This is why nobody likes American car brands. The brands that make them cut corners and things like this happen. Teslas are the only American-made cars that are somewhat high-quality.
As the owner of one, this is absolutely not the case.
But I don't even think this is the biggest problem. It wouldn't matter so much if they'd just fix them when they break, but they don't. They go out of their way, and do everything possible to avoid fixing them, to the point of being rude. I hate it.
https://twitter.com/danluu/status/1739387245034139692
That said, I've rented a Mach-E and its "self-driving" module is far, far superior to the Tesla. Hands-free, no wheel nudging, and a bar that watches your face/vision. Reminds me of comma.ai type work.
https://www.reddit.com/r/TeslaLounge/comments/112oqln/new_te...
https://www.topspeed.com/real-story-behind-teslas-failed-ota...
https://www.hbsslaw.com/cases/tesla-model-s-model-x-software...
And even with the argument of it's just an individual car, well, so is this Twitter post.
This case will go nowhere.
I got hit by the HVBJB issue. And the early recalls.
I’m getting tired of issues. But I’m not sure there’s a better option for me out there. I’ve been through more than most since I have a very early build. Buy today you’re likely fine.
Overall I still really like it. There’s a reason I didn’t buy a Tesla, and it wasn’t Musk’s behavior around the Twitter acquisition/afterwords (it hadn’t happened yet). The company’s reputation has only gotten worse in my mind as the various customer service exposes have come out.
Same, but had a solid dealer who gave us a brand-new loaner for 2 weeks while they fixed the issue. It was basically a non-event.
>And the early recalls.
What other early recall put you out of commission? Everything else I experienced was a software update.
>I’m getting tired of issues.
Other than the delays on bluecruise 1.3, and the stupid "5 second rule" - what other issues have you had?
Still my all time favorite defect. https://www.thedrive.com/news/22951/new-tesla-model-3-with-m...
>Tesla
>High quality
Other than that it's been super reliable. The perfect car.
Please stop doing this. You don’t need Bluetooth to safely operate your car. You do need power steering and brakes.
Does your Subaru have a steering lock? A quick search suggests it does. So you better hope you don’t hit a bump with the ignition off.
Many cars and trucks from the 70s had manual steering and brakes, Ford F series, Jeep CJs, etc.
My technique is to power cycle the car just long enough to reset the radio. Also, the steering lock is easily unlocked quickly using the key, it's not as if I take the key out of the ignition and throw it out the window. There are also 2 positions on my ignition, like most cars. You can turn off the engine while keeping the accessory power on. That matters in my case because my car has fully electric power steering.
Many "hyper milers" do things like this. There is a almost 10 mile long section of I-70 that is a famous grade. You can coast the whole way down. I used to coast down the whole thing in my civic, others do too.
Really any car that can be flat towed can be safely driven with the ignition off. You see people doing this all the time, towing a car with a tow strap and a person operating the steering and brakes in the under tow car.
They all, though, have rushed a higher margin EV product out hoping that magic happens over night and being surprised it actually takes time to build a new vehicle platform. Teslas advantage is many years of development without meaningful competition.
The result is pretty crummy EVs, articles lamenting EVs are unreliable (rather than car makers are making unreliable EVs), etc. Except for Tesla, which are middle of the pack for reliability.
It's like we're comparing top grossing sports teams from 2023 and someone starts talking about how the 2023 Yankees could beat the 1912 Yankees hands down.