I bought a £50k Tesla, but I’m selling it and going back to petrol power – the quality is just awful
A MAN who bought a £50k Tesla electric car is planing to sell it and go back to a petrol-powered motor, all because of the EV’s poor quality.
The driver has owned a 2019 Tesla Model 3 performance for two years and covered 15,000 emissions-free miles.
Reddit user @u/DegradingBattery went on the forum to explain why he would never buy a Tesla again.
He revealed: “Their quality control is abhorrent – we already know that.
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“Model Ys being delivered with windshields not bonded into place is my favourite recent example, but the materials themselves are nothing to write home about.
“This hit home for me the first time I cleaned my Model 3’s interior – the carpets are literally like a glorified version of glovebox liner.
The driver revealed that one of the worst things about Teslas is the poor quality of the seats.
“The lauded vegan leather seats don’t seem so great, either – the vegan leather headrest, otherwise known as plastic – look up the headrest bubbling issue on the Model 3.
“Something similar started happening to mine, both on the driver and passenger sides. Getting it replaced under warranty is hit-and-miss because of Tesla.
“According to this vocal minority in the Tesla community, it was my fault. Not that I’d damaged it intentionally, but that “some hair products tend to do this” (hint: I use none) or “some people’s body oils degrade car interiors” (hint: No car I’ve ever owned has exhibited this problem, ever). “
The Tesla owner thinks that the car software should be improved too.
“Finally, the whole “software as a car” thing is great – up to a point. It’s sort of a double-edged sword. Towards the end of my ownership, my Model 3 started developing this strange intermittent bug that wouldn’t let the car go to sleep.
“So it would inexplicably rip through 1.5% of its battery every hour, just sitting there in the parking lot. No way to tell this was happening. I’d just get into the car the next day and see that the range had gone down considerably overnight.”
Commenters also revealed other issues they have with their Teslas.
One said: “My major problem has been that I’d have nowhere to charge it.”
Another person pointed out: “Having owned 4 EVs, including a Model 3, and gone back to gas temporarily, I agree with some of this.”