cwerdna
Well-Known Member
Regarding the 3, maybe you missed all of these that I have in my bookmarks? (I've taken some hiatuses here on TMC due to lack of time, other priorities, etc. so there might've been more that I missed due to lack of monitoring.)How many other reports have you read that people had troubles that impacted their road-trips in Model 3, or in any SX build in the last two years? All i am hearing over and over again are panel gaps, paint bubbles and bluetooth issues, and almost nothing about drive-ability issues in Model 3.
Model 3 has been extremely reliable driving machine.
Tesla Model 3 Down: Won't Power Up, and is Inaccessible
Rear motor disabled
Delivery Problems
My So my M3 broke down 2 days after delivery
Model 3: Breakdowns
1 Week into Model 3 ownership and had to get Towed
My new Model 3 has faulty battery. Needs replacement...
Model 3: My car is in the shop on day 2
Monthly Update for April 2018 - 2017 Tesla Model 3 Long-Term Road Test
They had a list of issues under Maintenance and Upkeep. The phantom touchscreen issues have been well documented here.We did local commuting and a few freeway journeys, sure, but everywhere we went the car was fraught with problems. Sixteen weeks into ownership, we've had so many issues with our Model 3 that we started a shared Google Doc to catalog various warning messages, necessary screen resets and general failures.
Forget that this is a "cutting-edge" EV with a cult following. That's irrelevant if Tesla wants to be anything more than a footnote in automotive history. Our Model 3 cost us $56,000, and by that standard alone, the ownership experience so far has been unacceptable. But this is no ordinary $56K car. We put down a $1,000 deposit to get on a two-year waiting list for this car and it's falling apart.
Early adopters who could spend six figures on a car such as the Model S might've given Tesla a bit of extra leeway. Maybe they figure it's a small price to pay for such a technologically advanced car. Maybe it's a sacrifice they're willing to make to avoid using fossil fuels and get free access to the carpool lane. This far into its run, though, and with a car intended for mass appeal, Tesla should have the bugs worked out. It clearly doesn't.
To be fair, June and July 2018 were trouble free for them and Monthly Update for July 2018 - 2017 Tesla Model 3 Long-Term Road Test:
Before YouYou crashed his car, he did state what's at YouYou Xue crashed while on autopilot (aka Model 3 Road Trip).In a rare instance, the Model 3 was trouble-free for all of July and didn't require any maintenance visits this month. That's right — seven months into ownership and it seems like the turbulence has cleared.
Have all the problems been fixed? We hope so.
I just quickly found these:
My drive unit failed, pyro fuse blew, both brake calipers were replaced and boy do I LOVE this car!
Here we go again... Model 3 wont power up
Rear Drive Unit Failed During Pre-Delivery Inspection
The glass roof cracks that I keep hearing about are troubling.
The Model X still looks like a reliability mess. There are plenty of stories here in the last two years of that, but arguably much worse at the beginning than now. It ended up dead last at 10 Least Reliable Cars. For a previous year, it was in the middle of the bottom 10: 10 Least Reliable Cars.
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