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@techmaven, Thank you for your detailed response. I'll give you,, that I didn't check Niedermeyer's participation in the 'Death watch' blog. So that part is only a minor mistake in the blog post. But the crux of Tesla's argument in quickly dismissing this "very abnormal rust" (Tesla's own...

If it confused so many people, including NHTSA, who called it "troublesome", then it requires clarification/modification. Glad Tesla has agreed to do that finally. Peace.

LOL! If by "truth" you mean the gospels that come from the Almighty at the helm of Tesla, then NO. I don't seek his lies. He has lied plenty. I can only thank him for his lies, as by not believing in his gospels, I have made a good bit of profits. BTW, if you read my comments here, I have...

Thanks for digging it up. Keef Wivaneff, aka Lucile, aka Loose Wheels, aka Ralph Vader did some good investigative work in that case while the Australian govt. and main media slept. I do not see anything wrong with him collecting pictures of wrecked Teslas, since owners often don't report these...

Highly doubt that claim. Take this with the grain of salt Mr. Musk offered. I thought, a few others reported suspension failures in this thread itself. See post #40 by Dennis87; he reports 3 cases from Norway. And I think, Bjorn Nyland's suspensions were also changed. Suspension Problem on...

Read this. Experts mostly agree, the NDA is unheard of. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/10/business/tesla-model-s-nhtsa-suspension-failure.html?_r=1

Even if all those were filed by the same person, it does not imply the information is incorrect. Or correct. Tesla owners cum shareholders are loathe to report issues to NHTSA in fear of the NDA and also their TSLA holdings. Just look at how the OP has been treated here. That's the norm. And to...

Exactly! And there are other factual errors in this personal attack on the blogger. He has refuted Tesla's (ELon's?) statements in the link below. He didn't start the 2008 blog Tesla is referring to. But he did investigate the battery swap scam Tesla was doing in CA to get 9 ZEV credits from...

So you still think it's okay for Tesla to insist that the owners HIDE the issue from others, except authorities? That doesn't seem legit, or fair to new customers. Will see how this unfolds.

Glad that you agree. Feds should go further, and ask Tesla to make the new terms retroactive. Meaning, people who signed this blanket NDA earlier, can now disclose the issues they had, and incidents leading to their repairs/exchanges. For example, it is in every X buyer's interest to know, how...

LOL. Here comes the rabid attacks of rabid fans and the CEO. No one denies that Tesla is imposing NDAs to cover up, but ad homine attacks they sure do. Including the CEO. Tesla denies in a blog post, lol!. But the wordings in the agreement says something else. It specifically asks to keeps the...

Tesla's response is full of fluff as usual; like the CEO waving his magic wand while sleeping in his sleeping bag at the end of the assembly line, turning crappy Model Xs into flawless cars. We will see how this suspension issue turns up. It may not be an issue after all. Apparently Mr. Musk...

The problem here is that Tesla tries to cover up the defects (some potentially big safety issues) through their NDAs. Since Tesla doesn't issue recalls, and uses its own hush-hush TSBs to repair defects, there is no way for consumers and safety agencies to even form a correct opinion about the...

I didn't report or dislike your post. Guess someone else moved it to snippiness. I get much worse feedback from this forum of fan boys and girls. Your argument is that "Because the user @gpcordaro reported the incident to NHTSA notwithstanding the goodwill agreement to keep it confidential, the...

You seem prejudiced to think that anything that's not published by populist media, watered down for majority consumption, is wrong. I followed the links in the article to double check (TMC threads, BBB). Have you done your homework to prove anything is wrong? If so, by all means dispute that...

OK, you got me. I forgot the exhaust system. The seats, wheels, brakes, rotors, tires, doors, windshields, shocks, lights, trunks, steering, compressors, safety tech, vanity mirrors, cup holders, etc. are all same. Funny that just today, an article was published on how Tesla makes owners sign...

Professor, I assume you reported me for posting the unfettered truths. You have deleted 4 of my posts containing material information or argument, for 'inappropriate behavior', while at the same time turning a blind eye to all the insults hurled upon myself and other people holding a different...

Happened to David Noland of greencarreports.com, back in 2014. Remember, the last bug in any software is never found. Life With Tesla Model S: UPDATE On Pedal Placement Problem

Surely, the current 3-6 month wait times for service of Model S in Norway is a soild proof of rapid improvement in quality and reliability. In general, there is not much difference between EV and ICE cars, other than the radiator and engine block. But now, you have to worry about the longevity...

Interesting that you would ask. Please count the number of replacements in Edmunds' long term road test of 2013 Model S, and let me know if you can count them with your fingers, or you needed to use your toes too. All within 1 year and 30,000 miles, on the same car. Pepboys will have plenty to...

That's the reward for crying out loud on TMC and making a news article out of it :) Now Tesla will be stuck with losing money on every windshield they replace.

Mr. Baron is so gifted, he knew from his Tesla factory visits that Model X quality was going to be superb. He missed the lobby though. Mr. Trip Choudhary handily beats him in inspecting the factory facilities. Mr. Baron is so astute, he figures out capital efficiency with mere glances at the...

David Noland of greencarreports experienced a very similar situation in his 2013 Model S 2 years ago. Life With Tesla Model S: UPDATE On Pedal Placement Problem This one also is likely a 'Design Induced Human Error (DIHE)'. Tesla may not be completely out of the woods yet. The logs should...

You Sir/Madam, are the epitome of blindness :) Let's look at the numbers: When Model X was truly an "X" (unknown): 30,000 reservations. Once it is known & released: 5000 deliveries and Tesla is already fulfilling new orders.

