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Breakdown of faults by car brand: Tesla has replaced Dacia at the bottom

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Re: Breakdown of faults by car brand: Tesla has replaced Dacia at the bottom

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Post by hef19898 »

flutas wrote: post #547
hef19898 wrote: post #438

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Inconsistent tire wear has nothing to do with the tires and all with the car so. Oh, and wrong tires (as in tires not meeting speed, load or dimension requirements), tires wrongly mounted on the rims (common among "tuners") or wrong tire preasure. How much do you know about cars or mechanical engineering?

And where is inconsistent wear mentioned in there?

E.g. in Teslas user manual for the Model 3: swap tire every 10,000 km. And in other comments the last times the same question was discussed. Indirectly in the high number of inspection failures due to suspension issues.

Re: Breakdown of faults by car brand: Tesla has replaced Dacia at the bottom

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Post by bufferoverflow »

dgellow wrote: post #241
bmitc wrote: post #39

Is this really a surprise? There are physical realities, and a single company can't suddenly reinvent a century of industry experience with some Silicon Valley pixie dust and government subsidies. Tesla, like many startups, is just rediscovering what it takes to build a car and what other companies have already figured out. Bringing a new drivetrain is not enough.

How is Tesla still considered a startup? It’s a 20 years old company with a 80billion valuation and more than 100k employees Edit: I even missed a zero, it has a 800billion valuation

> 80billion valuation

You mean 800 billion valuation?

Re: Breakdown of faults by car brand: Tesla has replaced Dacia at the bottom

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Post by flutas »

hef19898 wrote: post #561
flutas wrote: post #547

Earlier quoted context omitted.

And where is inconsistent wear mentioned in there?

E.g. in Teslas user manual for the Model 3: swap tire every 10,000 km. And in other comments the last times the same question was discussed. Indirectly in the high number of inspection failures due to suspension issues.

Again, just like every car company ever says? Check the links above. Everyone recommends rotating your tires every 5-10k miles.

Re: Breakdown of faults by car brand: Tesla has replaced Dacia at the bottom

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Post by secabeen »

mft_ wrote: post #495
secabeen wrote: post #477

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Not German, but I do wonder if it's common to schedule your oil change and other maintenance just before your state inspection. I would certainly do that; get the dealer to fix all pending issues and get the car into tip-top shape just before a mandatory inspection. If this is the case, you would expect more problems with Tesla, as there isn't a dealer mechanic minimizing issues just before inspection.

It’s not uncommon to ask a garage to take care of the whole TÜV inspection process - they’ll do a pre-inspection, correct any issues they find, take the car to the TÜV, and then also fix any issues in the (unlikely) event that it fails. This likely wouldn’t be the process with a Tesla, given there are no brick-and-mortar Tesla mechanics, and it’s less likely (given the absence of servicing) you’d have an ongoing rela…

Yeah, that's going to significantly suppress the number of issues for non-Tesla cars. Interesting.

Re: Breakdown of faults by car brand: Tesla has replaced Dacia at the bottom

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Post by zie »

zie wrote: post #446
cedilla wrote: post #395

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A weird accusation. It's not the 100 year old multinationals at the bottom of the reliability indexes. Tesla is also no longer innovating, they are far behind in almost every way. They lost their lead in battery tech, marketing and assistance features.

HUH? They are still innovating. For all of its other drama the Cybertruck has some amazing innovations. It's now a 48V system, uses an ethernet bus, uses un-treated stainless steel, etc. Again, I'm not remotely claiming the Cybertruck is a great vehicle or that it won't have any problems, but they definitely are still innovating on vehicles. Marketing? Tesla never really had a marketing department and now doesn't eve…

Also, it's drive by wire, I think that's the first ever in a production vehicle.

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Post by oblio »

robotcapital wrote: post #325
oblio wrote: post #223

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There is this paradox of technology where despite a ton of technology it seems that productivity is not shooting up for society as a whole. I'll try to find the article. It looks more like technology is > wealth, which is SUPER scary since technology inherently allows concentration. Facebook killed 1 million newspapers, yay, now 1 American corporation can siphon all those profits to... no one even knows where, since…

The link you pointed to doesn’t have any empirical data and the paper it links to doesn’t seem to load. Regardless, we’re 30 years from the 90s now and if anything it seems like productivity has been accelerating since then ( https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/OPHNFB ), arguably because of technology. Also, what’s the argument for Facebook killing newspapers? Craigslist was siphoning off a main source of newspaper re…

Craigslist is US only.

Re: Breakdown of faults by car brand: Tesla has replaced Dacia at the bottom

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Post by vsl »

infecto wrote: post #356
janoc wrote: post #262

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And why would that feature rely on a phone in the first place instead of letting the driver change the profile when getting behind the wheel? Or e.g. use a fingerprint sensor or interior camera (which some of the Teslas do have)? That sounds like some software guy somewhere didn't realize that those seats in the car aren't only for carrying air but that actual people or, gosh, occasional other drivers ride in them to…

But it does let you select? You wrote so many words but have no experience yourself.

It does.

Re: Breakdown of faults by car brand: Tesla has replaced Dacia at the bottom

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Post by tarsinge »

arpinum wrote: post #320
uxp8u61q wrote: post #218

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How is this not an indication of quality? They're not inspecting cars for kicks and giggles, they're inspecting them to make sure you're not hurtling a death device that will kill you and fellow drivers on the autobahn.

Because faults can include items such as the first aid kit expired, tyre inflator expired, headlights out of alignment, a crack in the windshield wiper, worn tyres, worn brakes, or low washer fluid. These are not initial build quality issues.

These are not « Significant Faults ».

Re: Breakdown of faults by car brand: Tesla has replaced Dacia at the bottom

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Post by prmoustache »

vultour wrote: post #96
prmoustache wrote: post #71

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Aren't everybody using android auto (or its Apple equivalent) these days anyway? The builtin infotainment system is usually just a second thought that exist just to showcase something in the showroom and setup android auto at first use.

I have no reason to use it because my infotainment doesn’t suck.

One good reason is that your phone, or rather the account tied to your phone, already keeps all your favorite destinations.

Re: Breakdown of faults by car brand: Tesla has replaced Dacia at the bottom

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Post by jjav »

dgellow wrote: post #241
bmitc wrote: post #39

Is this really a surprise? There are physical realities, and a single company can't suddenly reinvent a century of industry experience with some Silicon Valley pixie dust and government subsidies. Tesla, like many startups, is just rediscovering what it takes to build a car and what other companies have already figured out. Bringing a new drivetrain is not enough.

How is Tesla still considered a startup? It’s a 20 years old company with a 80billion valuation and more than 100k employees Edit: I even missed a zero, it has a 800billion valuation

> How is Tesla still considered a startup?

It is a public company, so by definition it is not a startup.

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