Tesla Faces Accelerating Rate of Model 3 Refunds

Re:Tesla Faces Accelerating Rate of Model 3 Refunds by kamaal on Tuesday June 05, 2018 @07:52AM (#17236782)

That's true to a bigger extent with ICE's than with Electric cars.

There is very little you can repair in an electric car, Its basically a battery, motor, electronics and software, and that's a plus, not a negative.

Why do you want repair something that shouldn't even exist at the first place?

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Re:Tesla Faces Accelerating Rate of Model 3 Refunds by jakevn on Tuesday June 05, 2018 @12:47PM (#17239499)

Many of the issues I've had with German vehicles were not related to the ICE. These are the issues I faced in 100k miles of German car ownership: Window motor, Parasitic draw, Blower motor, Headlight ballast, Wheel bearing, Strut mount bushings, Sunroof drain channel

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Re:Tesla Faces Accelerating Rate of Model 3 Refunds by femidav on Friday June 08, 2018 @05:12PM (#17269723)

My BMW ran for 107k miles, only repair until now - headlight lamps for $20, self-replaced. BMWs built after 2005 are extremely reliable.

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Re:Tesla Faces Accelerating Rate of Model 3 Refunds by StudentStuff on Wednesday June 06, 2018 @08:48PM (#17252378)

There is not as much to have fail in an electric car, but that shouldn't mean I lose the right to repair a vehicle I own. Rebuilding batteries isn't new to me, nor is compiling software.

Why should Tesla be allowed to brick every electric car that gets in a fender bender, or refuse to sell parts for cars once the vehicle is out of warranty? A lack of enforcement of the right to repair has driven repair costs on Tesla's vehicles sky high, causing their vehicles to have notably more expensive insurance premiums.

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