Recent content by jyalpert

Yeah that may not fly, I don't know, IANAL. A more interesting question, I suppose, is what if there were a pattern of techs failing to tighten down wheels properly, which they promised the NHTSA to address and did not?

Additionally, I'll again reiterate that the tech did not "forget to tighten down a bolt" like some kind of minor oopsie. They removed a bolt from the car on a critical safety system, and then did not reinstall it. The seatbelt was put back in position, between the seats, and appeared fine...

Well, the PCS appears to have failed again for the second time in as many months. Check out the error messages this morning. And again we appear to have dodged a bullet, since the 12V system died overnight, and not while we were driving on the highway.

The recall ended, but they're still not bolting the seatbelts back in after PCS repair. I did not receive any recall notice after my December PCS repair. They seem to have just kind of stuffed the middle belt back between the seats so it looked like it was OK and sent me on my way.

Thank you. My hope is to be rid of the car and the brand altogether. This is worse than malaise-era GM. But as you say, perhaps I'll have to ride it out 3 years, wondering if some lack of QA protocol caused a serious issue that's going to kill my kids.

Regarding the PCS failure - it was not a "won't charge at 40A" kind of thing. It was a total 12v system failure with a "Pull Over Immediately" message. Whether or not that's a safety issue in the eyes of CA Lemon Law, I have no idea, but I'm very glad it happened in my driveway and not on the...

Want to buy out my lease?

My understanding is that this was an issue that started to happen last summer. They recalled all cars that might have this issue, and in the fall, said they were going to fix the process so it didn't happen again. To me, it looks like they didn't fix the process. The tech didn't "forget to...

California Lemon Law is more strict when death is a possibility. The factory f'd up the electrical system, and then the service center f'd up the repair. I don't know who to trust. I don't want this car anymore.

This is what utter negligence looks like. The PCS failed on my ~5 day old car, and the service center forgot to bolt the seat belts back in on completing the repair. This occurred in January 2023. I was not sent any notice about a recall. The seatbelt simply popped out from between the seats...

IF YOU HAD YOUR PCS SERVICED, CHECK THAT YOUR SEAT BELTS ARE BOLTED INTO THE CAR The PCS failed on my 2023 Model 3 on day ~5 of ownership. The car was towed to the service center as it was not drive-able, and Tesla fixed it about a week later. During the fix, the techs apparently forgot to...

Yeah, unless it was causing a 12v system failure and the car was trying to shut down on the highway. Not sure if that's a failure mode. My HV and 12v systems both shut down while the car was sitting there charging.

5 day old 2023 Model 3 with 91 miles on the odometer. Totally dead and undriveable, diagnosed as PCS failure, now awaiting repair. Lemon law in CA 2x attempts to repair a “dangerous” issue, or 4x for other issues. Not sure if this constitutes a dangerous issue or not. And given that the car...

The irony is that the parking assist was one of our favorite features on the 2019. It was the best parking assistance feature on any car I’ve driven. To the point that we are now willing to pay more for other cars to get the front USS for parking assist. (We have some people in our family...

Our Model 3 has no USS, which we just realized, and we are pissed. After 2 days of being like "why aren't the parking sensors working," and then reading about them killing off these sensors, we tried to return it, but they wont' take it back. We had a 2019 Model 3 that we just sold to get this...