Do you look for anything specific or that it just looks normal? I've never done this but it sounds like a great idea.
Many such disclaimers are, in their turn, limited by state law. Often their real function is discourage legitimate claims; something at which to point to scare off harmed customers.
Dude, I have an even worse story. Telsa has had my brand new model 3 for over 4 months to paint the rear bumper after a minor hit. I am on my second loaner car with them and have had TWO blown tires in the past four days that have left me stranded on the side of the road for over 3 hours. One in the middle of the night where they also told me my luggage and family transport/staying at a hotel was all on me as they wouldn't do anything about it. They wouldn't even give a uber voucher. The blown tires were clearly due to neglected maintenance as the inside of both rear tires were worn literally down to the wire and is tough to see unless you lay down behind the car. They would have never passed inspection. Tesla roadside assistance last night straight up told me "I'm not going to do what you're asking and get the tire changed, we have to tow it back from Charlotte to Raleigh and you all are just on your own for the rest." I hung up on that guy and called back to get a different person. This next guy obviously had a mental disability and should not have been working any kind of phone or customer service. He told me I could only also get towed as no tow truck drivers they had in Charlotte wanted to help me change the tire with a Tesla loaner tire replacement. They only wanted to tow, and that Telsa would cover my hotel and uber since this is obviously their responsibility. Five minutes later he retracted that statement and said "I never said Tesla would cover the hotel. I wouldn't say that. (pause) Oh, now I'm confused." He ended up accidentally giving me the name of one of their towing services, who I called myself and came out to change the tire no problem, and the tow truck driver was furious that Tesla roadside treated it's customers like that, as he obviously had no problem coming out to assist. The Tesla roadside worker (BJ) called me back and told me I put him between a rock and a hard place because he couldn't select "tire replacement" on his computer screen and could only select "car towing". He then stated that he didn't know what to do so he was going to end the call because he was confused, and was actually expressing how upset he was that the towing gentleman was coming to help me. Both BJ and Jordan, with Tesla roadside assistance, not only didn't try to help, but actively worked the PREVENT me getting help while stranded on the side of the highway in the middle of the night. BJ originally told me he couldn't find my location (Charlotte, NC) on his computer map so he couldn't get anyone to help me. Charlotte is the biggest city in the entire state! Even bigger than the capital. The second I get my car back I am trading it and going back to Mercedes. I have never ran into such an uncompassionate group of people that cannot think past the words on their computer screen. They don't give a flying **** about their customers and work to put them into a worse situation when things are already going wrong. Absolutely disgusting.
24/7 roadside--bleah! I got a flat tire on my Y in Oakland and they just flat-bedded it away to the Tesla service center in Berkeley where they did NOT have a tire sized for a Y! Had to pay for an extra night at the hotel and get started on the road a lot later than I would have preferred when they finally got a tire around noon the next day.
Why not take it to Belle tire (or something similar)? That’s where I get my tires (and repairs) done.24/7 roadside--bleah! I got a flat tire on my Y in Oakland and they just flat-bedded it away to the Tesla service center in Berkeley where they did NOT have a tire sized for a Y! Had to pay for an extra night at the hotel and get started on the road a lot later than I would have preferred when they finally got a tire around noon the next day.
It was a rainy weekend and the tow guy said I was the SIXTH flat-tire Tesla he had towed that shift! So this not having a spare stuff can really suck.
Why would you take a flat tire to tesla? You'd pay more for both the tire and for it to get replaced. You shoulda had it taken to a tire shop where they possibly could've patched it for about $20 (you didn't say where the hole was). And if it was an unrepairable location they are more suited to sell you a replacement tire than tesla is. Seems like it was bad judgment on your part by getting towed to tesla.24/7 roadside--bleah! I got a flat tire on my Y in Oakland and they just flat-bedded it away to the Tesla service center in Berkeley where they did NOT have a tire sized for a Y! Had to pay for an extra night at the hotel and get started on the road a lot later than I would have preferred when they finally got a tire around noon the next day.
It was a rainy weekend and the tow guy said I was the SIXTH flat-tire Tesla he had towed that shift! So this not having a spare stuff can really suck.
I buy tires from Amazon and have local tire shops put them on. Still, I'd expect Tesla Roadside to offer this service if asked, on a car that doesn't offer spare tires even in the "large luxury sedan/midside SUV" class.
Last one that told me that, I simply told him "I don't buy a powerful car to drive on moon craters. I pay more taxes in a year than a lot of people make in income." and he shut right up.
Tesla roadside is AAA, or any random local flatbed tow truck, there isn't a fleet of tesla roadside tow trucks with spare tires driving around. they just handle the coordination of it. like finding the cheapest one and the fastest one and all that.
Some of the local tire shop people are really nasty about Teslas. yOu DoNT pAy eNOuGh gaS tAxEs sO i gET tO scRaTCh yOUr sTufF. (as if paying $10,000 in taxes when I bought the car, taxes for electricity, taxes for my salary, taxes when I register the car, lots of tollway tolls, and taxes on every accessory for the car wasn't enough.
Good thing perhaps you did not drive to a SvC. I was at Camarillo when they were telling an older lady her MY tire puncture required tire replacement, even though it was inside of the shoulder.
