[aranw]

I've owned three Audis over the last decade with no recalls

Tesla deliberately pushes boundaries and breaks from tradition. That's admirable, but traditional manufacturers have decades of engineering knowledge behind their approaches for good reasons. Push the envelope enough and you'll have more misses and in Tesla's case more recalls

[proee]

You are making things up out of thin air. These are recalls from JAN 2024- MAR 2025

  Ford Motor Company, 94 (7%)
  Chrysler (FCA US, LLC), 78 (6%)
  Forest River, Inc., 67 (5%)
  General Motors, LLC, 41 (3%)
  BMW of North America, LLC, 39 (3%)
  Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC, 33 (3%)
  Hyundai Motor America, 28 (2%)
  Jaguar Land Rover North America, LLC, 26 (2%)
  Volkswagen Group of America, Inc., 25 (2%)
  Daimler Trucks North America, LLC, 24 (2%)
  Honda (American Honda Motor Co.), 24 (2%)
  Kia America, Inc., 24 (2%)
  Jayco, Inc., 22 (2%)
  International Motors, LLC, 21 (2%)
  Nova Bus (US) Inc., 21 (2%)
  Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing, 21 (2%)
  Nissan North America, Inc., 20 (2%)
  Tesla, Inc., 20 (2%)
  Mack Trucks, Inc., 17 (1%)
  Winnebago Industries, Inc., 16 (1%)

[op00to]

Ratio of U.S. vehicles recalled in 2024 → 2024 U.S. sales

Tesla: 5,135,991 → 516,597 ≈ 9.94.

Ford: 4,777,161 → 2,078,832 ≈ 2.30.

GM: 1,872,567 → 2,700,000 ≈ 0.69.

Toyota: 1,221,666 → 2,330,000 ≈ 0.52.

Honda: 3,794,113 → 1,291,490 ≈ 2.94.

A Tesla sold in 2024 was roughly 4 times more likely than a Ford to be involved in a recall campaign that year. Despite selling far fewer vehicles, Tesla’s recalls affected nearly ten times its annual U.S. sales volume.

This reflects a structural difference, not media bias. Tesla initiates fewer recall campaigns overall, but those campaigns routinely involve millions of vehicles. When normalized for sales volume, Tesla’s recall exposure is the highest of any major automaker. “Innovation risk” cuts both ways.

[beambot]

A large fraction of the recalls are remediated with OTA software updates too...

[briandw]

Are you counting over the air updates as recalls?

[freejazz]

It was a recall...

[jjav]

> You are making things up out of thin air.

Not OP but not really. Recalls are pretty rare in most cars.

I own lots of cars and I've only had two recalls in the last 33 years. One for a Mazda minivan to replace a rear hatch shock (i.e. nothing safety related) and one for a Dodge truck (I don't remember what it was).

[I_dream_of_Geni]

You beat me to it... lol

[eblume]

A quick search for "Audi recall" shows several recalls this year. Here's the first official link I found: https://www.audiusa.com/en/compliance/takata/

[spullara]

Guess you are constantly dodging them, so lucky.

https://www.kbb.com/audi/recall/