Re:Burned-Out Flash Trips Up Older Teslas
by tempestn on Friday November 29, 2019 @04:30AM
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I think the length of the warranty is kind of a distraction. Say Teslas had a particularly generous 6-year full warranty, but this part was guaranteed to fail 100% of the time after 6.5 years and cost thousands to fix. People would be justifiably upset.
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Re:Burned-Out Flash Trips Up Older Teslas
by OnlineGladiator on Friday November 29, 2019 @05:10AM
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> People would be justifiably upset.
You're talking about whether or not people should be upset. I'm talking about whether or not Tesla is legally responsible. These are orthogonal topics.
Yes, people should be upset with Tesla for a shitty design. I don't think anyone is arguing that. I don't think that automatically means Tesla should get sued for it.
Then again, I've never tried to sue an automaker. So maybe I'm just ignorant of how this is supposed to work.
Re:Burned-Out Flash Trips Up Older Teslas
by macintux on Friday November 29, 2019 @10:05AM
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In a world of perfect information things would be different. If a consumer knew before purchase that a car was going to die shortly after the warranty ends, they wouldn’t have much of a case.
But if Tesla cheaps out on critical items, thus dooming a car to that scenario, and a consumer can’t know that, it introduces a different legal dynamic.
(Disclaimer: IANAL.)