Migliaccio & Rathod LLP recently filed a class action complaint on this matter in the Northern District of California in the case Waller V. Tesla, Inc. Et Al (3:26cv5350).
Migliaccio & Rathod LLP is investigating Tesla vehicles equipped with Hardware 1, Hardware 2, Hardware 2.5, and Hardware 3 following reports that these vehicles may be incapable of achieving the fully autonomous driving capabilities that Tesla repeatedly represented they would support.
Reported Issues
Consumers report:
- Purchasing Tesla vehicles after being told that the vehicles contained all hardware necessary for future Full Self-Driving functionality.
- Paying thousands of dollars for Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (“FSD”) package or FSD Capability option.
- Purchasing vehicles based on representations that future software updates would enable fully autonomous driving.
- Learning that Hardware 3 vehicles may require substantial hardware replacements, including new computers and cameras, to achieve Tesla’s promised autonomous-driving capabilities.
- That Tesla represented its vehicles as having hardware capable of supporting fully autonomous driving, robotaxi functionality, and driverless operation.
- That Tesla’s Full Self-Driving technology has not achieved the autonomous capabilities that consumers were led to expect.
- That they would not have purchased their Tesla vehicle, or would have paid less, had they known the vehicles lacked the hardware necessary to achieve the promised functionality.
Why Individuals Should Be Concerned
Potential claims include:
- Economic loss
- False advertising
- Consumer fraud
- Breach of warranty
- Breach of contract
- Product defect
- Unjust enrichment
- Performance versus marketing
Signs You May Be Affected
- You purchased or leased a Tesla vehicle equipped with Hardware 1, Hardware 2, Hardware 2.5, or Hardware 3.
- You purchased a Tesla vehicle between approximately 2016 and 2023.
- You purchased Tesla’s Full Self-Driving package or FSD Capability feature.
- You relied on Tesla’s representations that your vehicle contained all hardware necessary for future autonomous-driving functionality.
- Your vehicle has not achieved unsupervised or fully autonomous driving capability.
- You learned that your vehicle may require significant hardware replacement to achieve the capabilities originally advertised.
- You would not have purchased your vehicle, or would have paid less, had you known the vehicle lacked the hardware necessary to support Tesla’s promised Full Self-Driving functionality.
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