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Originally Posted by onewhippedpuppy View Post
Well, not so fast. Tesla is typically dead last in just about every reliability rating. Even though the battery and motor(s) are reliable and low maintenance, the control and cooling of the powertrain are not. Plus you have all of the same dodads as every other vehicle that like to break. Really modern ICE powertrains are very reliable, it’s all the other crap that breaks.
Recent recall announcement.

https://www.foxbusiness.com/lifestyle/tesla-recalling-135k-cars-touchscreen-defect

Only affects 2012-2018 model year vehicles. Apparently they used a different touchscreen on 2019 an up cars.

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Tesla’s response to the recall. . .

“It is economically, if not technologically, infeasible to expect that such components can or should be designed to last the vehicle’s entire useful life,” Tesla said in the letter (replying to the recall)
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Last edited by RNajarian; 02-02-2021 at 07:17 AM.. Reason: Added Tesla’s response
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