SAN JOSE (KPIX 5) – Bay Area Tesla owner clubs are reminding new and longtime drivers to take measures to reduce their chances of becoming a victim of break-ins, which they said have started to rise as pandemic restrictions ease.
“I felt like it got better during shelter-in-place, during the pandemic. And now that things are reopening and somewhat more normal, there’s been an uptick again,” said Kristine Boncato, of Tesla Owners of East Bay.
Charles, co-owner of Primer Auto Glass, told KPIX 5 that they have been very busy. Primer is one of Tesla’s authorized repair businesses, and has completed upwards 50,000 repairs on the electric cars, many for the left and right quarter glass panels on the Model 3.
“This is the most common repair on a Model 3 right now,” said Charles.
Thieves smash the small, triangular window, reach in to unlatch and open the back seat, giving the thieves a view into the trunk.
“They look, they see a laptop, they see anything. Boom!” said Charles.
Rick Reid, a Model 3 owner, said he returned to his car in December 2018, to find the left quarter glass panel smashed. The backseat was down, and nothing was stolen, but the repair cost several hundred dollars.
“Very annoying. It was frustrating, violated obviously. All those kind of things that happen when somebody takes something from you,” said Reid.
John, a co-founder of Tesla Owners of Silicon Valley, said the break-ins seemed to have peaked when the Model 3 was first released.
“2018, 2019, it was...
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