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In general, anything Tesla related gets more coverage than an equivalent issue for any other car maker. I remember a few years back when Autopilot accidents wou
by NickM 6y ago
In general, anything Tesla related gets more coverage than an equivalent issue for any other car maker. I remember a few years back when Autopilot accidents would make national news while any other generic car wreck doesn't cause anyone to think twice.
Oh yeah this part is for sure true. I remember years ago a Model S got in an accident and had a small battery fire, and it was all over the news. Meanwhile Ford had a major recall going on for cars literally spontaneously catching on fire while driving, and nobody paid any attention.
- gamblor956 6y agoMeanwhile Ford had a major recall going on for cars literally spontaneously catching on fire while driving, and nobody paid any attention. ...If water and contaminants got into the cables of certain model trucks as a result of snow or ice seepage, and those water/contaminants caused corrosion, and the block heater cable was plugged into an electrical outlet and active. This happened for 3 trucks out of 847,000. Corrosion-related recalls are fairly common for automakers, because it's hard to anticipate which interior components will face corrosive elements, or how frequently, or in what amounts, due to the wide variety of geographies, climates, and uses that vehicles get subjected to. Tesla has issued corrosion-related recalls itself, multiple times, including in 2018 and 2019, and these similarly did not make national news.
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