Hi,
Due to my military order, I brought the 2015 Model S to South Korea. Although many features of cars do not work, I enjoyed driving it for a year.
However, terrible things happened to the car.
The car losing its power and control while driving. It becomes more frequent, and I stopped driving.
I brought the car to the service center, and they found it out as Driving Unit + Main battery problem.
Warranty? because this is US imported, there is no warranty on this car.
The cost of Driving Unit alone was around 5-6k, and battery was around 20k. They are not even sure if the parts are available.
Service center also mentioned that this car does not belong to South Korea network, means they are not obligated to fix the car.
I've seen many people bringing the car to oversea, but probably I am the first one who has this type of problem. I've been trying to contact Tesla USA, and nobody ever answers ever.
Someone told me a while ago about warranty guaranty if you bring it under SOFA status. NOT TRUE. Please do not believe this. SOFA has nothing to do with the vehicle warranty.
My two options at this moment.
1. Salvage the car
2. Send it back to the States, fix it under warranty, and either sell it or bring it back (hell no)
6 years old car shouldn't have this type of problem. I am bummed.
Hopefully, nobody imports a car.
Due to my military order, I brought the 2015 Model S to South Korea. Although many features of cars do not work, I enjoyed driving it for a year.
However, terrible things happened to the car.
The car losing its power and control while driving. It becomes more frequent, and I stopped driving.
I brought the car to the service center, and they found it out as Driving Unit + Main battery problem.
Warranty? because this is US imported, there is no warranty on this car.
The cost of Driving Unit alone was around 5-6k, and battery was around 20k. They are not even sure if the parts are available.
Service center also mentioned that this car does not belong to South Korea network, means they are not obligated to fix the car.
I've seen many people bringing the car to oversea, but probably I am the first one who has this type of problem. I've been trying to contact Tesla USA, and nobody ever answers ever.
Someone told me a while ago about warranty guaranty if you bring it under SOFA status. NOT TRUE. Please do not believe this. SOFA has nothing to do with the vehicle warranty.
My two options at this moment.
1. Salvage the car
2. Send it back to the States, fix it under warranty, and either sell it or bring it back (hell no)
6 years old car shouldn't have this type of problem. I am bummed.
Hopefully, nobody imports a car.