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FWIW this person has been driving that car for 5 months now without any issues. Supposedly Tesla's engineering department looked at the details and said the cra

FWIW this person has been driving that car for 5 months now without any issues. Supposedly Tesla's engineering department looked at the details and said the cracks are not a problem. I'm not a licensed engineer that specializes in chassis design nor metallurgy so I can't assess that claim. Tesla's customer service org still needs improvement. If I were the service manager and assuming engineering really signed off on the structure being OK as-is... I'd just have one of our welders patch up the cracks. Even if it doesn't affect the structure it would give the customer peace of mind. If you think these kinds of issues are unique to Tesla prepare to be surprised. Traditional dealers deal with this crap on half the new cars they receive. When I bought an Infiniti a few years ago it came with a couple of flaws from the factory (lest you think the Japanese manufacturers are better) - the dealer issued me a "we owe" sheet with a promise to repair the issues which they did once parts arrived. The lauded BMW sold me an M3 with defective journal bearings that grenaded the engine at 20k miles. At least a missing brake reservoir cap can be easily replaced! The replacement block alone was billed to BMW at $14k excluding other parts and labor. That same M3 ate its differential bearings not long after. The service tech's explanation to me was that "Hans must have come into work hung over that day". My point is: if you go looking for problems you will find them. With every make and model. You can't point to one person's possible problem and say "ah-ha! That car maker produces garbage!"

npunt 3y ago
> lest you think the Japanese manufacturers are better They are
- xenadu02 3y ago
  That has not matched my personal experience so I'm going to say you are wrong. In the end both of us are just posting personal experiences and opinions here, not data.
  - npunt 3y ago
    Apologies for prior terse response, I wasn't talking about a personal experience, just the almost-goes-without-saying truism that japanese brands are the most reliable and have dominated pretty much every car reliability rating since the 70s. You used a single anecdote to make a very broad claim so the burden of proof is on you to back that claim up. The data is really easy to find. Here's two examples of CR results: 2011: https://www.nydailynews.com/autos/japanese-cars-reliable-survey-article-1.968094 https://www.nydailynews.com/autos/japanese-cars-reliable-sur... 2021: https://www.thedetroitbureau.com/2021/11/japanese-makers-dominate-new-consumer-reports-reliability-study-but-domestics-deliver-surprises/ https://www.thedetroitbureau.com/2021/11/japanese-makers-dom...

npunt 3y ago

> lest you think the Japanese manufacturers are better They are

xenadu02 3y ago
That has not matched my personal experience so I'm going to say you are wrong. In the end both of us are just posting personal experiences and opinions here, not data.
- npunt 3y ago
  Apologies for prior terse response, I wasn't talking about a personal experience, just the almost-goes-without-saying truism that japanese brands are the most reliable and have dominated pretty much every car reliability rating since the 70s. You used a single anecdote to make a very broad claim so the burden of proof is on you to back that claim up. The data is really easy to find. Here's two examples of CR results: 2011: https://www.nydailynews.com/autos/japanese-cars-reliable-survey-article-1.968094 https://www.nydailynews.com/autos/japanese-cars-reliable-sur... 2021: https://www.thedetroitbureau.com/2021/11/japanese-makers-dominate-new-consumer-reports-reliability-study-but-domestics-deliver-surprises/ https://www.thedetroitbureau.com/2021/11/japanese-makers-dom...