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Tesla owner won $10k in court for Tesla's FSD lies. Tesla is still fighting him(electrek.co)
127 points by breve 3 hours ago | 30 comments
joshribakoff 26 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

I recovered ~$250,000 under beverly song act (California lemon law). (My principal and interest back for multiple vehicles)

I repeatedly complained it was activating “emergency lane departure” while driving manually, even after disabling the setting. This had the effect of the vehicles swerving towards cross walks or walls.

Clearly a software issue but they played dumb and forced me to book service visits and refused to provide loaners.

Each time they returned the vehicle(s) with a short resolution of “expected characteristic”.

I read my purchase agreement, emailed them, and simply stated they are obliged to buy back my fleet given its a hazard to public safety. They obliged without discussion.

There were also other persistent issues with the vehicle beyond the software but i suspect the software put them into a double bind where if they “fix” it they create more liability via accidental disengagements.

SilverElfin 20 minutes ago | parent [-]

I’ve had this type of issue on multiple European car brands. Software issues with driver assistance features, which they keep ignoring. Things like sudden unexplained braking, not showing down due to cars stopped ahead, swerving randomly... I accepted it because getting them to cover anything, even physical things, even under warranty. They just come up with self serving guidelines and excuses.

Glad you had success. Did it require lawyers?

bdcravens 18 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-]

It's not him they're fighting, it's precedence and the impending flood of lawsuits.

wrs 4 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-]

That idea of a simultaneous small claims day is brilliant. I hope somebody is vibecoding that site up right now.

fhn 13 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-]

"court made a judgment in his favor in the amount of $10,672.88, the amount Gawiser paid for FSD, including taxes and court fees." should include interest as well

KumaBear 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Earning calls are when CEO’s are telling the truth about their products. Knowing Tesla’s history of making payments he won’t see a dime. I’m no lawyer but he should set up a publicity stunt like the man who seized Bank of America’s equipment in order to get paid in full the same day. (George and Ora Lee, successfully seized assets from a Bank of America branch after the bank wrongly foreclosed on their home)

xnx 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

> George and Ora Lee, successfully seized assets from a Bank of America branch after the bank wrongly foreclosed on their home

This is the type of person that deserves to have a statue in public

jer0me 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I think you mean Warren and Maureen Nyerges: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/couple-almost-forecloses-on-ban...

George and Ora Lee appear to be a couple who died hours apart in 2016 after being married for 58 years.

KumaBear an hour ago | parent | next [-]

Yea you are right. Google failed me once again.

CamperBob2 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

"Yeah, so they won't be giving the Bank of America any more trouble, capisce?" -- Bank of America

sanex an hour ago | parent [-]

BoA having roots in the Bank of Italy makes this even funnier.

EFreethought 15 minutes ago | parent [-]

Actually it does not have roots in Bank of Italy.

In 2000, NationsBank in Charlotte bought Bank of America. They used the BofA name, but the NB people ran things. Hugh McColl had been the CEO of NB for years, and he was CEO of BofA for a year. The next CEO, Ken Lewis, was also from NB. I worked for BofA in Chicago from 2001 to 2009. I talked to people in Charlotte all the time. I almost never talked to people in California.

Now that I think about it, I dealt with people in a lot of regions of the US, but almost nobody on the West Coast.

the__alchemist an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

The "Full" in "Full Self Driving" was one of the giveaways. It's like packaged food labeled with "Real" ("Real cheese" etc)

Neywiny 36 minutes ago | parent [-]

Not sure I agree with your second sentence, at least in the US. I may see "cheese product" or "dairy product" or "cheese flavor" but if it says real cheese, it's real cheese. My favorite example was seeing "onion (then in tiny text 'flavored') rings"

elif 4 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

They even banned the term "soy milk"

It's now called "non dairy soy beverage" on every carton.

gregschlom 29 minutes ago | parent | prev [-]

The point is that if you have to say it's made with real cheese, the food is complete junk. Even though the cheese may technically be real.

nubinetwork 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Be smart and take a free battery.

ezfe 30 minutes ago | parent [-]

What do you mean by that?

asdG17l 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

But remember folks that Musk wants the best for humanity, is a humanist, wants to help all people and the future will be so awesome that no one will have to work and everyone will live in a penthouse.

His X says so daily, so it must be true.

charcircuit an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

From what I've seen on YouTube the cars do drive themselves. This seems more like the type of thing with AI where people change the goal posts of what AI means. Just because a car did not slow down in a school zone, that doesn't mean that the car wasn't driving itself.

AlotOfReading an hour ago | parent | next [-]

This is a common misconception. People tend to think driving is controlling the steering and pedals, so if FSD does those things it must be driving.

It's not. Driving is whatever has ultimate responsibility for the vehicle and its occupants. If a cop pulls you over while FSD is enabled, it's not Tesla who's paying the ticket. If FSD has an issue, you're the driver who has to respond.

Think of FSD as a very nice cruise control. You're still driving, even if you aren't touching the wheel.

throw7 an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

When full liability is put on the manufacturer, then we can talk about "cars driving themselves".

loloquwowndueo an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

By that logic it’s ok if the car slams itself against a concrete wall - just because it failed to stop in time doesn’t mean it wasn’t driving itself.

Self driving cars are supposed to obey the same rules as human drivers.

RajT88 an hour ago | parent [-]

Tesla FSD is vulnerable to RoadRunner and Wile E. Coyote style tricks.

qingcharles an hour ago | parent [-]

Fortunately the ACME products are flawed and subject to their own litigation, see e.g. Coyote vs. ACME (2026).

dawnerd an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Those YouTubers are all there to make Tesla look good. It’s a grift. The ones that are honest and show the bad side get kicked out of the Tesla club fast and dogpiled on.

Also a school zone is one of the most basic things the car should be able to handle. If it can’t do that, it’s not ready for public use.

UltraSane an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Tesla FSD won't be level 5 until Tesla has liability for any crashes it causes the way Waymo does.

frakkingcylons an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

See, that's really the best argument for this. It can drive itself the same way I can fly an Airbus A321. You can't sue me because I didn't land the plane "intact".

kalleboo an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

Elon Musks claims included (exact quotes, these posts are still on X):

Jan 10, 2016: In ~2 years, summon should work anywhere connected by land & not blocked by borders, eg you're in LA and the car is in NY

Jul 16, 2019: If we make all cars with FSD package self-driving, as planned, any such Tesla should be worth $100k to $200k, as utility increases from ~12 hours/week to ~60 hours/week

These aren't moving goalposts by antis, this are the expectations set by Elon Musk himself when advertising his products.

Teever an hour ago | parent [-]

Here's more than a decade of claims from Tesla on self driving vehicles summarized in one handy table:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_predictions_for_autono...