PCS Failure / 3-Month+ Wait—Anyone else pushing for a buyback? Lemon Law? Legal Action?

[Flynn]

I haven't had even a hint of an issue either, along with most Cybertruck owners, and I charge exclusively on 48 amps, unless I'm on a road trip, I don't think the theory that failure is related to charging at 48 amps is supported by the data. I think that's what most owners do.. I love how reliable and bulletproof (pun not intended) my Cybertruck has been.



There are no official stats on how many PCS have failed, but it's a lot. Way too many. That said, if you have been paying attention you will see the problem has been greatly amplified by two things:

1) There are (very roughly) about 20-50 people who have made the idea that a PCS might fail a personal crusade. They repeatedly blow their own failure out of proportion, posting on multiple platforms and chiming in that there's has failed too, as if it's the first time they have reported it. Many of the same people also exaggerate the cost and inconvenience of having a PCS failure by claiming it costs $6K-7K to have it repaired, even though the vast majority of Cybertruck owners are still covered by warranty for PCS failures and despite the fact that Tesla has lowered the repair cost for those out of warranty to a flat $1000. That's the amount of money ICE pickup truck drivers commonly pay in gas each and every month!

Some of these hyper-active "PCS failure" posters haven't even experienced a PCS failure, they are just "worried" it will happen to them!

2) The Internet always amplifies any issue that has a higher than normal failure rate due to a natural and expected phenomenon. It's well known that people who have a problem are much more likely to chime in than those who don't. What you or I see is a buch of people saying, "Yeah, me too, my PCS failed" (or I'm very worried my PCS might fail), and not a lot of people saying, "my PCS is working normally", I haven't noticed anything unusual. People tend to not chime in if they have nothing to report.

I'm not saying the failure rate of PCS is not unusually high, it most certainly is unnaturally high, I'm simply saying the failure rate is greatly amplified by both natural and unnatural forces working together to create the perception that every PCS will almost certainly fail. The visible data we have does not point to that, in my observation.

A little perspective goes a long way. Once the supply of the updated parts catches up with demand, and the replacements are completed, this will all fade into old history (even if the cretins pumping this for all the fear they can muster will hang on to this black mark on Cybertruck's history for everything it's worth, and then some).

It's really irresponsible to call for class-action lawsuits when the actual "fix" is to have the faulty part swapped for a good part (even if that part is currently backordered). Tesla has done everything in their power to minimize the impact this will have on affected owners, including making Supercharging free of charge until the part can be replaced.

A worthy post

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