Tesla, which has recently come to the fore with the claim that its autonomous system cannot recognize children, is also the subject of the news from time to time with the complaints of its own customers. Today, Norwegian Tesla vehicle owners made an interesting attempt to attract Elon Musk’s attention.
Norwegian Tesla workers announced that they started a hunger strike by creating an internet site. Tesla owners came together with their own vehicles and created a ‘Help’ sign in a parking lot. The request of Tesla vehicle owners was to directly convey the problems about their vehicles to Elon Musk.
Vehicle owners also listed the problems they experienced in Tesla vehicles:
Vehicle owners also listed the problems they encountered with Tesla vehicles on their website. Those problems listed were as follows:
- The car does not start in cold weather
- Door handles won’t open in cold weather
- Intense squeaking sound
- The car does not start in hot weather
- “Bubbles” in the seats
- Loose front seat
- Tailgate filled with rain water
- Autopilot not working properly
- Internet is slow and not working as it should
- Wipers not working (well enough)
- Car squeaks when you pass bumps and other bumps in the road
- Decorative moldings are coming loose
- Lights not working properly
- Doors not working properly
- self opening doors
- computer not working
- Yellow borders around screens
- Windows that do not close completely
- Systems reset on their own
- Charging problems
- reduced power
- Rust issues on new cars (especially Model 3)
- Poor paint quality, vehicle needs repainting
- Free charging is promised for the life of the vehicle, but the new charging stations do not fit the vehicle
- Tesla’s claimed lower battery life
- Problems with the air conditioner
- Not all problems are solved when the vehicle is serviced
- Tesla promises to contact you, but you can’t hear from them
- You have to wait a long time on the phone before Tesla answers.
Tesla or Elon Musk have not yet shared a statement regarding the hunger strike initiated by this group. However, with the reflection of the event in the media, we can expect to hear from Elon Musk in the near future.