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Tesla odometer uses “predictive algorithms” to void warranty, lawsuit claims (arstechnica.com)

submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by Washedupcynic@lemm.ee to c/technology@lemmy.world

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The lead plaintiff in the case, Nyree Hinton, bought a used Model Y with less than 37,000 miles (59,546 km) on the odometer. Within six months, it had pushed past the 50,000-mile (80,467 km) mark, at which point the car's bumper-to-bumper warranty expired. (Like virtually all EVs, Tesla powertrains have a separate warranty that lasts much longer.)

For this six-month period, Hinton says his Model Y odometer gained 13,228 miles (21,288 km). By comparison, averages of his three previous vehicles showed that with the same commute, he was only driving 6,086 miles (9,794 km) per 6 months.

Edit: I just want to point out that I just learned that changing your tires to ones of a different diameter can also affect how your spedometer clocks. So yeah, this issue is full of nuance and plausible things as to why this could not be true.

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[–] RoidingOldMan@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Wow Teslas are even shittier than I ever imagined.

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 1 points 2 days ago

when that dude on reddit bought one for 140k, and complained how it was all cheap plastics inside, and htis was the around the time he heel turned after buying twitter.

[–] NarrativeBear@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago

Maybe location tracking from Google maps giving a date when the car was driven and where, with a simple excel of distances calculated and tallied up for a given month or two.

If the owner had a photo of the dash with the distance reported a few months earlier start there to see if the report distance matches what the excel table totals up.

[–] thesohoriots@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago

So instead of lasers for self driving, we got cameras because they’re like eyes and they can do the same thing. Now odometers, they spin and the number gets bigger. That’s like a slot machine. They need lots of numbers, so we’ll make them like penny slots and just go one little bit at a time, and it’ll make you feel like a winner when the parts fall off!

[–] VagueAnodyneComments@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 2 days ago

love how the article is so corpo that they have to clarify it's not the whole warranty that expired

as if any of that shit is real and not a scam

ars technica 🙄

[–] GhoulishVTX@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Is this really about warranty or justifying the claimed range?

[–] orcrist@lemm.ee 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Warranty. Read the article.

[–] GhoulishVTX@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 days ago

That's the accusation of the plaintiff, may not be the only reason for the company yo chest the odometer.

[–] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 days ago

Yes

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