2. The article seems to be Tesla-hate clickbait to me.
3. It seems like the battery got wet, and the dude seems surprised that his battery stopped working.
4. Dude bought a car in an early production run from a new manufacturer, drove it for 9-10 years, and then is shocked when something went wrong (possibly due to user error) after that decade. Unreasonable expectations, imho.
5. He was still offered $20k (Canadian) for his car basically for parts, so there is still a vibrant market from other owners of this type of car.
There are plenty of things that are valid complaints about Tesla cars and Tesla the company, but this is not one of them, imo.
“I’ll never buy another Tesla again,” he added. “That’s the long way of me saying stay the f*k away from Teslas. They’re brutal cars, brutal manufacturing, and even worse, they’re a 10-year-old company.”
It's an 11 year old car, so, this person bought the first generation and it's broken down. Do people think EV's somehow magically last forever?
Related: Do Tesla's have a 12V battery too or just the big 48V? Both of my EV's have had 12V issues that cost around 100$ to fix, but the 10 year old Volt outside is still running strong with it's main battery and a few oil changes on the generator motor.
Yeah, that's what I thought. I didn't want to assume, but it's the same in my Volt, if the 12V goes bad, the locks don't open. That said, it's trivial to get around that.
2. It's a 2013 car, so not sure why they are showing a picture of a Model 3 when that car released in 2017.
3. The 12v battery is what controls the doors and windows, not the HV battery pack.
4. The 12v battery can be "jump started" using contacts under the front bumper.
Not sure why "guy doesn't read the manual, has issues" is a news worthy event.
Also anyone else find it funny the article says he's Canadian but wearing a US Olympic team jacket when ranting on tiktok?