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CHINA: Musk is scared. Using Flumpy to save Tesla.
24 Mar 2025 8:47 am
ROG62 » 24 Mar 2025, 5:34 am » wrote: ↑ Our local repair guy said a customer came in with a 2016 Tahoe or equivalent complaining it wouldn't shut off...of course they couldn't replicate it, so the guy went home, calls as it wouldn't shut off...mechanic went out to his place, and sure as ****, there it was, purring away...brought it back, started working on ignition switch, not it...2 days and 3k later, they figured out it was the rear blind spot sensors in the corners of the bumper were corroded...he drove off in a sour mood over dropping the 3k on an old vehicle, but thankful...
I kind of went "sheesh" at the price, but he said all of the wire tracing is time consuming not to mention having to pull the rear bumper, etc...
Yeah, lots of people don't like what it costs to fix their pos. I used to tell them not to blame me, blame the **** who designed and built it!
I worked on cars for a long time and car makers go out of their way to make them harder to work on!