Bleeding Edge? Assembly Bugs Render Model 3 Inoperable 3 Times In 3 Months

First time around, the YouTuber reported that his Deep Blue Metallic-painted Model 3 was throwing error messages that wouldn’t let the transmission go into gear. After a few resets, all was well with the vehicle. But the fault appeared again, following a night parked in the garage.

Four days at the nearest Tesla Service Center were needed for the technicians to replace the charge port and ECU. This fix hadn’t resolved the problem, which returned after a few days. The second time around, the service identified a fault with the power conversion system. But guess what? As expected, that wasn’t the fix the Model 3 needed.

Third time around, DamienG drove his car into the shop, and the technicians had to fix a loose grounding bolt. Curiously enough, it appears the problem was discussed by Tesla at regional meeting but the service centers didn’t get the memo from the get-go.

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MDarringer - 12/26/2018 12:14:17 PM

+2 Boost

But I thought Teslas were 100% perfect and trouble free.

zlives - 12/26/2018 2:21:11 PM

0 Boost

you are holding it wrong?

MDarringer - 12/26/2018 2:28:51 PM

+1 Boost

You love your non-sequiturs don't you.

mre30 - 12/26/2018 1:57:56 PM

+5 Boost

Tesla has had quality problems for its entire existence, sometimes terrible quality problems. This is more of the same.

Tesla is just a lower quality vehicle, manufactured by an under-capitalized car company.

Is there a way to get 'Lemon Law' data on Tesla's? Is that public record? Can someone look that up? As far as I know, Tesla DOES NOT report data to JD Power & Associates.

I guess we will all soon find out what the story is...TSLA Earnings Date
Earnings announcement* for TSLA: Feb 06, 2019. Going concern or NOT going concern?

PUGPROUD - 12/26/2018 6:15:33 PM

+1 Boost

Have brought and won four lemon law cases arbitrated in NY over the years (Chevy truck, BMW M3, Mustang GT500, Subaru WRX STi). In NY filings are confidential by law and if you win each manufacturer made me sign a non-disclosure agreement and release before handing over the refund check. Likely the same in most if not all states.

Truthy - 12/26/2018 5:39:27 PM

+3 Boost

There people (more than I thought) willing to put up with shoddy value and quality to be trendy. Once better options are available for the EV crowd - the rest of us know there are innumerable better options - Tesla will slide.