Elon Musk Responds to Accusations Tesla Speeds Up Odometers to Avoid Warranty Repairs

But think about this logically. Why wouldn't Tesla speed up odos, right?

I wouldn't be shocked if that true... Definitely right up his ally of shadiness

So... How does Tesla record mileage? Virtually or physically? What is the method used?

While I really don't like many things about Musk I VERY seriously doubt this is true. Is it possible? Sure. Likely? No.

What you might see if the range shown change by more miles than you drove but this shouldn't be confused with the odometer.

I would need a lot more evidence to believe this. I have a Model 3 and it would be easy for me to use an existing app I have to compare GPS distance driven to the odometer change but I doubt this so much I'm not even going to bother.

But we will see after some discovery!

Any Tesla owner with Teslafi/Teslamate can verify this is not true. I tested on my tesla, and the odometer adds up just as well on the day it was delivered as it does right up to the day it lost warranty. Just find some routes and compare the odometer delta to the google maps route between the same locations.

This makes no sense at all, that guy is just looking for attention. It's such a simple thing that everybody can test using another third party navigation app. It would have taken no time for people to notice.

What a silly accusation.

Might as well accuse every company that uses a digital odometer is cheating, or capable of cheating the system.

Because ZERO companies want to spend money on repairs if they don't have to.

And I would like to see proof of any SHADY dealings Elon Musk has been a part of.

Unfortunately people will always spread hateful rhetoric about people they don't like; throwing around words like racist, bigot, criminal...without any real substantiated proof. Oftentimes they can't even tell you why they hate those people.

I can not believe someone could be so idiotic enough to actually think this up or even believe such a ridiculous idea. If you had his kind of money it would not make any sense to work about a few warranty charges. Thwy would be equivalent to you cheating someone out of a couple pennies. Actually partial pennies. Thus guy should, well you get the idea.

If we look at this purely logically, why wouldn't Tesla speed up odos, right?

It is illegal under United States law and California law to tamper with or alter a vehicle's odometer mileage. The lawsuit is based in California. A single instance, under California law, is a misdemeanor. Multiple instances make it a felony. A business which engages in odometer tampering can be banned from doing business in California. It is not reasonable to believe that any car company, not even Tesla, would risk felony charges and being banned from selling cars in California. The patent, US805403882, which is cited in the lawsuit, has nothing to do with the basic odometer of Tesla vehicles. It has to do with battery management in various driving situations. If there were any truth to the allegation that Tesla is manipulating odometers, the California Attorney General would be investigating.

The only question that needs to be answered is how is the mileage recorded If the mileage is even tied into the computer or can be altered. This would have more than simple implications. We write off our vehicles by mileage and over estimates would be tax fraud for anyone that uses mileage as the write off. (Most businesses with vehicles that are paid for) There no way they’d risk that to save a few million. It’s far more likely this is both a financial thing for the plaintiff and likely a political one. The war on Elon Musk is ridiculous. He just wants to stop the US from bankruptcy.

Yeah, I believe it. I questioned it a few times with Tesla. For every .6 of a mile I drive, my car records a mile driven. Maybe I need to contact the organization in this situation to learn more. If this holds true, that means that my car with 155,000 miles really has 93,000 miles and my battery is still under warranty which is all I care about anymore. Also, this would explain why I get good mileage from tires.

Yeah...I trust Elon Musk at least as much as I do Donald Trump. They both have reputations for being ethical..moral and honest.😅🤣😂🤐🤐

Hrm... He did feel that it was necessary to comment on the exchange, and since it was between normal people (as opposed to celebrities or billionaires or something) then he probably did a keyword search for "tesla mileage lawsuit" and was reading through all the comments about the issue. Which I doubt he would do if he wasn't massaging mileage and internally freaked out that he's been found out.

So I have 2 pals who have aging Teslas, and they began tracking mileage as soon as they heard about this lawsuit. Haven't heard from one but the other said that to his surprise, this morning's commute came in significantly high. He drives 45 minutes each way, all interstate and early in the morning, so his route never changes. He's taking GoPro footage that shows the mileage and the view out front in one frame, and he's going to go over the footage using mile-markers and Google earth data to see what he can determine. And wouldn't you know it, he's a lawyer too, so he knows how to collect court-admissible evidence. Naturally he's not splashing his efforts all over twitter, because, you know, free speech and everything...

Last year, on a Tesla Facebook group, a member posted exactly about this "issue". MANY members agreed with him and claimed they experience the same behavior.
I saw it posted on more than one group.

But no one actually confirmed it or tested it.
The closest claim was someone who said he parked his car with a certain amount of miles and later on, while the car was parked, the odometer seemed to have added 3 more miles.
Another claimed that since he added a sub woofer to his Tesla, his car adds odometer miles every time he listens to music, even when parked.
Yet, NO ONE logged the supposed discrepancy.

Well, I did.
I have a 2023 Model 3 with 23,000 miles on it.
My commute is exactly 28.4 miles.
I've logged my miles every day for a month and the odometer was 100% accurate.
I've logged only my commuting miles to make sure it's as accurate as possible as my commute never changes.
My car isn't special and I highly doubt Tesla knew I was testing the odometer so they could cheat the test.

The lawsuit has no merit and I doubt anyone can provide any evidence the odometer is rigged.
People are simply driving their Tesla much more than they think.

It's simple. If Elon says that it's not true, then it's true.