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***facepalm - I thought this was an internal Tesla owners forum - this was the first forum I have ever been on! Thanks for letting me know.

Folks - I feel that the post replies have gotten a bit out of hand. I was merely posting about my experience to fellow Tesla owners and making them more aware of the battery warranty because of what occurred with me since I personally never paid much attention to it...well until it happened to...

That was the weird part - they were driving it around their own packed Tesla parking lot. Twice they drove it to one of the chargers in the lot and the other 3 times, just changed parking spots. Also the car was not in service mode. I wonder if they were looking up the codes based off of the...

Look it is ok if you do not believe me. My whole point of posting this story was to warn people about driving your Tesla outside of the battery warranty. I personally - perhaps naively didn't think anything would happen to the battery till 200K or more based off of what the sales ppl told me...

gotcha ok - that could be possible scenario that I didn't think about. I guess I do understand the truck burning down part but then why would they risk driving it around themselves quite a few times.

lol good call ! Yes I think for now I'll stay away from EVs on a cross country especially while traveling with a dog! Thanks

It ok if you do not believe me. I have been in communication with them over the phone multiple times - and that when they told me they have to source it first before they can give me an estimate price. I assumed just like you did that they should know the exact price of a battery. Dunno

Sometimes things get lost in translation. What you are stating above is what is making me not trust Tesla Service. Tesla is the one that told me my battery is dead and/or could be a drive unit issue. But then I noticed them charge my car up using the standard Tesla home chargers and then...

I am currently waiting on a quote from them. They said they are sourcing the battery and once they find one then they can give me a price (not sure what that means). But I think you are right, it might not be worth it & a new car might be the way to go. One option I am looking into once I get...

Thank you. Oh wow - 9 years, that is quite the story. I totally get what you are saying. I did love the car (not service, they unfortunately have been terrible for me right from delivery till the end). It was relatively cheap to operate and the self driving was life changing for me over the...

After what happened to me I recommend everyone stay within the warranty unless they can afford not to and drive it into the ground.

Thank you for looking into this for me. That would be amazing if that is the case - I have changed the 12V proactively every 40K since the first one failed suddenly at 38K and luckily I was able to make it home. The last time I changed it was at 120K

I think you might be right. I am getting the same vibe from them at the moment. Currently arranging transport that will come after hours so Tesla doesn't scare them away. Then I can take it somewhere and have it checked out in person. They had nothing to say to me after I called them out on...

Thank you for the suggestion. I have gotten in touch with a place out here on the west coast and they are looking into the codes for me.

Thank you for your unkind response. I hope your day gets better.

Thank you. Absolutely do that, that was my gut too and I ignored it!

Hey - thanks, I figure that also. Tesla service is just so unreliable. Everyone I talk to there tells me a different story and they have the car with them to diagnose away. Currently, I am working on getting the car shipped out to me so that I can figure out a solution in person which might...

Sure does, thanks! Yes when I bought it, the sales ppl tooted that the battery would last a minimum of 200K so I was shocked when it died shortly after warranty was up. So apparently, I am not alone. One of the EV 3rd party repair shops in Cali told me that even if I ship it out to him, he...

I hear you. I never expected the battery to last forever but I guess I just didn't expect to die shortly after the warranty was up. When I bought it the sales ppl told me that at minimum the battery would last 200K so my expectations naively were different!

Thanks for all the links, much appreciated! I was able to send the codes to two different 3rd party vendors and they said I would have to ship the car to them for them to diagnose which can be btw 1500 to 2100 depending on the vendor. Trying to figure out what to do. I guess I was blindsided...

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Hi All, Just thought I would post a warning here to stay within your battery warranty! I was such a HUGE Tesla fan. Got a Model 3 as soon as I could get my hands on one in 2018 with all the features short of the performance model. I got the enchanted autopilot and FSD. I loved the car but...

Great, thank you for your response and Thank You for the welcome! :)

@Buster1 - you had made your original post a few years ago. Any updates or insight on what one should do now? It looks like they do not offer multiple Plans as you had shown or maybe I am not looking at the right page. We are new to Tesla and Las Vegas.