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Comment by jjackson5324 | Hacker News Reader

As a Tesla owner, it's pretty clear these people are lying about what they did to the car.

Tesla's become one of the most popular brand in the US and sells cars all over the world. The idea that a Tesla can't stand a normal puddle of water is ridiculous.

This is just dumb tabloid garbage and of course HN gets bamboozled again.

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I think that is an unfair assessment of the situation. There have been lots of quality control issues noted in teslas over the years. Maybe there is a flaw under the windshield where it is supposed to drain water if it got plugged with leaves it overflows down into the battery compartment? I’m not saying that is what happened it could be users fault but I am not going to put it out of the realm of possibility that teslas are infallible. Surely if the car was that wet there would be signs that the floor boards are wet as well? Tesla should come forward with evidence that this was not their fault as it seems it should be pretty easy to show. How can water get into the batter? It’s not sealed? How did this happen not just battery was wet. It was noted that there was extreme weather rain did that play a role? I need more information before I come to a conclusion.

"Problem that effects the entire fleet of cars" vs "they're lying" is a false dichotomy. Personally I think it's more likely that they're not lying and this particular car had a manufacturing defect.

But you seem to be very confident that it couldn't be a manufacturing defect with this particular car. How did you manage to rule this out?

How is it clear? I see Tesla as potentially at fault. In fact, I have a friend who’s Tesla was bricked in exactly the same way. He finally got them to replace the battery under warranty.

But can it stand to an exceptional puddle? Pretty sure no one is contesting that they can drive their Tesla in the rain. The question is if you live in a place that has outlier weather from where it was tested is the manufacturer responsible for their product?

I've never heard of a manufacturer of a regular passenger car covering a hydrolocked engine.

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