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"I did have the drive train replaced at about 65,000 miles and the battery replaced at about 76,000 miles" Is that a regular occurrence?

olyjohn 10y ago
I sure hope not. Many gas cars don't even go in for their first service until 100,000 miles. 300,000 is not even difficult to hit on any car built in the last 30 years.
- arprocter 10y ago
  It undermines the whole article, seeing as the tone is 'wow my car made it to 100k' I'd be interested to hear the reasons so much needed to be replaced, instead of just a passing mention that a large amount of repairs were done
  - dragontamer 10y ago
    > I'd be interested to hear the reasons so much needed to be replaced Seems like a large-scale manufacturing defect affecting 2013 and 2014 Tesla Model S. http://www.consumerreports.org/cars/tesla-reliability-doesnt-match-its-high-performance/ http://www.consumerreports.org/cars/tesla-reliability-doesnt... > The main problem areas involved the drivetrain, power equipment, charging equipment, giant iPad-like center console, and body and sunroof squeaks, rattles, and leaks.
dragontamer 10y ago
I dunno about the battery. But the Drive train of the Tesla Model S is notoriously bad. http://www.edmunds.com/tesla/model-s/2013/long-term-road-test/2013-tesla-model-s-drive-unit-iv-the-milling.html http://www.edmunds.com/tesla/model-s/2013/long-term-road-tes... > Drive Unit IV: The Milling That's the article when Edmunds had to replace the drive unit for the 3rd time (aka: the 4th Drive Unit)
- sammydavis 10y ago
  I have a tesla and somehow in 4 years of ownership have not had to replace my drivetrain (anecdote, blah blah). But earlier, Tesla had a goal to get people back on the road faster, so they had a deliberate policy of replacing drivetrains since it was so easy. Now they decided it was better to just fix minor issues. Result is not so many drive trains have been replaced since then.
  - dragontamer 10y ago
    The first unit from Edmunds had them stranded in the middle of a highway as the drive unit failed in the field. http://www.edmunds.com/tesla/model-s/2013/long-term-road-test/2013-tesla-model-s-stuck-on-the-freeway.html http://www.edmunds.com/tesla/model-s/2013/long-term-road-tes... > I called a friend who lived nearby and asked him to take my kid home. No need for both of us to be stuck on the side of a freeway. He suggested we put the car in neutral and roll it over to the shoulder or down the onramp and onto the street. Great suggestions, but we couldn't get the car out of gear. This seemed to be a common issue. Yeah, I know you were fine anecdotally, but so are hundreds of thousands of people with Takata airbags. The reliability metric is not "how many people are fine", but instead "how many people had issues". For a 100k vehicle, the number of issues reported on the Tesla S is far above its competition. Enough so that Consumer Reports had to rescind their spectacular recommendation.

olyjohn 10y ago

I sure hope not. Many gas cars don't even go in for their first service until 100,000 miles. 300,000 is not even difficult to hit on any car built in the last 30 years.

arprocter 10y ago
It undermines the whole article, seeing as the tone is 'wow my car made it to 100k' I'd be interested to hear the reasons so much needed to be replaced, instead of just a passing mention that a large amount of repairs were done
- dragontamer 10y ago
  > I'd be interested to hear the reasons so much needed to be replaced Seems like a large-scale manufacturing defect affecting 2013 and 2014 Tesla Model S. http://www.consumerreports.org/cars/tesla-reliability-doesnt-match-its-high-performance/ http://www.consumerreports.org/cars/tesla-reliability-doesnt... > The main problem areas involved the drivetrain, power equipment, charging equipment, giant iPad-like center console, and body and sunroof squeaks, rattles, and leaks.

dragontamer 10y ago

I dunno about the battery. But the Drive train of the Tesla Model S is notoriously bad. http://www.edmunds.com/tesla/model-s/2013/long-term-road-test/2013-tesla-model-s-drive-unit-iv-the-milling.html http://www.edmunds.com/tesla/model-s/2013/long-term-road-tes... > Drive Unit IV: The Milling That's the article when Edmunds had to replace the drive unit for the 3rd time (aka: the 4th Drive Unit)

sammydavis 10y ago
I have a tesla and somehow in 4 years of ownership have not had to replace my drivetrain (anecdote, blah blah). But earlier, Tesla had a goal to get people back on the road faster, so they had a deliberate policy of replacing drivetrains since it was so easy. Now they decided it was better to just fix minor issues. Result is not so many drive trains have been replaced since then.
- dragontamer 10y ago
  The first unit from Edmunds had them stranded in the middle of a highway as the drive unit failed in the field. http://www.edmunds.com/tesla/model-s/2013/long-term-road-test/2013-tesla-model-s-stuck-on-the-freeway.html http://www.edmunds.com/tesla/model-s/2013/long-term-road-tes... > I called a friend who lived nearby and asked him to take my kid home. No need for both of us to be stuck on the side of a freeway. He suggested we put the car in neutral and roll it over to the shoulder or down the onramp and onto the street. Great suggestions, but we couldn't get the car out of gear. This seemed to be a common issue. Yeah, I know you were fine anecdotally, but so are hundreds of thousands of people with Takata airbags. The reliability metric is not "how many people are fine", but instead "how many people had issues". For a 100k vehicle, the number of issues reported on the Tesla S is far above its competition. Enough so that Consumer Reports had to rescind their spectacular recommendation.