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It ended up being a defective control arm. Apparently it is/was a common issue.

Call me lucky I guess. It’s the month’s end too so maybe that had something to do with the good deal.

Well...after much negotiation and back and forth, I decided to take the plug and get into the BMW. We ended up with only a couple grand in negative equity which is a hell of a lot cheaper than the several thousands I’d owe in mileage overages if I kept the Tesla lease to term so that’s exciting...

It’s more the principle of it right now. I’m having a hard time justifying rolling $6,000 of negative equity into a BMW lease that would cost me another $4,000 (mainly because of soaring gas prices in my area) throughout the life of the lease. That’s $10,000 just because I’m unhappy with Tesla...

Made some phone calls today. Now is not the time for me it seems. Buyout quote from Tesla is just a little over $40,000. I talked with BMW and their trade in offer was for $34,500, putting just under $6,000 of negative equity toward my lease. I spec’d out a loaded 330i and compared it...

Don’t get me wrong. I do like the car. I’ve pined after Tesla since they introduced the Model S and I’m going to miss some of the features dearly (Autopilot and 4 second 0-60 to name a couple). But I cannot in good conscious continue to support the brand with my business when it has been...

Yeah, only an idiot would want to take a year and a half lease with 5k miles left on the agreement. Read before you post please. I have no issue in waiting another few months, I am just wanting to get the ball rolling to see what kind of dollars we’d be taking about out of pocket since either...

I am going to make some phone calls tomorrow. I’ve already requested the third party buyout quote to see what I’m looking at vs. current market value. I am going to be about 15k to 18k miles over my lease agreement if I wait it out the rest of the term so I am going to get screwed in the end...

See the below link. Lease-End Options

I was under the same impression until I found the exception on their website.

You are correct - the lessee cannot purchase a Model 3 or Model Y at the end of the lease. Car dealerships are allowed to. From Tesla's own website - "Purchase your Tesla. You may be eligible to purchase your leased Tesla. Review your lease agreement to see if you qualify. Eligibility. Model 3...

I leased my Model 3 in May 2019 - long range, all wheel drive, and 12k miles/year. For a large list of reasons, I am wanting out of my lease early (about a year and a half early...). Does anyone have any experience trading their Model 3 into another dealer? I am planning on leasing a Prestige...

The added weight from the battery packs make every Tesla pretty much a beast in the snow. Coupled with AWD and winter tires, you can pretty much drive through anything if you're cautious. We had 15-20 bad snows last year and I kept the all seasons on and had zero issues on snow/ice. The only...

I think there’s a car or two on the market today that will shut off if idle for 20 minutes after exit if the driver forgets to shut the car off but otherwise no. The difference is that gas stations are plentiful, refueling (even from empty) takes less than 5 minutes, and if the closest one does...

Yes, and they’re making that crystal clear. Their marketing and gimmicks may be getting them a lot of new customers, but they will soon find they will not keep their current customers if their service/support does not immensely improve to at least bring them to the same level as their...

Thank you for your opinion but I don’t see that as a valid argument. There are plenty of other luxury auto dealers that don’t have dealerships every 20 miles and they manage these issues just fine (e.g. by offering Saturday appointments and providing loaner vehicles). If Tesla can’t service...

No, I don’t want Tesla to pay for my time, nor do I expect them to. I indicated the dollar figures of my time to show my “cost” to have to use my time away from work because Tesla won’t offer a loaner vehicle or offer a Saturday appointment. It is that big of a deal and if it wasn’t inferred in...

1. As a Director in upper level management, yes. I work in an industry that is known to be "essential." 2. This one might be hard to comprehend but I'll try it anyways. Step 1. Drop off my car to service center after hours during the week (since they are not offering Saturday service...

I've had my Model 3 for just over a year now. Over the last few days, I've started to hear a squeaking sound coming from the passenger front of the car when cornering and driving over bumps at low speeds. My guess is that it's a suspension issue. I set up a service appointment in the app and...

I think it's worth it, and even more so now since the newer generation fobs for the Model 3 support passive unlocking. Using my phone worked about 98% of the time but on occasion I would have to wait for it to recognize my phone and pull on the handle several times. When it's raining or freezing...

This mimics my experience with my Model 3 and service as well. Tesla is not capable at this time to provide basic service or customer support. They are only focused on building cars (so fast that they can't even let their part inventories grow for service options). I leased my Model 3 from a...

Regardless of their true intent, it makes us “self entitled” people spending decent change on a “luxury” car feel good about their purchase. ICE vehicle or not, the ownership experience doesn’t stop at the vehicle. It includes service and support and Tesla’s lack thereof is going to drive a lot...

I am not the OP but it sounds like Tesla is your first glimpse at anything close to a luxury car. In case you are uninformed, the other real luxury car manufacturers, like Audi, BMW, and Mercedes, in addition to manufacturing a luxury car, also provide a luxurious service experience compared to...

I leased a LR AWD Model 3 in May when my commute to work was about 2 miles. I would drive around 10 miles a day on average when you factor in other trips and a couple hundred mile weekend trips once or twice a month. When I leased my Model 3, I didn't expect this to change...

Are your other ~4,000 messages on this board as useless as this one? The service centers are closed until morning and there are no other avenues to get the mobile charger fixed at this hour. I am asking for others' experiences here as I want to know if the fault is with my charger and what I...

I'm on month 5 with my Model 3 and out of the blue I'm now getting a charging error when I plug the mobile connector in to charge at home. I have a NEMA 14-50 receptacle at home and I replaced the adapter already thinking that that may be the issue to no avail. Whenever I plug it in, it cycles...

