Tesla Accused of Cooking the Odometer—So They Don’t Have to Fix Your Car

Tesla Accused of Cooking the Odometer—So They Don’t Have to Fix Your Car

Tesla's warranty might come with a secret expiration countdown—and it's not based on how far you drive, but how far Tesla says you drove.

The company is now facing a class-action lawsuit for allegedly manipulating odometers using predictive algorithms, energy consumption, and “driver behavior multipliers” to artificially inflate mileage. Why? To make your warranty run out faster and avoid doing repairs they’d normally be on the hook for.

One Tesla owner reported averaging 20 miles a day, but his car suddenly logged over 70 miles a day—despite no change in his routine. The odometer hit 50,000 miles way earlier than expected, voided his warranty, and magically, the mileage tracking normalized again.

So to recap: Tesla may be turning your real-world driving into fantasy mileage to dodge repairs, shrink your car's value, and make you pay for problems they should fix.

Manipulating odometers used to be a federal crime.

Now it’s a “tech feature.”

Welcome to the future.