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    Good news: Your Tesla Model 3 is finally ready. Bad news: It may take weeks to get it serviced

    by Russ Mitchell, Los Angeles Times Jul 25, 2018 5 minutes

    As Tesla ramps up its Fremont, Calif., factory to escape what Elon Musk called "production hell" with its new Model 3 electric sedan, some customers are enduring their own state of suffering trying to get Teslas serviced.

    Parts shortages, long repair delays and problems getting through on customer help lines have led to scenes of strife at Tesla's service centers.

    At the entrance to the company's Dublin, Calif., center recently, an agitated Model X owner was trying to drop his SUV off for repair. A Tesla service agent said he couldn't leave the car there because the facility was too busy. He could make an appointment to bring it in another time, maybe in a couple of weeks.

    "But I don't want to drive it!" said Kaushal Bhaskar, a software engineer from nearby San Ramon who complained he sometimes couldn't get the passenger door to open, while other times

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