Paywalled and in Finnish, but according to this, the most common issue found in inspections is an inadequate bushing, which many let fail because the first mandatory inspection is 4 years after purchase, and Tesla warranty will cover it (within 4 years / x KM)
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In the there was a picture of the supposedly cheap bushing used by tesla
Thanks, that’s very much like Denmark. AFAIK the inadequate bushing is what causes the play in the steering.
The headline translates to:
Behind Tesla’s record-breaking inspection figures, a cheap bushing is revealed, the part of which deliberately lets break down
Not the best translation, but it’s a very clear systemic design/production flaw. If it was only that one thing that was bad, it could perhaps be excused, but adding suspension and then even worse bad breaking performance, and we get an image of incompetence in making a quality car.
Apart from that, from what I’ve heard from multiple places, the cars are embarrassingly squeaky when driving on rough surfaces, this is even a thing right from the factory!
We also had a “weird” sound in our 4 year old VW iD.4 that annoyed the hell out of me, but the source was an ice scraper that I had put in the door compartment. That in turns would tilt and make a tiny bump. With that removed, our car is again exemplary in its lack of any noises that aren’t supposed to be there. I can’t imagine driving a Tesla, and it structurally sounding like a 15 year old car.
“Behind Tesla’s record-breaking[ly poor] inspection figures, a cheap bushing is revealed, which some [owners] deliberately let break down” would be more accurate but yeah. I’ve ridden in a Tesla quite a bit, most issues I came across were with the design, for example none of the five people in it could figure out how to turn down the rear passenger air blower, and when I was asked to go get something from the car, it took a while to figure out how to use the key card to open the doors. I also find the acceleration nauseating. I don’t remember hearing any squeaks, but there was quite a bit of road noise coming in
Edit: i added a picture of the cheapo bushing in my older comment here
Paywalled and in Finnish, but according to this, the most common issue found in inspections is an inadequate bushing, which many let fail because the first mandatory inspection is 4 years after purchase, and Tesla warranty will cover it (within 4 years / x KM)
Edit: In the
there was a picture of the supposedly cheap bushing used by tesla
Thanks, that’s very much like Denmark. AFAIK the inadequate bushing is what causes the play in the steering.
The headline translates to:
Not the best translation, but it’s a very clear systemic design/production flaw. If it was only that one thing that was bad, it could perhaps be excused, but adding suspension and then even worse bad breaking performance, and we get an image of incompetence in making a quality car.
Apart from that, from what I’ve heard from multiple places, the cars are embarrassingly squeaky when driving on rough surfaces, this is even a thing right from the factory!
We also had a “weird” sound in our 4 year old VW iD.4 that annoyed the hell out of me, but the source was an ice scraper that I had put in the door compartment. That in turns would tilt and make a tiny bump. With that removed, our car is again exemplary in its lack of any noises that aren’t supposed to be there. I can’t imagine driving a Tesla, and it structurally sounding like a 15 year old car.
“Behind Tesla’s record-breaking[ly poor] inspection figures, a cheap bushing is revealed, which some [owners] deliberately let break down” would be more accurate but yeah. I’ve ridden in a Tesla quite a bit, most issues I came across were with the design, for example none of the five people in it could figure out how to turn down the rear passenger air blower, and when I was asked to go get something from the car, it took a while to figure out how to use the key card to open the doors. I also find the acceleration nauseating. I don’t remember hearing any squeaks, but there was quite a bit of road noise coming in
Edit: i added a picture of the cheapo bushing in my older comment here