swhme
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I've been an EV fan for a while, and I have a 2015 Model S 90D and my wife has a 2021 Model Y. This year, my son has been going to a "wilderness preschool" where he goes on daily hikes, learns how to climb trees and build campfires and identify plants and all that good stuff. Getting to this school involves driving down a dirt road for a couple of miles, and sometimes it rains in Texas and the road gets muddy, but it's a county maintained road, and it's never been too bad.
Well, last week, I was driving down the highway and my Model S just turned off. I managed to get pulled off and called a tow truck who took it to the service center. The service center proceeded to drop the battery and send me pictures of mud on the undercarriage and told me that was evidence of misuse of the vehicle and they wouldn't cover replacement of my $8,000 rear motor (which had shorted out) under warranty.
Yep, driving down a dirt road is misusing a Tesla.
Needless to say, I'm not happy, and am filing a breach of contract claim with the Texas DMV, and I CANNOT WAIT to get into my new R1T next week! I'm going to misuse it a whole lot harder than I ever misused my Model S...
Here are a couple of the pics they shared showing the "clear misuse"
Well, last week, I was driving down the highway and my Model S just turned off. I managed to get pulled off and called a tow truck who took it to the service center. The service center proceeded to drop the battery and send me pictures of mud on the undercarriage and told me that was evidence of misuse of the vehicle and they wouldn't cover replacement of my $8,000 rear motor (which had shorted out) under warranty.
Yep, driving down a dirt road is misusing a Tesla.
Needless to say, I'm not happy, and am filing a breach of contract claim with the Texas DMV, and I CANNOT WAIT to get into my new R1T next week! I'm going to misuse it a whole lot harder than I ever misused my Model S...
Here are a couple of the pics they shared showing the "clear misuse"
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