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Of course, having a defect in a basically new car is very annoying, but that is the curse of any technology. At least with an almost new car, there is little argument about whether it is carried by warranty. Tesla will either fix it or give them a new car and then they can hopefully enjoy it.
Recently my bothers Ford Focus had service engine light that had come on and vehicle was shut down. He had it towed to ford. which let him know that they recently had a recall on the model and they knew the exact issue. He was neither given rental nor Uber or loaner etc. he had to talk to his insurance company which also did not include recall as a clause so he had to rent. This sort of shit happens to all cars. Alth…
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yeah, they got the 2020 equivalent of a blinking engine check light, but !on a Tesla! so it's a blog post and on the front page nonetheless
I've collected more miles on my last car with the engine light on than off. Earlier you could at least override false positives by just not caring.
"Catastrophic Failure" sounds a bit dramatic.
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"Now"? This has been implemented for years - most people just call it "Check engine light" ;)
The check engine light doesn't send a notification directly to your phone with a diagnosis of what's wrong.