Not really a thing any more. It was problematic a couple of years ago, but it has been a very long time since I have had such an eventI was thinking to get a model x a month ago, and did a test drive and also rented from turo for a whole day. I really liked it.
However it was too expensive so I looked elsewhere.
Last week with price cut, i realized i can get it for 72500, I immediately placed the order that night. And now I got a delivery day arranged for tomorrow afternoon. (didn't expect custom order to come in this quickly)
With so much excitement, I started reading many forum posts to prepare myself for it.
And I came across a lot of rather alarming things.
It's not that I didn't do any research upfront. I did read a lot of general review/thoughts on tesla, and model X, youtube and reddit etc.
And I'm prepared for general QC issue, like panel gaps, minor software glitches etc. I like the auto present door on the demo/turo I tried, learning that new MX can only open a inch slowly because of no USS pissed me off but I guess i can live with it.
However, some of the other issues reported really starting to scare me and makes me lose confident in taking the delivery. Major ones so far are:
1. Phantom breaking.
I never had tire issues with either my 2018 or my 2022. I replaced the half shafts on my 2018 twice. No issue with my 20222. shaft and tire premature wear.
Bad things CAN happen to any vehicle. But this one is quite rare.3. loss of power steering. Really scares me,
I am sure some Service Centers have some less than stellar employees. Remember, we're operating with around 3% unemployment. This means Tesla can't be quite as picky as they would like. But most SCs are fine and they want you to be satisfied and not come back. Remember, all the Service Centers are owned by Tesla. Their incentive is keep you out of the shop, unlike traditional dealer service departments motivated to keep you coming back for more.Plus all the horror story of going to service center just to get things not fixed and ignored, or causing more damage.
The vast majority of Tesla owners are very happy with their purchase. My 2018 had far too many service issues. But I was always taken care of completely by my local SC. Tesla gave me a crazy good trade-in for 2018, and I bought a 2022. I had a wheel alignment performed just after delivery. But have not been back since, after fifteen months.But these 3 issues look to be foundamental issues that would affect all tesla/model x.
My wife already is not a huge fan of model x, I had to make trade offs to make her accept me ordering one. Plus with recent price cut, future depreciation of the car is not all over the place that I can hardly make a proper estimate, especially if the car turns out to be a lemon and tesla fight really hard to not take it back, I'd have a hard time selling it used without losing a big chuck.
Even though my heart still wants a model x, but the more I read about it, the more my mind tells me this is a stupid purchasing decision that I'm highly likely to regret after the honey moon phase.
Any thoughts?