It appears that Tesla may be engaging odometer fraud in an effort to reduce warranty claims.
Not only is Apartheid Era Emerald Heir Pedo Guy™ a fraud, he's a remarkably small time fraud:
Tesla has been accused of somehow sneakily altering a customer's odometer to hasten the end of his vehicle's warranty period.
Somehow? Tesla has been changing ranges and removing features through over the air updates.
Tesla can do this at the press of a button.
On December 9, 2022, Nyree Hinton, a California financial analyst, bought a used 2020 Model Y Tesla with 36,772 miles on the clock, which meant it was still covered under its 50,000-mile warranty. He had it shipped to his home in Los Angeles from Georgia in February the following year.
He soon noticed problems with the suspension and took it in to get it repaired. But the fix didn't take, and he had to visit his Tesla store a further four times between March and June 2023.
After the last visit to the shop, he claimed he noticed something odd: He was burning through a lot more miles for the same trips. A normal commute for him averaged 55.54 miles a day between December and February, but by March the odometer was registering 72.35 miles a day for the same journey, he reckons.
By July he'd passed the 50,000-mile limit. He then discovered that Tesla had issued a recall for faulty suspension systems, so in January 2024 he went to store for a sixth time to fix his suspension again, and was told he had to pay because the warranty had expired and the recall didn't apply to him.
Note that Tesla has all of the maintenance records, so it is technically possible for Tesla to make a decision on a case by case basis.
I can see how they might decide that, "This car is going to have a big warranty claim, let's juice the odometer."
Tesla is not a well made car, and they treat stakeholders, both employees and customers like crap.
Even if Musk were not a miserable excuse for a human being, buying a Tesla is a sucker bet.
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