Recent content by ijd33

Closing the loop here – this was indeed a busted UMC. Received a new one today and it worked straight away.

OK, I think I've satisfied myself that the issue is the UMC. Went to a public charger and used a Type 2 <> Type 2 cable: worked fine! Went to a totally separate house and tried the UMC: same bad behavior. No idea why the UMC went bad — I charge outside in pretty rainy weather, so maybe that...

Doh. Yes, don’t love this. But I can’t find a diagnostic anywhere. Yes, thankfully it still says “check charging cable” and refuses to shift into drive. I’ll try some different equipment tomorrow and see if any of it works. Not enough charge left to drive to the nearest Tesla service center...

I definitely do hear the relay clicking. Button doesn’t seem to be the issue - I can depress it when the UMC is plugged into the car, and the Tesla light switches to red, then back to white when I let go of the button. Some weird behavior I just noticed — it seems like maybe the car is...

Thanks for trying to help. “Start charging” from both the screen and the app results in the button briefly graying out, then returning to the same state (so still says “start charging”). No messages or anything like that. No debris in the charger that I can see. The locking mechanism...

Nope, no warnings, no scheduled anything. Very perplexing. Is anyone aware of any kind of issue or action that results in charging being cancelled and the cable unlocking? It feels like that’s the sort of event being triggered here.

I've got a 2020 M3 LR AWD that's been happily charging on a variety of UK 240v outlets for months with the provided travel cable. Today, when I plugged it in, the charge port locked, then instantly unlocked and wouldn't charge. Plugging it in again yielded the same results. I tried a few...