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by binoct 599 days ago
I’m genuinely curious, on a 4-month old vehicle, why weren’t the three specific repairs and costs you list be covered under warranty?
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I'm guessing they were covered under warranty, but the cash-equivalent costs were listed.

I think the bigger problem here is the inconvenience. You don't get much value out of the thing you purchased if it's in the shop most of the time. Plus you have to take time out of your day to bring it to the shop (if it's even possible) or wait for a tow truck to come get you if the vehicle is immobile or unsafe to drive, and then find a way to get home.

Warranties pay for parts and labor, but they don't cover incidental expenses, or more importantly, your time.

A handful of us are wondering the same thing.
Isn't that like asking if Boeings flights aren't covered by life insurance?

Car insurance companies know the costs, and they have open listings of the car brands. They have literally all incentives in play to stay truthful. Compared to whatever PR we are force-fed a jour.

All of the aforementioned things are 100% covered by warranty. The GPs comment is entirely made up, LARPing for internet points.
Having that many problems with a new vehicle -- covered by warranty or not -- qualifies that vehicle for "POS" label
Except none of those problems happened because the GP just made it all up. The post is a great example of Elon Derangement Syndrome. LARPing as Cybertruck owner, fabricating posts about the experience of owning one to virtue signal.
Go check out the cybertruck forums, you'll see plenty of owners have issues with their trucks and some who have pursued their state lemon laws, guess those are all made up. Guess the NHTSA investigations, or the dead families are all made up too.
Go check out the [vehicle] forums, you'll see plenty of owners have issues with their [vehicles] and some who have pursued their state lemon laws, guess those are all made up. Guess the NHTSA investigations, or the dead families are all made up too.
How do you know that they made it up?
Wrong. Check their warranty online, they- like most other warranties- very deliberately leave out tires, vandalism, and problems with the electrical system.
>Wrong.

It's not wrong, those are things covered by any manufacturer warranty.

>Check their warranty online, they- like most other warranties- very deliberately leave out tires, vandalism

No manufacturing warranty covers that, not that it matters, the comment is fabricated.

>and problems with the electrical system.

This is false, that is explicitly covered by the manufacturers warranty.