So that's a range of like 100 miles max; 75 miles if we include some safety buffer and detour consideration for super chargers. Even if there were superchargers at every 75 miles with no waiting, the hassle of removing the trailer at those SCs to charge and spending 30-60 minutes every 1 hour...

No! People don't want any of those. People want functional doors that don't keep hitting the ceilings and other objects. I will feel safer with a 16 year boy at the wheels. He can at least spot the trucks. They want a roof that protects their heads from the sun and lets them put their bikes and...

Sorry to hear your story. But I'd say you brought it upon yourself. Living so far from the SCs and knowing the recurring issues with Model X, a wise person would have waited a year to get confirmation of the "fixes", not just take someone's words for it. I thought, Tesla ranger service now...

@Krugerrand, my dear friend, Your blind love for the Almighty at Tesla is abnormal! Do you need to see a shrink? Hey, can I also call you Lensman or something like that, another character with similar traits that pollutes the EV forums all too often? I just compared some past aspirations...

Oops! Sounds like I stepped on your tail and it broke off. My bad. Optimize, Optimize, Revolutionize! How about the time he revolutionized service and made it crazy fast, like Formula One fast? But apparently, got confused between units of time. Instead of 30 seconds, service now takes 30 days...

Great post! I suppose, Mr. Musk knows his fan club is just too forgiving and will take his words forever to be gospels. His mistakes with Model X didn't stop him from cashing his option grants tied to Model X success. In fact, the options could partly be the reason for a rushed Model x delivery.

Some people did pay up in advance. But even if you don't, you will still lose the $5000 deposit amount. Not pocket change. There is also the psychological side of it, having waited so long and told your family and friends about it for years. Some people might already have sold their previous...

@Tam, It's no good if the buyer discovers that he paid for beta features through the owner's manual, that he gets only after he buys the car. He has to know that he is buying beta features before placing his order. So, he must be informed of such on the ordering page. Currently, both Model X...

I don't see the word "beta" mentioned on Tesla's ordering site. Are you just imagining things or trying to come up with lame duck excuses to help Tesla? If it is beta, then that should be flashing in big letters on the ordering site. Or is it beta only when a lawsuit shows up at Tesla's...

Great! Happy for you. But not surprising, knowing Tesla fears lemon lawsuit like a plague. Suggest to get the promise in writing. It may turn out that the one making verbal promises is not authorized to assure a buyback. Who knows? I believe @ModelXBoy here still doesn't have a written agreement...

It is also possible that many owners have a lot of Tesla shares, so they try their best to hide issues from public eyes. There was a Facebook group to discuss Model X issues secretly. If Tesla could produce flawless cars that would remain flawless, then how come Fortune magazine's test car had...

LOL! Do not forget the milestones that were achieved by shipping out Model X on Sep 29! Mr. Musk and top management got their options vested based on their "achievements" on Model X. Mr. Musk cashed a good chunk right last week. A truly smart guy, he is. His fans and devotees should pay for his...

Good luck. Do you have a written promise about your replacement? Tesla is notorious about walking back on its promises, ranging from unlimited ranger service to unlimited supercharging to many other things.

MXB, Are you still getting a new X or keeping the original one?

That's a real bummer!

You make some very valid points. Lemon law was created exactly for these reasons to protect the consumers. To save its quality image, recall is the last thing Tesla wants to do. Instead, it likes to make recall repairs secretly, so no one knows. Why can't you drive the loaner? Is it unsafe for...

Feel free to use the happiness guarantee or the lemon law to return the car, if someone is not perfectly happy with his or her super expensive lemon. Mr. Musk is on record (in an earnings call) that he is trying to tame the demand for Model X. Consider returning the car as doing him a favor...

1. These puzzles of 45% growth wrt some undisclosed number are useless. As TSLA shareholders, you should demand the simple, actual number of Model S orders received and how many left in backlog. The question you should ask yourself is, why are these puzzles needed to convey a simple number? 2...

Let us not forget Tesla predicted 2015 exit rate of 100k cars a year. Oh wait! May be, they did produce 273 cars on 31 December in 2015, but then ran out of money to buy the parts to sustain that.

I would pay some credence to that statement, if Mr. Musk said that about Model X before the delays and issues started showing up. Who knows what he will be saying about Model 3 in a year or two? Obviously, this sudden advancement of ramp-up goal shows Tesla s very poor in predicting anything...

A bunch of ridiculous predictions in this ER. Mr. Musk dodging any question that's relevant for investors is not a good thing. Talk about walking back FCF positive this half of 2016 to more capital raise. Talk about walking back from "we don't need any more capital raise" just a few months ago...

Thank you for confirming that both last year's tweet and the powerpack price estimation webpage are incorrect and useless. Tells a lot. It's sad seeing you folks squealing when caught red handed.

Kindly inform me where I can buy them for $250/kwh. At 54 power packs, the biggest system Tesla allows, the price is still $470/kwh. Build your Powerpack Energy Storage Solution | Tesla Motors

Tesla needs constant cash infusion to replenish its non-stop cash bleed of nearly half a billion each quarter. Do some research on how it spent the $2B raised via bonds in 2014 for the supposed GF. Only 14% built, and they had to raise another $750 million. FCF is a mirage. A good read from...

Ha Ha Ha! Wasn't it exactly a year ago, that Elon tweeted $200/kwh pricing for power packs? I am waiting to see his tweet, announcing the new $470/kwh pricing. A few hundred dollars on the total pack won't make any difference. Tesla will still lose a ton of money on each Model 3.

My speculation is that he recorded these for the SC and Tesla, to make a case for returning his car. When he saw Consumer Reports and other outlets talking about Model X quality issues, he just added the front and back title pages and uploaded the video. I saw some of his answers before the...