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Now that it's Monday and I've been able to hear back from Tesla on the app, they have revised the estimate to $240 parts and labour. Not worth the DIY effort to avoid that price, so as long as there are no surprises I think my brief exploration into the world of headlight replacement is over.

Thanks again Meloccom. I will report back with my experience.

So would these do the trick? OSRAM D8S XENARC XENON Bulb 25W OEM 66548 VW Audi Tesla Amarok They state Tesla on the page. $99 a piece seems good, and my DIY skills are usually pretty slick (my free time is the limiting factor). If I’m feeling patient I found another cheaper (but much slower)...

The left headlight on my 2014 Model S has started to play up. It goes out a couple of minutes after starting the car. I booked it in for service but Tesla have quoted $1700, presumably to just replace the entire headlight assembly. From my reading it sounds like this should be a pretty simple...

Tesla confirmed that this was the issue today. They are going to perform the 'upgrade' free of charge but I will have to wait a couple of weeks for parts to arrive.

I don’t. I’m really just driving back and forth to this 32A charger. The house it’s at only has a 40A power connection anyway so I’m definitely not getting higher than 32A without having some trenches dug.

Thanks for that information. I did confirm that the charger provides 32A with somebody elses car. So I need to get Tesla to fix this with hardware. Very annoying. The more I think about it the more annoyed I am in fact. Tesla really should have treated this as a recall. Somebody could get stuck...

I’ve just installed a new (single phase) Wallbox Pulsar Plus at my holiday house. It seems to have been correctly installed and is set to 32A internally. However, when I plug my car in (2014 P85 Model S) it will only charge at 16A (The car reports 16A as the max available. ie the display reads...

One of my 2014 Model S door handles has stopped presenting. I previously had one repaired under warranty but I'm not too keen on the price of an out-of-warranty repair. There are various DIY kits available from the US which I would be very capable of installing myself. Given I probably will...

There is a lot of info about door handle issues, but I haven't quite seen this one. I have a 2014 Model S P85, not sure what gen door handles. The right rear door handle presents normally when I approach/unlock the car. A month or two ago it started to need a lot of force when pulling it to get...

Just a follow up to this. I got the 19" PS4s on my car about a month ago. The Tesla service centre basically said they don't recommend them but so far they have been fantastic (I presume they just haven't been formally tested by Tesla on the vehicle so they won't make a recommendation). They're...

Hi all, I have a 2014 Model S P85 that need new tyres. I have had Michelin PS3 tyres previously and fairly happy with them. I notice that the PS4 tyres are now available in the correct size (245/45 R19 102Y). Does anyone have any experience with these for the Model S? I know they are popular on...

So my aging Model S was parked outside in the hailstorm that went through Melbourne on the weekend. Not much I could do about that once it started. After it had passed I went out to check the damage expecting tragedy. Every other car on the street had significant hail damage (although no broken...

I've got to take issue with this sorry. Time is not part of the definition of energy and is irrelevant for measurements of energy. Energy is measured in Joules and power is measured in Watts. They are related by time where 1 Watt is equal to the expenditure of 1 Joule of energy over 1 second (1...

I have a 2014 P85 in Australia. I was recently on a long winter drive to the snow. About 30 minutes into the drive my heating failed. Not a lot of fun but I decided to press on. I had to stop to supercharge at one of the new dual-cable superchargers (Euroa) and my car would not supercharge. This...