[mikestew]

The only thing I can figure is that the customer is trying to drive a car around for a while, file a Lemon Law complaint, then get a buy-back? I say this because it appears that the fuse had been tampered with, and the same person filed a complaint against Volvo last year.

[ghshephard]

No - the idea is not to get a buy back - if that had been the case, then they would have issued their three buy back requests, and, from what I've read, Tesla would have been more likely than other vendors to honor it.

Instead, the objective is to appear to have a violation of the lemon law, and then file a lawsuit looking for compensatory/legal fee damages.

Normally a company like Tesla will just pay off the nuisance suit in order to avoid having their good name dragged through the press, but, apparently, Elon Musk doesn't play that game, and with his posting, he is making it clear to all the other bottom feeders that he is more than willing to go head-to-head with them.

Heh, "non-tamper" tape to the fuse switch indeed.

[epynonymous]

i bet tesla buys the car back at a used car price, otherwise we'd be talking about a refund.