I'm bothered by the fact that it took Consumer Reports testing to discover this issue and to have it fixed. Where was Tesla's QC on this before all this? The CR break tests don't appear to be anything unusual.
I can actually understand the latter possibility, but it’s still a giant screw up.
If so, it's a big screw up for this kind of product development. But still, it's much better than "these brakes have a design flaw and can never work properly and we don't know how to make cars".
brake tests
Most of the other automakers will just leave you rolling around in a defective 3400 lbs pile of metal for years until they get to a fix or finally figure out there's a problem.
Tesla was able to quickly improve its product with a software update and without inconveniencing its customers. It's a superior solution.
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/03/29/tesla-recalls-123000-model-s...
Rarely are recalls for serious defects (those are usually caught before a model is sold), but they are overall a good thing for safety and long term reliability.