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I found that Tesla was pretty reasonable with fixing things after the initial window if they were very obviously the kind of things that were not wear and tear and likely came with the car but were overlooked. For example, Tesla fixed an issue with an interior panel needing to be...

What kind of wheels do you have? If they are the Gemini wheels that’s where the clicking and crackling sounds are coming from (the plastic covers specifically).

We had a similar debate before getting our Model Y (minus the car seat angle). My wife was initially leaning towards a Model X while I really had a tough time justifying the fact that it was pretty much double the price for seemingly little else than the falcon wing doors. The two things that...

About the whole loaner thing..... This was initially a bit of a let down with Tesla (though it was something I was prepared for from reading these forums). Especially after 15 years of dealing with my local BMW dealer, one of the largest at least in this region if not nationally, and with a very...

While I agree with you that "the craziness will come to an end". The key question for many people will likely be how long it takes for that to happen and what folks will end up going through before they get there. I distinctly remember my parents relating stories of paying more than 14% mortgage...

It continues to be an issue with 2022.4.5. The update complete notification started becoming flake in the second half of last year. The update available notification not appearing appears to have started since v11. Now that I know that it not only affecting me, it’s not a problem with my...

That does look abnormally large.... your photos are cropped pretty close, but based on what I'm seeing I think it may be more due to the alignment of the black lower piece for the mirror than the car's body panel (look at the gap between the lower mirror trim and the upper door trim on the side...

Hopefully this never happens again for you, but one thing which I’ve been told (at least by the service centers around me here) is that if something is a safety issue, you can basically drive in and they will prioritize it. I assume this has to be an actual major safety issue (like...

It's a white Toyota Camry 2011 - 2014 (pre-facelift for that generation). As someone else mentioned the plate is somewhat visible throughout the video, I can make out at least the last 3 characters. I think you may have gotten lucky as far as where the impact was on your car, the height of the...

One of the benefits of owning a Tesla is the fact that the car can evolve over the course of its life through software updates. Even at the risk of there being an update at some point that I don’t 100% agree with, I consider that a huge benefit relative to other cars. On my BMW checking tire...

I have not experienced this issue with V11. If something like this was happening I would submit a service request. You can submit it as a mobile service request for software issues. Tesla will then reach out to you a day or two before your scheduled appointment and try to fix it remotely.

While I get this argument on the surface, and I readily admit that as a resident of SoCal I may not appreciate the use cases for this function in other parts of the country, I can’t help but think this is being overstated a bit. Basically before the defroster was towards the right of the screen...

The same was true for me. “Update Complete” has been flaky since around Sept or Oct of last year but Update Available was still coming in. Now both have stopped working completely with v11. Again, I’m relieved it’s not just our car, I was a bit worried something may have gotten uniquely messed...

Yes, it’s still checked.

Same here, it’s comforting to know it’s not something specific to my car.