Being a Tesla owner today seems to lend some credence to the whole ‘Go Green’ movement. But there are many pitfalls that come with an electric vehicle. One such owner was Mario Zelaya in Canada. He recently stated that he had been locked out of his luxury Tesla car. This took place after the battery d!ed. When the man took his vehicle to the dealership- he was informed that the replacement would cost him $26,000. Mario Zelaya posted this unnecessarily harassing video, and he wrote, “$26k for a new battery. Locked out of a car. Recalls are needed.”

As it turns out Zelaya had plans to sell the vehicle- but the price of a replacement battery befuddled him. He simply wasn’t ready to pay such a huge price for a replacement. Unfortunately, he couldn’t have possibly sold his car without proper ownership documents- and these were locked inside his car! Several viewers on TikTok asked him to dismantle the car- but Zelaya was in a hurry. Fortunately, he was able to get a copy of those papers for $30.

Tesla Owners and their ongoing issues with Battery Replacement

This owner purchased this particular Tesla back in 2013. But, he repeatedly mentioned this, this model and the additional variants from 2014 come with a problem. The fluid from the vehicle would leak onto the batteries- which would definitely destroy the batteries over time. “I got Transport Canada involved, and they actually did an investigation on the car. Not only did they do an investigation on this car, but they’re also gonna be doing one that Tesla doesn’t realize is coming up. Tesla’s trying to sweep it under the rug. They won’t give them any explanation of why their battery expired.”, the owner stated.

Zelaya ranted that the problems in Tesla had been pre-existing. The problems became worse for the company’s lackadaisical attitude towards batteries.

“I’ll never buy another Tesla again. That’s the long way of my saying stay the f*** away from Teslas. They’re brutal cars, brutal manufacturing, and even worse, they’re a 10-year-old company.”

Tesla Seems To Be Under a Barrage of Complaints

Previously, Tesla had to deal with legal troubles. In July, a Tesla owner from Germany got reimbursed after the vehicle was deemed a massive hazard. A court in the country gave the verdict after it concluded that the assistance system on the driver’s end was not recognizing traffic obstacles reliably. Also, the court stated that the car would be breaking down constantly- which was quite dangerous in most of the urban areas in the country.