so, they screwed up. Had the part screwed up whilst a customer was driving their tesla; tesla would be on the receiving end of a PR nightmare!

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