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Not sure why I had to replace brake pads either? It seemed crazy early to me as well and I posted to another thread and some people said it is not common but they have seen it...? I have the regen braking on standard. The Tesla Service center said the previous driver may have been a 'grinder'...

I am dealing with the exact same problem! I bought a 2018 a year and a half ago from Carmax for $80K when the prices in CA were soaring because of the mandatory EV thing. Fast forward 1.5 years I am into it for $10K in tires, brake pads, 12V battery, and other misc repairs. Now it is worth way...

Agree. The brakes seem a little early because from a lot of other posters on this forum have stated theirs lasted at least to 100K miles. I am going to talk to the service team about future 'servicing' for the brakes to possible extend the life. I guess I have a heavy foot (aka hard...

Thank you for the reply. Like I said: I probably didn't do enough homework before purchasing. This is showing me however that I need to spend more time familiarizing myself with the car, maintenance schedules, etc. I do love how the manual and anything I ever wanted to know about the vehicle is...

Agree. Sounds like unfortunately the previous owner was not 'up' on service. The reason why the battery replacement was so high was due to the fact that the car was accessibly issues caused more labor. And yes. If I didn't have bad luck I wouldn't have luck at all. Thank you for the reply.

Please advise. New brake pads @ 55,000 miles? 12V battery breakdown. Purchased my 2018 Model X 100D Dual Motor from Carmax in July of 2022. At the time of purchase it had 42K miles and in the past 18 months I put 12,500 miles on it. During these 18 months of ownership I have experienced quite a...