After personal investigation and fact checking of this topic, I found the claim to be rather false. The article provided states that Tesla speeds up odometers to avoid warranty repairs, US lawsuit claims. The article describes a Los Angeles resident, Nyree Hinton, claiming that "the odometer on the 2020 Model Y he bought in December 2022 with 36,772 miles on the clock ran at least 15% fast, based on his other vehicles and driving history, and for a while said he drove 72 miles a day when at most he drove 20." And as a result, this caused "his 50,000-mile basic warranty to expire well ahead of schedule, leaving him with a $10,000 suspension repair bill that he thought Tesla should cover.". "By tying warranty limits and lease mileage caps to inflated 'odometer' readings, Tesla increases repair revenue, reduces warranty obligations, and compels consumers to purchase extended warranties prematurely," the complaint said.". The rest of the article continues to describe the incident and allegations but ultimately says that "Tesla and its lawyer did not immediately respond on Thursday to requests for comment, but have denied all material allegations in the lawsuit.". Now after my own research in this topic, I found it to be false and exaggerated. An article that was published by torque news in response to this allegations describes how this is completely false, even with Elon Musk posting on X saying, "This is idiotic". A man named Omar Qazi, a Tesla investor and a huge Tesla and Elon Musk fan, responded sharply, writing: “You morons will fall for anything. There is zero evidence of Tesla speeding up their odometers. The article you cite mentions a lawsuit from some guy who wanted a repair done under warranty. The plaintiff says Tesla’s odometers are based on energy usage and “predictive algorithms” rather than actual mileage driven. But that is completely wrong. Range estimates are based on energy usage and predictive algorithms.The odometer is based on actual miles driven. Anyone can test this themselves. But just to be sure, it's better to go short Tesla stock anyway. This could be your big break, buddy.”
And that is the truth, the odometer is based on actual miles driven, so there is technically no possible way to speed up the odometer to read more miles than the car has actually driven, and on top of it all, no one had any actual sort of evidence to prove this allegation, its all just conspiracy and false. Overall, this claim is false and exaggerated.
https://www.torquenews.com/11826/elon-musk-responds-accusations-tesla-speeds-odometers-avoid-warranty-repairs
