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Ford recalls vehicles _on the chance_ that its steering wheel falls off. In contrast, Tesla steering wheels fall off, _but no recall has been announced_ yet. T

Ford recalls vehicles _on the chance_ that its steering wheel falls off. In contrast, Tesla steering wheels fall off, _but no recall has been announced_ yet. This is a very different problem. Ford is proactively trying to prevent steering wheels from becoming a problem publicly. In contrast, Tesla waits for it to be a problem before issuing a recall. Case in point: instead of showing a news article about Ford steering wheels falling off, they listed an article discussing a hypothetical "might fall off" recall. Do you see why these two stories are completely different? EDIT: Case in point: how long do you think it will be before Tesla issues a recall over this? Can Tesla even track its manufacturing errors and which batch of vehicles are affected by this problem?

rascul 4y ago
> Ford recalls vehicles _on the chance_ that its steering wheel falls off. In contrast, Tesla steering wheels fall off, _but no recall has been announced_ yet. Seems like steering wheels had already fallen off before they issued the recall. https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2018/03/14/ford-steering-wheel-recall/423535002/ https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2018/03/14/ford-st...
colordrops 4y ago
You are basing this off of this single event? Once again, do you have data that steering wheels are falling off Teslas in numbers?
- dragontamer 4y ago
  I'm basing this off of Tesla's awful history. Multiple people have burned to death as those silly electronic locks fail and when the car catches on fire. Has there been any recall to fix this issue? No. Multiple people have died as 'Full Self Driving' has collided into walls and trucks. Has there been a recall? No . Multiple safety critical issues have hit this company over and over again, and they do nothing about it. I can say that Tesla will ignore this problem too.
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    - dragontamer 4y ago
      > in comparison to other car companies. That's quite the strawman, isn't it? You're the only one who cares about the problem "compared to others". I for one, am tired of seeing people burn to death inside of Teslas. But maybe that's just me. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/driver-was-behind-wheel-at-time-of-tesla-crash-in-texas-ntsb-says https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/driver-was-behind-wheel-... https://www.oregonlive.com/nation/2019/10/florida-man-died-in-a-burning-tesla-because-its-futuristic-doors-wouldnt-open-lawsuit-alleges.html https://www.oregonlive.com/nation/2019/10/florida-man-died-i... https://www.wfla.com/news/florida/florida-jury-awards-10-5m-in-case-of-teens-killed-in-fiery-tesla-crash/ https://www.wfla.com/news/florida/florida-jury-awards-10-5m-... We all know that the electronic locks fail when the battery explodes in flames. We also know that Tesla cars manual override is rather... difficult. But go on, research the issue on your own if you don't believe me. Try to figure out the manual overload yourself. Seriously, it could save your life, so you really should look for it and train to use it. ---------- BTW: We're up to 50 confirmed Tesla Fire fatalities. https://www.tesla-fire.com/ https://www.tesla-fire.com/ And a LOT of these have the same issue. Car crashes, doors stop working. People don't know how to use the manual override and either burn to death, or break a window to escape. https://bc.ctvnews.ca/b-c-tesla-driver-kicks-out-window-to-escape-car-fire-1.5914147 https://bc.ctvnews.ca/b-c-tesla-driver-kicks-out-window-to-e... There's been no recall, no safety notice, no nothing. This keeps happening over-and-over-and-over again. I don't know what the NHTSA is doing on this matter, but the number of cases continues to rise higher and higher. So yes. When I hear "Tesla has another safety issue", I'm more inclined to believe that its Tesla's fault and they're covering something up. After all, they're obviously covering up this Fire + Door issue and have been for years.
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rascul 4y ago

> Ford recalls vehicles _on the chance_ that its steering wheel falls off. In contrast, Tesla steering wheels fall off, _but no recall has been announced_ yet. Seems like steering wheels had already fallen off before they issued the recall. https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2018/03/14/ford-steering-wheel-recall/423535002/ https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2018/03/14/ford-st...

colordrops 4y ago

You are basing this off of this single event? Once again, do you have data that steering wheels are falling off Teslas in numbers?

dragontamer 4y ago
I'm basing this off of Tesla's awful history. Multiple people have burned to death as those silly electronic locks fail and when the car catches on fire. Has there been any recall to fix this issue? No. Multiple people have died as 'Full Self Driving' has collided into walls and trucks. Has there been a recall? No . Multiple safety critical issues have hit this company over and over again, and they do nothing about it. I can say that Tesla will ignore this problem too.
- colordrops 4y ago
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  - dragontamer 4y ago
    > in comparison to other car companies. That's quite the strawman, isn't it? You're the only one who cares about the problem "compared to others". I for one, am tired of seeing people burn to death inside of Teslas. But maybe that's just me. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/driver-was-behind-wheel-at-time-of-tesla-crash-in-texas-ntsb-says https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/driver-was-behind-wheel-... https://www.oregonlive.com/nation/2019/10/florida-man-died-in-a-burning-tesla-because-its-futuristic-doors-wouldnt-open-lawsuit-alleges.html https://www.oregonlive.com/nation/2019/10/florida-man-died-i... https://www.wfla.com/news/florida/florida-jury-awards-10-5m-in-case-of-teens-killed-in-fiery-tesla-crash/ https://www.wfla.com/news/florida/florida-jury-awards-10-5m-... We all know that the electronic locks fail when the battery explodes in flames. We also know that Tesla cars manual override is rather... difficult. But go on, research the issue on your own if you don't believe me. Try to figure out the manual overload yourself. Seriously, it could save your life, so you really should look for it and train to use it. ---------- BTW: We're up to 50 confirmed Tesla Fire fatalities. https://www.tesla-fire.com/ https://www.tesla-fire.com/ And a LOT of these have the same issue. Car crashes, doors stop working. People don't know how to use the manual override and either burn to death, or break a window to escape. https://bc.ctvnews.ca/b-c-tesla-driver-kicks-out-window-to-escape-car-fire-1.5914147 https://bc.ctvnews.ca/b-c-tesla-driver-kicks-out-window-to-e... There's been no recall, no safety notice, no nothing. This keeps happening over-and-over-and-over again. I don't know what the NHTSA is doing on this matter, but the number of cases continues to rise higher and higher. So yes. When I hear "Tesla has another safety issue", I'm more inclined to believe that its Tesla's fault and they're covering something up. After all, they're obviously covering up this Fire + Door issue and have been for years.
    - colordrops 4y ago
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