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title: "Tesla tells HW3 owner to ‘be patient’ after 7 years of waiting for FSD"
type: "News"
locale: "en"
url: "https://longbridge.com/en/news/283180157.md"
description: "Tesla has advised a Dutch owner of an HW3 vehicle, who has been waiting for Full Self-Driving (FSD) since 2019, to \"just be patient\" regarding his €6,400 payment. This response has been criticized as tone-deaf and may intensify legal pressures in Europe, as the owner, Mischa Sigtermans, has initiated a collective claim against the company."
datetime: "2026-04-17T17:43:37.000Z"
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# Tesla tells HW3 owner to ‘be patient’ after 7 years of waiting for FSD

The Dutch Tesla owner who launched a collective claim against Tesla over FSD on HW3 cars called Tesla to ask about the €6,400 he paid for “Full Self-Driving” in 2019. After 7 years of waiting, Tesla’s answer was to “just be patient.”

It’s an almost comically tone-deaf response that perfectly encapsulates Tesla’s approach to the HW3 problem — and it’s only going to fuel the growing legal pressure in Europe.

## What Tesla told an HW3 owner on the phone

Mischa Sigtermans, the Dutch Model 3 owner who launched the HW3 collective claim site we reported on earlier this week, called Tesla today and recorded the entire conversation. He posted the details in a thread on X.

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