Having now read a lot of articles about the “Monroney sticker”. I am convinced that this is not a cut and dry issue.
Whether people agree with me or not, we are the buyers and have certain protections from Federal and State law.
Tesla has rights too. BUT, the Monroney sticker is an actual description of the car and options. It was invented (among other things) to clarify what precisely you were buying. Since cars have increasingly become more complicated - it is the benchmark for determining what standard and optional features comes with the car.
The buyer is supposed to be able to look at the Monroney sticker glued to a car on the lot - and know precisely what he is getting, paying for, or getting as “standard.” Now Tesla works buy a different sales process - but that does not mean that the more conventional Federal safeguards don’t apply.
I think this is where everyone finds disagreement (for or against) what the OP is saying. With a “conventional” car sale - you are supposed to differentiate what car has what items and at what costs - by the Monroney sticker. Any discrepancies should be resolved in the final purchase contract. This makes for both sides being happy! Unfortunately, that didn't happen, and was left unresolved for 9 months - a long time!
In many cases with Tesla, the Monroney sticker is often irrelevant in the purchase - at least in practice - as you order the car, pay for it and the contract (MVPA?) is what you go on. The purchase agreement may prevail. I doubt most people can really guess on that one!
This is even further complicated by the fact that when the OP bought the car - the options and standard equipment were changing. If you were buying a car in stock from a couple of months before, it could be totally different than what you picked up on a fresh order and build. There must have been some disconnect with what the Vin number of the car described, and what the Monroney sticker described. This just adds to the ambiguity.
Whoever wrote up the OP’s sale blew it. Tesla needs to have purchase agreements conform to Federal purchase laws. I’m sure lots of people here have purchase agreements that do not match what is said on their Monroney stickers. It’s a problem that Tesla needs to get a handle on. Overworked delivery associates don’t help.
So Tesla blew it by being sloppy, but that doesn’t put the OP in a position of advantage. I suspect that Tesla has encountered contradictions like this before and has/is cleaning up their act.
This is one big mess, and while I’m sure there is a legal remedy, it would be foolish for either party to go there. I certainly wouldn’t want to be someone making the final decision on this. I’ve seen instances of conflicting legal documents in other legal issues - and dealing with them is like walking in quicksand.
This would be most easily fixed by a compromise. Since Tesla just “shut-off” FSD with no warning to the owner, it blew up to what it is here. Shutting things off like that is no way to resolve a problem. What a difference a simple phone call could have made!
