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    Early Tesla S drive unit failure

    Thanks for your input. That helps our decision making.
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    Early Tesla S drive unit failure

    We just received an proposal from a non-Tesla shop (okay, Electrified Garage) about a potential catastrophic failure of the drive unit and an offer to replace it for about $4k. I don't see a lot of talk on any forum about this being a problem. My wife's 2012 S has 149,000 miles and has had a...
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    Does Replacing 3G Modem with 4G/LTE Affect Radio?

    Thanks--had it done a few weeks back and no problems. My wife's 2012 S is still amazing, though we had a 2018 or so Mod 3 loaner--pretty impressive, though I didn't want to mess around with the self-driving features.
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    Does Replacing 3G Modem with 4G/LTE Affect Radio?

    I had heard that replacing the 3G modem, which will be necessary by the end of the year, with a 4G/LTE modem somehow kills the radio. I see that this is true with the infotainment upgrade, but don't see any such problem mentioned by those who have already done the switch. I'd like to hear from...
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    Can't Complete Wi-fi Downloads 2012 Model S

    A long haul since last posting, but Dedham MA service center just got new card and installed it. All is back to normal. Thanks to all for their input.
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    Can't Complete Wi-fi Downloads 2012 Model S

    Spoke with the service center that did the MCU replacement. I have a feeling that they reused the SD card from the old board. They are getting a new one with downloads pre-installed and putting that in gratis. Will keep you posted on the results. Thanks to all of you for your input thus far.
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    Can't Complete Wi-fi Downloads 2012 Model S

    A recent map update refuses to download. This problem has existed for several months. The MCU1 board was recently replaced as a part of the recall, but no improvement. We aren't getting live traffic and get a message to connect to wi-fi to download the map update when attempting to use the...
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    Can't charge - charge port red

    Here's a new kink on this thread-the car, 2012 S 85k, seems to charge okay, but the lower left quadrant of the charge port, i.e. 6-9 o'clock, is red when I open the port. Once charging starts, it goes to blue, but a little dimmer than in the rest of the port. Imminent failure of something in...
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    Cabin Air Filter replacement?

    ps to my post above-the WIX filter does have charcoal embedded in the filter fibers.
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    Cabin Air Filter replacement?

    Aftermarket cabin filter I don't see that anyone has answered this, but WIX filter WP 10176 was added to their line for Tesla in Sept 2015. It's about $25 and looks somewhat beefier than the OEM filter. WIX is a high quality line, so no worries there. It takes very little time and no tools to...