Pluralistic: Tesla accused of hacking odometers to weasel out of warranty repairs (15 Apr 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

Tesla is accused of artificially inflating the mileage of his cars. A class action denounces an opaque software system that could reduce the duration of the warranties.

Pluralistic: Tesla accused of hacking odometers to weasel out of warranty repairs (15 Apr 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

Tesla has been running them for several weeks every day. The latest one concerns a fraudulent practice, which some American motorists would have spotted. The brand would probably trade the kilometer meter of its cars. That said, not in the sense that we hear it... Tesla: an inverted counter fraud When we speak of traficated kilometer meters, we logically expect that the mileage in question is undervalued. In this way, the car depreciates less qu…

However, this time it is neither production delays nor a controversial statement by its leader, Elon Musk. As The Street indicates, whose information is relayed by Numerama, the American firm is subject to a class action filed on 12 April 2025 before a California court. The manufacturer is accused of handling the odometer of its vehicles - a device responsible for measuring the kilometres travelled - directly related to the application of the ma…

A collective action is under way in the United States against Tesla. The reason? The brand would manipulate its kilometer meters in order to escape the warranty obligations.