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10. My wife had to take her car back to the shop for exactly that reason. The same warning came on the screen
Sat Dec 21, 2024, 08:15 AM
Dec 21

She had no way to know if the warning was a defect in the electronics or if the pressure in the tires was really too low. So, she took it to the big workshop/warehouse on the 13th. They said they had so many accident-damaged cars to deal with that they wouldn't even be able to look at her car until yesterday, the 20th. Apparently, a wave of universal blindness struck, because they never looked at her car yesterday, either. We're still waiting to hear, and are not optimistic, since we are leaving the area Monday, noon. She was hoping to be able to have her car back so she could drive her mom down to our daughter's place in the Taunus Hills. Instead, it looks like she will be stuck with my car. It is 11½ years old, but I don't even have 50,000 KM on it, so it still drives perfectly well. It just doesn't have as much room as her station wagon.

The problem isn't unique to Tesla, as neither of us drives a Tesla. Charging stations are nowhere near plentiful here, so even the thought of an electric vehicle is impractical. Her car is a hybrid, so she charges it whenever the sun shines enough here for our solar panels to deliver enough electricity for her charger to deliver. In keeping with climate change, we now do get more sunshine than before--at least three days a month instead of the usual one.

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what? RussBLib Dec 20 #1
You get a message from the app on your phone when an update is available to be downloaded. Then you download it. beaglelover Dec 20 #6
Souldn't the catching on fire issue trump the tire presure monitor. The tire presure monitor broke doc03 Dec 20 #2
Check with Discount Tire if you have one in your area. You can get those replaced for $60 Bengus81 Dec 20 #4
We drove for about 100 years without them nt doc03 Dec 20 #5
That was the advice on Car Talk BOSSHOG Dec 21 #13
Those tire pressure monitors sell a lot of air though. I see a line of customers at the air pumps doc03 Dec 21 #14
Proof that tire pressure monitoring should be DOGE eliminated on Teslas bucolic_frolic Dec 20 #3
Seem Tesla vehicles are spending more time in the shop than on the road. republianmushroom Dec 20 #7
Except, there is no "shop", unfortunately... Woodycall Dec 21 #8
And apparently raccoons are trying to break into Wankpanzers because they look like dumpsters. GoneOffShore Dec 21 #9
"Wankpanzers." dchill Dec 21 #12
My wife had to take her car back to the shop for exactly that reason. The same warning came on the screen DFW Dec 21 #10
If everything can be fixed with a software update, Chinese hackers will have a field day. Wonder Why Dec 21 #11
I swear... Ollie Garkie Dec 21 #15
I'm STILL trying to wonder why anyone would want a cybertruck. sakabatou Dec 21 #16
For some time it has been self evident that driving a Tesla could increase your chances of unintended consequenses Ford_Prefect Dec 21 #17
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