Recent content by JerryJaz

Setting up my system (2 x Founder Powerwall 2, Gateway 2, 40 x 345w solar panels) and would like to include the solar and Powerwalls through the Gateway instead of in my new main panel. I'm okay if it used as long as it comes with the install kit. I am in New Mexico.

I am 1st in line, but it will be 7 months before Gruber is online again.

Oops, says Nicole at Tesla. She had a miscommunication with the tech and they do not repair the battery. Oh, and, you need a new drive unit. So the drive unit and battery will be $18,000. How would you like to proceed? Can’t afford it. Then when are you going to pick up the car? So they...

Wow, way more info than I was privy to. Reading other’s problem posts there were a wide variety of causes for similar results: loose battery connection, faulty AC/DC transformer… Have you made progress toward a solution? If Tesla really is training their folks to do the battery sort and repair...

Tesla just opened a new service center on west of Santa Fe. I called and asked specifically if they were able to fix my battery instead of a swap. They said Brian, who I knew from Ranger service, had just returned from training at Tesla in just that. (Cue the adventure music) I made an...

So I was next in line at Gruber Motors in AZ and they burned down. Won’t be reopened for 7 months. Guess it is the east coast for my ride. Glad I didn’t sell my 24’ trailer. Not looking forward to the trip in winter.

Yeah, the 12v has no other source of power (no generator) save for the battery pack. When the big batt’s BMS (battery management system) calls foul on one of the bricks, or cell(s) within a brick, the warnings start. Big batt then segregates itself from running the car (including keeping the 12v...

So, the part they did not share in their email estimate is they are clogged. I called to ask them to schedule my S for their service and she (Amber) said she could not accept my car as they have 20 S’s waiting for this service. They have one tech who is qualified to perform the cell testing...

I was able to get a rough estimate for transporting the vehicle. Depending on if you want open or enclosed carrier, open is around $300-400 one way and enclosed is around $350-500 one way. Is the car currently running or not running, if it is not running is it in tow mode or are you able to...

He did not. He was at the mercy of the computer screen output. Nothing cognitive. No putting together the collection clues.

Tesla Ranger was here today and diagnosed a bad brick in my big battery pack. Estimate for a replacement 90 battery (as they don’t make 85’s) was around $15,000 not including bits, discoveries, and a $1,000+ tow to the service center in Texas. I contacted Electrified Garage on the east coast...

Has Tesla diagnosed what happened to your S?

How did “Thanks” morph into “then ask?” I have been studying the DC to DC converter, fuses for same, and the removal and restoration of the unit. I do not relish going down that path, but will if I have to. I’ll make a video of the process. And share.

Very sorry to hear this. Obfuscated diagnostics suck. I suspect as the more-Teslas-needing-repair pendulum swings against Tesla it will get better. No help for us right now. Then asks for continuing to share.

Fingers-crossed my cavalcade of error codes is founded in the 12v dying after 14 months.