Thanks for giving me actual information unlike the other dude. I know S has handle issues amongst other things, but how common is it? Is it certain you will run into the issue? I was mainly arguing about the Model 3, where there’s no door handle issues and the screen is different apparently.
Right, the 3 is too new to really tell what issues it may or may not have over time. All this stuff took several years to really show up on the S.
As far as door handles, they have been redesigned by Tesla to be more reliable than the earliest versions, but they do still fail. Early on they were super common failures. We have had 1 go on our 2015, so not too bad (although it was the drivers door, so hugely annoying). If I was buying a used out of warranty S today, I would expect to have to deal with door handles and an MCU at some point. They also have suspension issues (we are dealing with that now), but that doesn’t fall under the “electronics” category. This will be the 2nd time our S will have needed major suspension work if the current issues we are experiencing turn out to be the suspension.
I do worry about the long term reliability of the suspension on my 3. My car has already had a TSB suspension fix (for an unknown reason, they just did it at a service visit) and suspensions aren’t Tesla’s forte based on their other models. So it’s not just electronic things that can be an issue. “Regular” car things may be problematic over time as well.
Remember that every 3 on the road today is an early one. In 5 years, we will have a much better idea about reliability, For now we are all just early adopters.