Tesla Changes Warranty Terms To Shield Against Recent Issues
WOW. just WOW. Tesla updates their warranty terms to state that can cap your battery pack capacity and performance at their discretion and that it is not covered under warranty. That obvious is their direct response to this thread and clearly shows the path they are taking about not fixing any of this on their own dollar. They also said this new warranty supersedes any previous warranty (which we know is not legal for them to do). They also said if you don’t click update when your car gets an update then your warranty is voided. Like holy *sugar* WTF are they smoking. Man between this and all that goodwill bullshit and not reporting defects warranty repairs they really don’t want take any responsibility for their own defects and mistakes.
They also added lines for not covering discoloration and wrinkles in the interior seats , I have to LOL on that one because of all the idiotic entitled owners posting pics on Facebook when they see a crease in their leather or bought white seats that got dirty and post that are making service appointments to get them replaced hahah
Also seems like they are reverting from their unlimited mile warranty and now capped it at 150k miles. Guess Tesloop’s not going to be happy about that one.
Alarm bells should be ringing, and this is just another example of 'the only thing needed for bad people to succeed is for good people to do nothing’.
They capped 90s to a slower charge speed. Owners complained, but Tesla ignored them and stood firm.
They capped the battery. Owners complained and Tesla ignored them and stood firm.
They throttled charge speeds. Owners complained and Tesla ignored them and stood firm.
Their position seemed to be, you might own the car, but we hold all the cards. If you don’t like it, sue. Eventually someone did. David, I hope you whip them to within an inch of their lives, and then set fire to them.
From the start of batterygate, and in particular because my capped battery no longer does what I need it to do (barely gets 150 miles incl buffer) I have been thinking of selling my lovely car and getting another from a different brand. Tesla can NOT be trusted. Always, it was the Supercharging network that was the clincher. On a long journey, they really are exceptionally good, even if the charge rate has been reduced. So, thoughts of jumping ship always floundered at that point.
Then, She Who Must Be Obeyed observed, if it’s only the long distance trips that are a real issue, and another EV, at half or third the price of a Tesla would meet 95% of your trips, and we only do long journeys once or twice per year, have you thought of just hiring a car for those long trips? Light bulb moment.