It's worse than that, the first safety inspection is after four years, not six.
this post was submitted on 23 Jan 2025
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Sorry, I thought it was 6, but I checked it out, and you are right, it's already at 4 years now!
I've tried to edit my post to correct it, but the edits don't work for some reason?
When a car dumps this safety check, it's illegal to drive unless the problem is fixed withing 14 days.
So generally with older cars it's recommended to take the car to a mechanic for inspection first, and have issues fixed before inspection.
But with an only 4 year old car, that generally have been through manufacturer recommended services until very recently, this shouldn't be necessary.
Unfortunately the article doesn't mention any particular safety hazard, but I'm guessing brakes are high on the list, because there have been stories about that already before they were old enough to require inspections.
Edit:
Changed 6 to 4 year.
I read an article about how many more Teslas failed the safety check in Germany, and the % was extremely high compared to other cars! The thing that failed the most was the breaks, as they had rusted. If you live in the Northern hemisphere where there's snow, Tesla recommends to have the car in for service to clean the breaks, lubricate etc. every year. It's not a high cost (1200 DKK) compared to other yearly services.
In Denmark a car will fail with brakes as the cause for simply having rust on them, even if the actual braking performance is good enough to pass. This is causing a lot of BEV and PHEV to require brake replacements even though they're not worn and still work just fine.
Why don't other cars suffer the same fate as often?
They do, all BEV and PHEV suffer from this. For most teslas it's probably not getting corrected before inspection because there is no service requirement from Tesla to maintain vehicle warranty. Since other manufacturers require service to maintain warranty, they discover and fix these before inspection.
The reason EV's have this problem is regenerative breaking, I'm guessing other brands are better at taking that into account.
Other brands have mandatory service to maintain warranty, so they likely replace parts just before inspection rather than just after.
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Det er særligt fejlgrupperne „bremseudstyr“, „lygteudstyr“, „aksler, hjul og dæk“ samt „styretøj“, som bilerne dumper på.
Ouch.
Thanks, that's really bad, where did you find that?
Thanks, I should have posted that instead.
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