[HN Gopher] US agency investigating Tesla front suspension failures
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US agency investigating Tesla front suspension failures
Author : xoxoy
Score : 46 points
Date : 2020-11-27 20:31 UTC (2 hours ago)
(HTM) web link (abcnews.go.com)
(TXT) w3m dump (abcnews.go.com)
| mdorazio wrote:
| This shouldn't be all that newsworthy, except that it's Tesla
| this time. NHTSA investigations happen fairly frequently for all
| kinds of issues - you can see them at [1].
|
| [1] https://www.nhtsa.gov/search/safety-issues#investigation
| Animats wrote:
| Overdid the weight reduction, perhaps?
|
| That's very aerospace. But when something bumps an aircraft, it
| gets maintenance and even slightly damaged parts get replaced.
| 14 wrote:
| I guess the only argument I can make is that people who invest
| in companies like Tesla watch for this kind of thing. I am a
| backyard mechanic. Honda and Toyota both hold their value and
| that is for a reason. Tesla is shiny and new right now and
| popular but if people start to think of them as less then
| reliable that can cost them greatly. Suspension failing in 4
| years tells me either poor design or poor material choice.
| Either way it was a bad choice however it got there. Is Tesla
| going to become the next Dodge and design everything to fail
| just outside of warranty? Although maybe not news worthy
| definitely of interest and being a new company deserve this
| kind of scrutiny. I remember but can not find the source way
| back Tesla was talking about a one price car where you just
| paid "x" dollars and he would worry about the insurance and
| maintenance I believe it was for 20years. Like a promise you
| pay us this much and as long as you don't crash will get 20
| years of driving or they will fix it. That is confidence in a
| product. Now I really wish I could find the article this was
| discussed.
| scoot_718 wrote:
| Perhaps, I think they just haven't had the years on their
| cars to have that sort of reliability. They're definitely
| overvalued, but they're overvalued because of investor
| madness that isn't going away soon.
| paulpauper wrote:
| uber accidents and problems get tons of media coverage. taxi
| accidents and lawsuits. Ignored completely
| dharmab wrote:
| An insightful related comment from /r/cars:
| https://www.reddit.com/r/cars/comments/k0sbdh/tesla_accused_...
| toomuchtodo wrote:
| Associated class action:
| https://www.classaction.org/media/williams-v-tesla-inc.pdf
|
| Disclosure: We own Teslas.
| Dahoon wrote:
| Tesla fan horde incoming in 3...2...1...
| londons_explore wrote:
| No pictures of the failed joint or even an expert saying "they
| used the wrong type of metal"?
|
| To me this seems like an article missing the relevant details...
| cheaprentalyeti wrote:
| I don't have a reference handy, but... I have read in the past
| that this particular issue with Teslas was reportedly caused by
| badly cast parts with too many inclusions. Since I've been
| burned by that particular issue myself, it stuck in my head.
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