Yeah, tell me about it. Bought a Samsung robotic vacuum with a 12 month warranty. It died during month 13.
Love our Neato (with lidar!).
It broke down a few times early on, but the company stood behind the product.
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Yeah, tell me about it. Bought a Samsung robotic vacuum with a 12 month warranty. It died during month 13.
Sorry to read of your experience and glad you are safe. I hope Tesla fixes your car quickly and it provides you many years of safe trouble free travels from here.I hear ya and that’s good to know about 511. I actually called Tesla first, and they advised me to call CHP immediately. There were about half a dozen near misses, with cars slamming their breaks or swerving around us while laying into their horns, so it sure felt like an emergency.
Well, that’s just super. I take delivery of my own 159XX on Friday.I did not supply it. It’s 159xx
You did absolutely the right thing by staying buckle-up and inside the car.
Well, that’s just super. I take delivery of my own 159XX on Friday.
Yeah but this was California, the land of the self absorbed and entitled.Incredible... Maybe it's just from growing up in a country town in Australia but it's pretty much standard practice if you see a car stuck in a dangerous position that you or someone else would backtrack to a more visible place and stop with your hazards on so to avoid an accident occurring. I get that some people are busy, but a half hour and no-one helping out? How stressful.
Different countries have different rules.
If experiencing a vehicle break-down in Germany you are to:
1) Pull over
2) Turn on the hazard lights
3) Put on your high-visibility vest, all occupants in the vehicle must do so
(and the vehicle is legally required to be equipped with a vest for each occupant)
4) Place the vehicle's warning triangle towards the oncoming traffic at a suitable distance (150 m on the Autobahn)
5) All occupants of the vehicle must move off the road and wait there
6) Call for help
PS. In those cases where you opt to stay in the vehicle, make sure that the brakes are fully engaged. If the vehicle is rear-ended, the brakes will then absorb some of the massive kinetic energy, increasing the chance that the G-forces acting on you will be non-lethal.
This is quite disconcerting. I’m assuming this vehicle was built late April or early May based on the delivery date you provided.
The battery pack has been disassembled by two groups so far and they both swore that this was the most advanced they had ever seen, well built, extremely unlikely to fail, etc. Battery failure on day 2 is indeed disconcerting.
If it were just the drive unit and Tesla replaced it under warranty, why would you request a new vehicle?
If I bought a ICE car that needed a new motor and transmission on day 2, I would be asking for a replacement. He bought a new car not a rebuilt one.
I've read multiple posts on here about 3's having error messages and becoming inoperable. It's not an anomaly for Tesla.
Since you didn’t mention what type of car it was, I can state from experience with the vehicles I’ve owned that when you get a replacement “something” there’s a high probability that it’s not brand new as coming from the factory but instead it’s a rebuilt part.The way I saw it, I had a custom hand built engine in my car
You would bring a brand new car that is under warranty to a mechanic and not the dealer?
And if it dies, you’re not “pulling into” anywhere. You’re getting it towed. How is that different than Tesla?
Since you didn’t mention what type of car it was, I can state from experience with the vehicles I’ve owned that when you get a replacement “something” there’s a high probability that it’s not brand new as coming from the factory but instead it’s a rebuilt part.
A few weeks ago there was post from a model 3 buyer asking if it was safe to leave immediately for a road trip. I told him no, drive around for a few days to see if your car is going to work. Everyone else told him don't worry it will be fine. Sucks that these cars are so reliably unreliable, but that's the way it is. I'm sure they'll get your gremlins solved, but I would NOT take a road trip in the first few hundred miles of ownership.
You might not want too sell the Prius yet! In all honesty. Tesla has always struggled with their build quality. Part of me thought they were doing better but now I’m in doubt.Well, that’s just super. I take delivery of my own 159XX on Friday.
Your (excellent) 850 mile trouble-free maiden voyage is one data point. Same as the OP's (terrifying) two-day-old failed battery/drive unit experience. Which is the anomaly? Neither one alone proves anything.I drove mine 850 miles on day one. His story, while quite frustrating for him as it would be for anybody who got a new vehicle, is an anomaly.
Your (excellent) 850 mile trouble-free maiden voyage is one data point. Same as the OP's (terrifying) two-day-old failed battery/drive unit experience. Which is the anomaly? Neither one alone proves anything.
Robin
I'd imagine there's a bell curve, with folks having serious problems off on one tail, folks having no issues at all out on the other, and everyone else someplace in between. I'd also guess (because I haven't seen the data and I imagine I'm not the only one here who hasn't) that the bell curve is weighted more in the direction of goodness than towards trouble. And where you stand on that bell curve might have a bit to do with how you see things. Only Tesla knows the facts (least I hope they do). Everyone else is guessing.The 19,900 out of 20,000 people who own a M3 who haven't come to the TMC forum to tell about their horrible breakdown are the norm. People rely too much on forums like this and reviews of products/services/companies to draw a conclusions. 99% of people don't bother to come to the TMS forum to say, "my Model 3 has been awesome" Just like people only leave a review of a product if they have an issue with it. And 90% of people leaving positive reviews of products either got it for free or received an incentive to leave a positive review.