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I checked and there were no errors in service mode during charging. With respect to the refurbished battery, insurance paid for it and I didn't want to pony up the extra cash for a new one - I don't take long trips and felt that the 4-year 50,000 Mile warranty was sufficient. I'm also well aware...

Replaced my 2014 MS 85 HV battery out of warranty recently with a refurbished pack. I'm noticing that the time it takes to reach the desired SOC much longer than on my original pack. On my original battery, supercharger estimated times were accurate to about 5 minutes. On the refurbished pack...

Was allowed to take a look at the dropped battery. The fuse cover is completely rusted through. I'd tried to have the first SC have a look before the warranty expired but they stripped one of the bolts, and refused to work on the car and said I was responsible for repairing it.

Wanted to provide an update about my 2014 S85 that died in the middle of a rainstorm. Thanks to a comment on this forum I initiated a water damage claim via my comprehensive auto insurance with State Farm. Took the car to a different SC where they removed the pack and found it to be flooded...

Thanks @howardc64, you're a wealth of information! A Tesla Certified Body shop gave me a quote for $1,200. I thought that was a lot - maybe given the amount of work involved it's not so bad? Problem is that I have no clue how many hours work is involved. The estimate has 9.3 hours @ $130 per hour.

The SC in Buena Park stripped a bolt holding the battery and now they won't work on the car untill it's repaired. They are refusing to accept any responsibility. It looks like the problem is the rivnut being loose. The bolt spins freely but doesn't come out. Can anyone recommend a shop in...

Thanks - that was the problem. I bought a trickle charger and it's all good - car in now in park. Unfortunately, I noticed that the SC had removed the fireman's loop but not reattached it and it's nowhere to be found. Went there today and they were useless - didn't even know who had worked on...

So my high voltage battery on my 2014 S85 is bad and needs to be replaced. I just towed it back from the SC and I can't find the fireman's loop - looks like they removed it but forgot to leave it in the car. The 12V battery is dead - my problem is that I need to get the main screen on to get...

If the water was outside the pack maybe. My understanding is that once water gets in the pack, there's no recovery.

I keep thinking about how the battery crashed out on the one day I drove through a nasty rainstorm. I drove through at least one large area of 2-3 inch water which would have impacted the pack with force. @wk057 or anyone with experience - is it at all possible that water could egress through...

Thanks. Have you observed less water egress failures (relatively speaking) in vehicles after Tesla re-route the hose away from the battery?

Question for @wk057 In your experience what percentage of pre-2015 MS that you service for battery failure are due to water egress from the A/C hose issue

It's a no brainer if I want to keep the car for 2-3 more years. I was hoping to sell the car and use it for a down payment on a Lucid Air Pure I've reserved which will be ready in Q1-Q2 so I'm trying to decide what is the best option if I was to sell it this year. The car had the rear drive unit...

Interesting idea. The other thing is that when they tried to remove the battery (while it was under warranty) they stripped one of the bolts and just left it as is. Now they are saying that I need to take the car to a body shop and repair that stripped bolt at my own expense before they can drop...

My 2014 MS Battery shut down completely without warning last week (7 weeks after the warranty expired). Happened right after I drove through a nasty rainstorm here in SoCal. Got a couple of messages: "hv-battery-replacement__alert_secondary" & "Vehicle will not start". Towed it to the SC who...