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3 Torx screws hold the motor and wormdrive to the back of the caliber. Be careful to undo the ones that hold the wormdrive, not the 2 that hold the motor to the wormdrive. But if you do pull just the motor, go back and pull off the wormdrive as well. The new gears of the wormdrive contained...

Here is a postmortem of what worked for me. 2015 Model S Symptoms: car gave errors that "Parking was disabled" (or something like this) I had trouble putting the car in park (would only go into R-N-D, and even that was inconsistent) The car would turn itself off, but looked to stay on Car...

Does anyone have the answer to this?

Is the outcome for most people that they have replaced the sway bars? Looks like a common issue, and easy enough DIY (hardest part is taking the wheels off). I wish I had thought to look when I took the wheels off to do the headlights!

No, I never solved other than taking one of the 2 keys out of the car to get it recognized. I suspect it has to do with one of the keys having been reprogrammed at one point, so was going to sort it out next time I went into Tesla.

I am experiencing an Issue with my 2015 Model S not recognizing key when 2 key fobs are in the car. It only happens when the 2 keys are in different parts of the car, and can be worked around by moving one of the keys outside of the car. Clicking on buttons of one key doesn't help. "Key not...

Is there possibility of this being a DIY job to replace?

I ended up replacing all 4 of mine, over a 6 week span. Happy to assist anyone in DC are who has same issue, though $300 doesn't sound so bad.

I had this issue, and it turned out to be the coolant pump.

Are the dealers replacing the paddle gear on cars out of warranty? I replaced 2 on my own, and am now experiencing broken 3rd one. I'm getting to be expert, so if anyone in DC area needs help, ring me up.

Here is what it looks like when breaks the gear.

How much is this outside of warranty?

Per attached image, I have lost 2 of these in 1 week. Happily I have learned to fix on my own.

Autopilot makes everything else worthwhile.