youngmcdonald
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It’s a common case of road noise. Nothing is wrong most likely but would be curious to find out.
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Closest SC appointment is September 9th. I don't get why you guys don't see the risk of waiting for them to (maybe) fix it vs just returning it and being on the safe side.
Also what kind of car company has service appointments so far out?
Also, is there a proper thread to give all my thoughts and pose all my questions as a new owner? Im not seeing one.
Honest question, not trolling - with so many people needing service and the appointments filling up so quickly, isn't this a big red sign the cars might have serious quality issues?
Brother, I can’t imagine your discomfort! Hang in there! Something good is going to happen!I think it is a combination of factors. One is probably that a lot of service appointments are probably to allay people's fears about their battery capacity. Hopefully Tesla is mostly ignoring those now.
I think also, there are a lot of vehicles, for not a lot of service capacity. There are a reasonable number of service centers for the number of cars out there, but it's not clear what capacity they have at each service center.
Also, there are a lot of issues. Teslas are not the most reliable vehicles. This should have come up in your research before you decided to buy one, though! In theory, the core mechanicals should last a long time, but Model 3 is going to have quality issues for a while, before all the bad portions of the design are isolated and revised. In general the car has been holding together pretty well, but there are definitely starting to be some common failures that show up (axles, cracking glass panels, underbody aero shields, etc.).
There are definitely a lot of initial quality issues too and those things put a load on the service center. I have something like 13 items on my car that still need to be taken care of (doors need to be straightened up, my front half-axles apparently need replacing (or adjustment!), a couple plastic trim pieces need to be replaced, and there's a pretty significant door rattle), but I'm just waiting until I have to go in. I don't have anything that is actually broken (the axles are probably the closest thing). And I've had my car for nearly a year!
Brother, I can’t imagine your discomfort! Hang in there! Something good is going to happen!
I think it is a combination of factors. One is probably that a lot of service appointments are probably to allay people's fears about their battery capacity. Hopefully Tesla is mostly ignoring those now.
I think also, there are a lot of vehicles, for not a lot of service capacity. There are a reasonable number of service centers for the number of cars out there, but it's not clear what capacity they have at each service center.
Also, there are a lot of issues. Teslas are not the most reliable vehicles. This should have come up in your research before you decided to buy one, though! In theory, the core mechanicals should last a long time, but Model 3 is going to have quality issues for a while, before all the bad portions of the design are isolated and revised. In general the car has been holding together pretty well, but there are definitely starting to be some common failures that show up (axles, cracking glass panels, underbody aero shields, etc.).
There are definitely a lot of initial quality issues too and those things put a load on the service center. I have something like 13 items on my car that still need to be taken care of (doors need to be straightened up, my front half-axles apparently need replacing (or adjustment!), a couple plastic trim pieces need to be replaced, and there's a pretty significant door rattle), but I'm just waiting until I have to go in. I don't have anything that is actually broken (the axles are probably the closest thing). And I've had my car for nearly a year!
a v1 of an expensive product.
Is this a huge surprise to you? Did you not do any research before your purchase? This is obliviously another bi@$h post on this forum full of them.lol,next appointment is now September 18th.
What a joke.
Honest question, not trolling - with so many people needing service and the appointments filling up so quickly, isn't this a big red sign the cars might have serious quality issues?
Ok, moving on, why does my rear camera have a blurry spot / line across on it?
I tried gently wiping the camera but that doesn't seem to fix it.
Some people just don't believe a car should cause any hassle, what's so hard to understand? I recently got 4 new tires for my fiancee's Lexus and one of the tires was squished a bit by the packing tape. It took 3-4 visits to the tire shop before they managed to stretch it out and mount it. We both agreed afterwards that we don't have time for this ish.
Coincidentally we each had an '04 Camry before, and wasting ANY time to repair a car or part that's not incidentally damaged is simply not an acceptable use of our time. I hate spending time on the car enough that I let it go 20k miles before changing the oil one time. We thought getting the windshield repaired by a mobile tech was such a hassle that we procrastinated for 3 months until we were about to take a 2 wk road trip. We hardly ever even wash our cars.
One of the main reasons I've been researching EVs extensively is because the prospect of no maintenance. But I'm holding off for now due to the potential of wasting time instead with issues. I can hardly tolerate a mobile tech visit, let alone actual service center visits plus the hassle of scheduling.
It's true, we do live in different realities, and in my reality a car's foremost job is to get me from point A to point B. Anything inhibiting that whether it's maintenance, repairs, or whatever else is a big minus.
I think most people want a no-hassle vehicle. Everyone understands that. The thing is, the things we want, and the things we get, aren't always in our control.Some people just don't believe a car should cause any hassle, what's so hard to understand? I recently got 4 new tires for my fiancee's Lexus and one of the tires was squished a bit by the packing tape. It took 3-4 visits to the tire shop before they managed to stretch it out and mount it. We both agreed afterwards that we don't have time for this ish.
Coincidentally we each had an '04 Camry before, and wasting ANY time to repair a car or part that's not incidentally damaged is simply not an acceptable use of our time. I hate spending time on the car enough that I let it go 20k miles before changing the oil one time. We thought getting the windshield repaired by a mobile tech was such a hassle that we procrastinated for 3 months until we were about to take a 2 wk road trip. We hardly ever even wash our cars.
One of the main reasons I've been researching EVs extensively is because the prospect of no maintenance. But I'm holding off for now due to the potential of wasting time instead with issues. I can hardly tolerate a mobile tech visit, let alone actual service center visits plus the hassle of scheduling.
It's true, we do live in different realities, and in my reality a car's foremost job is to get me from point A to point B. Anything inhibiting that whether it's maintenance, repairs, or whatever else is a big minus.