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Tesla blamed drivers for failures of parts it long knew were defective (www.reuters.com)
submitted 11 months ago by throws_lemy@lemmy.nz to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Wheels falling off cars at speed. Suspensions collapsing on brand-new vehicles. Axles breaking under acceleration. Tens of thousands of customers told Tesla about a host of part failures on low-mileage cars. The automaker sought to blame drivers for vehicle ‘abuse,’ but Tesla documents show it had tracked the chronic ‘flaws’ and ‘failures’ for years.

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[–] Endorkend@kbin.social 10 points 11 months ago (1 children)

That's the issue with these brands that come about acting like they have the best new ideas, do things differently because they don't have 100 years of baggage and with that do things better because they go forward with a modern mindset.

It's true to an extent, except that you don't have the advantage of 100 years of trial and error to figure out what research, default practices and QA you have to do not to have a percentage of your cars have their wheels fall off.

[–] snooggums@kbin.social 15 points 11 months ago

The funniest part is they tend to fail on the things that have already been sorted out in that 100 years of trial and error because they focus on the new hotness. Suspensions and axles breaking is failing automotive basic design.