I've had similar experiences with passengers. I'm totally comfortable with AutoPilot and its limitations, however passengers see them as flaws. The dancing cars on the display, the double beep alert when the lane lines widen and the car doesn't know what to do, the hard braking when you come up...

In their shoes or not, I don't make promises to people I can't keep. If I say someone's going to call you back, someone's going to call you back and I'll see to it that they do, because that's MY word. If you don't want to piss people off, don't say something if it's not going to be true. I'll...

When it's too cold to wash outside I run it through a touches wash just to get the salt off the paint/underbody, usually about once per week provided it's not below freezing outside. Then I touch up in the garage at home. I'm perfectly fine with having my car 90% "clean" in the winter time since...

You can say that again. I won't discuss Tesla with anyone without also discussing their atrocious below-par support. You spend hours on hold to get to a person (when someone even picks up) and then more often than not, they can't even answer your question, promising a "call back" that never...

I had a 2017 Audi A4 Prestige before my Model 3. I do miss the little luxury touches from the well-known luxury car brands (like fully configurable ambient interior lighting, illuminated door sills, 360º camera, heated steering wheel, and hands-free trunk operation to name just a few) but...

I’m in total agreement with you. It’s like giving you a car with no tires, a meal with no utensils, the list goes on. Why move something so obviously necessary at the basic AutoPilot level to the FSD tier? I can see keeping Summon and automatic parking and NOA in that package, since those are...

I would love the first one but doubt it will ever come. It seems like such a fundamental function to preserve the ingenuity of AutoPilot when using as having to re-engage after changing lanes is so disruptive to the experience, but I’m doubtful Tesla will ever bring it back out of the...

It’s clearly stated in the disclaimers NOW, but this law isn’t new. I can’t confirm if the disclaimer was there two months ago at the time of purchase, but it shouldn’t be in small print on a different page anyways. If you’re in Ohio and you try to use a referral code to purchase your Tesla, you...

You’re right, Tesla should continue to promise things they can’t legally fulfill. It’s not that the $300 worth of charging is hurting the wallet by any means. It’s the principle of the issue that they made the offer without doing their due diligence to ensure what they’re offering is even legal...

Nowhere in any of my posts did I say I justified the cost of a $51,000 car because I would get a supercharger credit which wouldn't even cover half of a single month's car payment. I said I purchased my vehicle WHEN I did to take advantage of the ADDITIONAL supercharging miles Tesla was offering...

I'm not blaming Tesla for the law that Ohio put into effect. The laws are the laws. However, Tesla was aware of this law and still allowed consumers to purchase vehicles with referral codes, despite it being against the law, and still issued free supercharging miles from the referral reward...

I purchased my Model 3 in the beginning of May this year during the 5,000 referral reward program where if you used someone's referral link/code, you'd get 5,000 free supercharging miles for your car. I used the referral link to purchase my car. After I took delivery, I verified the 5,000 free...

The key fob "authenticates" the car and allows the driver to shift into gear for up to two minutes after a key command has been sent to the car by the fob. So if you unlock the car with the fob and wait longer than two minutes, then get in, it will ask you to authenticate again by placing the...

Wow. That looks incredible. One of the things I miss a lot is the configurable ambient lighting throughout my Audi A4. Really disappointed coming from that going to 6 LEDs that you can barely see at night that Tesla calls “ambient” lighting. This is how it should be in the Model 3.

Ohio, sorry.

I leased my Model 3 on 5/16. I've had it for 53 days today and am on my second temporary registration after a grueling process thus far. My first temporary registration expired on 6/29 and two weeks before hand I began calling Tesla, both the numbers for corporate and for the store I took...

I am torn between installing a deionizer at the spigot in my garage or purchasing an 8 HP car dryer...both cost about the same (around $400) but have their own pros and cons. If I use the DI water system, I would just rinse with DI water after the wash and let it dry, which would eliminate the...

It does really bug me. There are 5-10 small paint chips on the hood alone after 2,000 miles. I haven't even had the car for two full months. How is the paint that fragile compared to other vehicles? I can spot the tiniest paint imperfection on any car of any color when I'm going through my wash...

I've had my LR AWD Model 3 for about 6 weeks now and have put just under 2,000 miles on it. As I was washing my car tonight, I noticed several very small paint chips on the hood in various locations and I can't figure out how they're getting there. My Model 3 is black and the paint chips appear...

You're able to see your orders from your Tesla account? Can you point me to where? I've been looking but all I see when I log in are details of my Model 3 and referral reward information.

Yes, but we're now less than a week away from a month since the order. I don't understand why they would list the item as "in stock" if they don't have the capability to actually deliver the orders. It wouldn't be as frustrating if Tesla would actually respond to support emails or I could track...

I am growing very frustrated with Tesla's atrocious online store support. I placed an order for their new wireless charger for my Model 3 when it was listed as IN STOCK on 6/4. That is over three weeks ago. I still have not received a shipment email and obviously I haven't received the item yet...

I moved to my LR AWD Model 3 from a loaded Audi A4 Prestige. I miss the refinement from a "true" luxury brand. The little touches here and there, like fully customizable ambient interior lighting, heated steering wheel, hands-free trunk opening, XM radio, and other small convenience features...

Had a similar experience when I went on a test drive. My fiancé and I were in the car with the sales guy and we had just returned to the store. I was asking about other features and brought up the web browser and the sales guy was happy to show it off......until it loaded a page full of porn...