Submission + - Tesla driver locked out of car until he buys new battery (joe.co.uk)
smooth wombat writes: Imagine being locked out of your car because a) your battery died and b) you don't have a physical key. Now imagine having to pay $26,000 to replace your battery so you can unlock your car. That is the situation a Canadian recently faced when he couldn't get into his 2013 Tesla. His particular model has a fault where liquid leaks onto the battery and over time this will render the car useless.
The motorist explained that he wasn’t the only one who had suffered the dead car fate, as he has been in contact with other Tesla owners whose vehicles had suffered the same fate.
“Tesla’s trying to sweep it under the rug,” he claimed. “They won’t give them any explanation of why their battery died.”
“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.”
The TikToker revealed that he eventually managed to sell off his car, but the new owner was planning to dismantle it.
“That’s going to be the end of my Tesla journey. It’s out of my life. Keep it out of yours,” he concluded.
The motorist explained that he wasn’t the only one who had suffered the dead car fate, as he has been in contact with other Tesla owners whose vehicles had suffered the same fate.
“Tesla’s trying to sweep it under the rug,” he claimed. “They won’t give them any explanation of why their battery died.”
“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.”
The TikToker revealed that he eventually managed to sell off his car, but the new owner was planning to dismantle it.
“That’s going to be the end of my Tesla journey. It’s out of my life. Keep it out of yours,” he concluded.
