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I traded in my Tesla Model S last December due to its degrading reliability. I ran into numerous issues towards the end such as: - The touchscreen bubbling and
by tidwall 6y ago
I traded in my Tesla Model S last December due to its degrading reliability. I ran into numerous issues towards the end such as:
- The touchscreen bubbling and tearing away due to "delamination".
- Door handles "not presenting".
- The radiator breaking and dumping all its fluid on the garage floor.
- The fast wall charger overheating. It got so hot I often needed to use my shirt as a buffer between my hand and charger handle. I was told it was normal behavior for summer time.
Then there were driving issues such as autopilot glitching out and steering out of the lane. It got frequent enough that I had just stopped using that feature altogether. Then there was the time when I was on the I-10 going 75 mph in the HOV lane and the car beeped a warning and quickly slowed down to 15 mph. I had to put on my hazards and weave through rush hour traffic to get off the freeway and park the car. I got out of the car and back in, rebooted the computer and it started worked normally. Rebooting seemed to fix various things.
This isn't to say that my entire Tesla experience was entirely bad. I use to be a big fanboy, and in fact this was my second Tesla Model S, my first being a 2013 P85+. But sadly that era has passed I don't see myself ever buying a Tesla again.
- enachb 6y agoSame anecdotal evidence on my end (S85). Despite the fact that it's technology (less moving parts) could make it the most reliable car, it ended up being the least reliable. Usually one service appointment fixed 3 things and broke 2 other things in the process. Wait time for an appointment was 3 weeks. I was done after 3 years and 40k Miles. Life is too short.