I’ve tried to correct that 3 times now, with a couple of hours between, but none of my edits stick, despite I use the save button?!
That and the 6 years should be 4.

But at least it’s somewhat funny. 😜

I’ve tried to correct it and save 3 times now, but my changes don’t show: 🙁

Yes the crowd that will support fascism with their money, do absolutely nothing against it, and then complain why things suck and they’ll never be able to afford to buy a house.

Wow the downvotes are insane here??
Whatever happened with “vote with you wallet”?
Buying a Tesla is as a matter of fact supporting Nazism, which has been clear for a while now. That’s indisputable!
As in literally supporting Nazism! Not just in USA, but also in Europe!

Every steering system that uses a mechanical column, like the Model 3, will eventually develop play

Not true, I own an 18 year Opel Vectra, no issues with play in the steering, and nothing was ever needed to be done to fix it, and no other old cars I’ve driven had it, and I haven’t heard of it as a problem you should to check for before a safety check. The older cheaper worm gear steering racks ALWAYS had it, and it was regulated how much was allowed. but they’ve been obsolete for about 50 years maybe more now.

For a 4 year old car to have it is ridiculous.

There is no way that makes sense. If you have vertical play in the mounting, that vertical play will also have an impact in your movement of the steering wheel. When if for instance you hold the wheel on the side with one hand. any turning movement begins with a vertical movement.

Yeah it’s not like he was this huge humanitarian that suddenly made a gesture that looked a bit like it.

Musk has repeatedly shown sympathies for the extreme right, for instance officially supporting the German Extreme right ultra nationalist AfD.
So when a proven fascist makes a Nazi salute, there is absolutely zero reason to believe it was an accident.

So USA now has official Nazis in their government now!!

Congratulations USA.

which is why they’re arguing to figure out how to interpret it.

Yeah that’s the goto argument for companies literally not meeting regulation, they try to make it into a matter of interpretation if they can.
If you have play in the movement vertically and horizontally, there will at least potentially/occasionally be similar play in the actual steering.
My god it sounds like an embarrassing issue to have IMO. Even the cheapest cars from traditional makers that cost about a third don’t have that issue.

due to his arrogance and inability to grasp engineering detail.

Yeah I just joked with my wife that Musk probably told the engineers to cut the number of parts in the steering from 5 to 3.
Obviously simplified, since it’s way more parts. In general it’s true that fewer parts is better, but Musk is absolutely insane on the idea, to the degree that basic functionality suffers or is even completely removed.

I admit I was actually very impressed with Tesla early on, and the Tesla S, and I cheered for them. They helped make electric cars cool IMO. But I quickly began to notice things that I did not like at all. Like his insane promises on FSD when he discontinued cooperation with a company that actually knew what they were doing. His reaction was to spew bullshit about how Tesla was leading the field.
Also his complete disregard for conditions in the work place, both safety and regarding racism. And his claim that working for him was a “lifestyle” helping to change the world.
That last part was an enormous red flag! That this man is likely an insane megalomaniac.

I really really hope the Nazi salutes will backfire in a big way. But probably not.

I admit I’m not 100% familiar with the rules, I think if the car is in the shop, you can get an extension.
But if it’s really bad, they can take the plates on the spot. There are degrees.

Sounds like a lot for a brand of cars that on average aren’t very old!

So Tesla just can’t make it properly like every other manufacturer can, and have done for 50 years!

Wow, that’s kind of a worse look for Tesla.

ejecting them with as play in the steeringg column, even though there is not any play in the actual steering column itself.

That’s probably because AFAIK there is zero play allowed in the steering wheel. It’s not enough that the column is OK if the rest isn’t.

That’s still just not good enough.
My 18 year old Opel has managed 4 years with only an exhaust repair, that’s from 14 to 18 years without a problem that can occur on an EV!
4 years ago I had the breaks fixed.

I know it’s anecdotal, and that I’ve been lucky with this car, but for fucks sake 30% failure rate on a 4 year old car!!
That’s horrendous even if none of them had ever seen service for 4 years!

These are the most basic SAFETY issues, that are legally required, not about being 100% top condition as new.

Maybe that’s not a good translation, I just went with the auto translation, and didn’t really think about it, because we have the word “dumpe” for failing.
Maybe it doesn’t work in English.

I would correct it, but I already tried to correct 6 years to 4, and it doesn’t take for some reason?

https://fdm.dk/nyheder/bilist/2025-01-populaer-tesla-model-dumper-med-et-brag-til-syn

English:

Problems with wheel suspension and play in the steering wheel

Original:

problemer med hjulophæng og ratslør

WTF! How has this been allowed to become an issue again? We solved this problem more than 50 years ago with better Sterring rack.
And the law demands ZERO play in the steering wheel!

I just saw a review recently with a reviewer complaining there was a bit to much play in the steering wheel.
This is probably some drive by wire shit, how is this even legal?
What a fucking travesty. My 18 year old Opel Vectra doesn’t have that problem, and has never needed to have it fixed. A modern quality steering rack just works!!

Goddam this pisses me off! I’m furious they allow this shit to happen now. Every single one of them should be permanently recalled.
Tesla also has an insanely poor accident record, maybe there’s a reason for that!

Thanks, I should have posted that instead.

The reason EV’s have this problem is regenerative breaking, I’m guessing other brands are better at taking that into account.

Sorry, I thought it was 6, but I checked it out, and you are right, it’s already at 4 years now!
I’ve tried to edit my post to correct it, but the edits don’t work for some reason?

Thanks, that’s really bad, where did you find that?

When a car dumps this safety check, it’s illegal to drive unless the problem is fixed withing 14 days.
So generally with older cars it’s recommended to take the car to a mechanic for inspection first, and have issues fixed before inspection.
But with an only 4 year old car, that generally have been through manufacturer recommended services until very recently, this shouldn’t be necessary.

Unfortunately the article doesn’t mention any particular safety hazard, but I’m guessing brakes are high on the list, because there have been stories about that already before they were old enough to require inspections.

Edit:
Changed 6 to 4 year.