A Tesla owner in Canada claimed he is locked out of his vehicle after the battery died, with the electric automaker telling him the replacement would cost? $26,000 (Rs 20 lakh).?
Mario Zelaya, known as @supermariozelaya, posted a video on TikTok explaining his ordeal. He said his "piece of trash" Model S died and that the car is locked, preventing him from being able to get inside.?
"$26K for a new battery. Locked out of car. Recalls are needed," he captioned the video.?
Zelaya?said he had?bought the car in 2013?for $140,000 but explained that some 2013 and 2014 models had issues with fluid from the air conditioning system dripping into the battery.
"You're probably thinking I'm full of crap, I'm making this stuff up. I'm not," he said.?
"I got Transport Canada involved and they actually did an investigation on the car. Not only did they do an investigation on this car, they're gonna be doing one that Tesla doesn't realize is coming up," he revealed.
He claimed to have contacted another Tesla owner, who experienced the same battery issue. He criticised Tesla and said the company will not give them an explanation.
"Tesla's trying to sweep it under the rug. They won't give them any explanation of why their battery died," he added.
This isn't the first instance of a Tesla owner having trouble with their expensive electric car.
Earlier in April, a Tesla owner said that his Model 3 vehicle allegedly got stuck at 133 kph on a freeway.
Javier Rodriguez, from?California,?said he realised something was wrong when it became hot inside the car while driving on the 10 freeway in Cabazon.?
Rodriguez said the main screen was frozen when the he was at going at 133 kph. He said all of the buttons and switches - including turn signals and hazard lights - were not working.??
He was able to make it off the road, and a few minutes later, the car rebooted. That's when everything seemed normal.??
The California Highway Patrol (CHP) helped Rodriguez, get off the freeway, where he eventually had the car towed.??
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