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FDM warns of errors in several models from Tesla, and FDM has now been successful by the Danish Road Safety Authority.
FDM has previously described that there are several cases of significant veil in the rear suspension and in the steering column of the popular Model 3. Photo: Mike Blake / Ritzau Scanpix
Today at 8pm. 11.07
Updated Today at 9pm. 11.08
By Ritzau
The Danish Road Safety Authority has stated that the motorists' interest organization, FDM, rightly did not approve two Tesla Model 3 by sight after the car owners had independently complained about the demand for omsyn.
FDM said in a statement.
In both cases, the sight results were due to "too much veil in bushings in rear-wheel suspension".
However, Tesla found no faults and thought the electric cars should have been approved, which led to complaints and the Traffic Agency's review.
Many Teslas have "veil in the bushing"
The agency concludes that the cars had a significant veil and that the vision had been carried out correctly in both cases.
Earlier in the year, the FDM warned that there are many Teslas that have veils in bushings in the rear-wheel suspension and in the steering column.
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Veils in rear suspensions mean that there is a looseness or abnormal movement in the parts that connect the car's rear wheel to the car itself.
This applies to both the Model 3 and Model Y. According to FDM, around 37,000 Model 3 and more than 40,000 Model Y have been registered in Denmark.
The error is seen on newer cars
Usually you first see the problem on older cars, which have driven many kilometers, but FDM has seen several models with the error early in the life expectancy of the cars.
It creates doubts about the safety of cars, writes FDM, who has contacted Tesla to get the company to solve the problems.
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"We expect Tesla to help drivers, as it is not fair that the consumer has an additional cost of repair and possibly overhaul, because the car has a fault it shouldn't have," said Lone Otto, area manager in FDM's technical advice.
At the beginning of the year, FDM said that almost one in four Model 3 from the year 2020, which last year was for inspection, failed - among other things because of veils.
For other electric cars, the dump percentage was nine.
I must admit I was a bit worried about the extra time for the trip because of charging, but after this trip, although the trip was maybe about ½ an hour extra each way, I found that it doesn't really matter, the silence of the electric makes it much more relaxing than any ICE car I've ever owned. So much that the family we visited could tell we were less tired from the trip than usual. We usually have about 10 minutes break midway, to get a sandwich and switch driver. I think the charging made it so we weren't so much in a hurry to finish the break. All in all way more relaxing way to drive, we also used to drive 140 km/h in the ICE car, but with the EV we limited it to 120 km/h, because we figured the higher speed would just mean more charging time.
So in short I agree, that all my fears regarding longer trips have evaporated. Also I can see the point some reviewers make, that with faster charging a bigger battery isn't as important as it used to be. Our car has a 77 kWh battery, and can charge at 125 kWh. but the real charging peaked at 113 kWh, and we broke it off at about 65% because the rate begins to drop to around 70 kWh at that point. So we typically charged from 15-20% to 60-70% using 2 stops. This was at temperatures around 5° C out and 8° C home, There was also strong wind out, so we charged 2 times both ways. Out because of unfavorable weather, and home because we started with only a 70% charge.
On the way out the efficiency was 20% worse than back home, so the poor weather with strong head wind and lower temperature was a major influence.
But I think to drive the car close to or even below 10% requires that you know your car in such situations, and are confident you can find a charger in time.
This was our first such trip, I bet we can do better next time. 😀
The car is a VW iD.4 Pro Performance Tech 2021 for anybody curious. Battery state 90%.