Tesla has been suspected of unfair actions many times. In the past, Elona Muska was accused of hiding faults, a defective operation of the autonomous driving system or providing employees with confidential recordings from cameras mounted on customer cars.
Now another scandal is being prepared. According to Reuters Nyree Hinton, he claims that the indications of the meter of kilometers of Tesla reflect the energy consumption or behavior of the driver, but Not a real number of kilometers traveled.
The plaintiff claims that Tesla accelerates kilometers’ counters in her electric vehicles, so that they lose their warranty faster, which is to protect the company of Elona Musk from the need to pay for repairs.
Tesla corrects the mileage counters? The differences are huge
According to the client’s observation, the kilometer counter of her model of 2020, which he bought in December 2022, indicating 36,772 miles (59,179 km), indicated at least 15 percent. larger mileage than the actual. The client is based on the course of other vehicles on the same route. He claims that according to the meter Tesla drove 72 miles (115 km) per day for some time, although in fact it was a maximum of 20 miles, or 32 km.
A resident of Los Angeles, said that due to bad indications of the meter, the basic warranty of Tesla at 50 thousand. Mil expired a lot before the deadline.
Faster loss of warranty
As Hinton lists, if the meter’s indications were correct, the repair of the suspension, which was forced to make, would be under the warranty. And so she stayed with the bill on 10 thousand. dollars.
“By making warranty limits and mileage limits as part of leasing on the inflated indications of the kilometer counter, Tesla increases revenues from repairs, reduces warranty liabilities and forces consumers to prematurely purchase extended guarantees,” Reuters quotes the client’s complaint.
Tesla and her lawyer did not respond immediately on Thursday for commentary on Thursday, but they denied all relevant allegations in the lawsuit.
Collective lawsuit
According to court documents, Hinton demands compensation and compensation for Tesla drivers in California, which can potentially cover over a million vehicles.
The car manufacturer was also brought to an overstatement of vehicle driving. In March 2024, a federal judge at Oakland, California ruled that in this case drivers must claim their claims by individual arbitration, and not as part of a collective action.
Source: Reuters
