Nope. Tesla Model 3 Ranked Last In German TUV Reliability Report carscoops.com/…/tesla-model-3-ranked-last-in-germ…
2-3 years Tesla Model 3 14.7% defect rate
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TypicalHog@lemm.ee 7 months ago[deleted]
thesven@lemm.ee 7 months ago
NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 7 months ago
German TUV Reliability Report
Those numbers are very misleading, as it includes rust on the brakes.
EVs don’t use their brakes as often due to regen, and vehicles with one pedal driving where you can come to a complete stop without using the brakes, use it even less.
A large portion of these failures are from some rust appearing from lack of using the brakes. Using the brakes would clear the rust, but it’s a fail if it’s there when you take it in.
That’s not to say there aren’t other problems, but it’s not as bad as the 14.7% makes it look.
gens@programming.dev 7 months ago
Breaks are kinda important.
NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Sure, but a little rust because they weren’t used isn’t a problem, comes off when you use them, but is an instant fail.
All brakes rust when not used. If you drove around in the rain today, then didn’t drive for a few days, you’ll probably have a little rust on your brakes. You go for a drive and then it’s gone.
If you take your car in for a pre-inspection report, and they see some rust on the brakes, they will tell you to drive it around a bit using the brakes a lot before taking it in to be inspected.
it’s not an actual problem.
Yaztromo@lemmy.world 7 months ago
There is a Tesla New Buyers delivery checklist you can find online that was written by a group of Tesla enthusiasts. Just a few years ago one of the items on the checklist was “Make sure you can put the car in Park (and that it stays parked)”. (Ref: driveteslacanada.ca/…/Tesla-Model-3-Delivery-Chec…).
I’m not away of any other car where this was something people had to check before delivery — apparently it was a bit of a common problem for a time. That seems absolutely crazy to me, and a major failure of QA as it poses a significant safety hazard.
ayyy@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
My buddy messed up and spilled a drink in his model X. When pulling up the carpet and panels to clean up he found a bunch of blue painter’s tape where there were supposed to be wiring harnesses and screws. You’ll note that blue painters tape is designed to be temporary, and will not last more than a year or two.
phoenixz@lemmy.ca 7 months ago
Actually, no. Tesla always had huge QA issues. Panels not fitting on the cyber truck really isn’t the first time that stuff just doesn’t quite fit on teslas