Hey gang,
I’m wondering if you can chime in on this. Normal? Acceptable? What can I do to communicate my expectations to Tesla service?
The issue:
I do not want to feel like I can’t trust this car. But that’s what’s happening. I’m hesitant to have my kids drive it.
I’m wondering if you can chime in on this. Normal? Acceptable? What can I do to communicate my expectations to Tesla service?
The issue:
- Since late November my Model S has refused to start 3 times now.
- Each time I got a “needs service” message, and I had to take the car in, have it “fixed” and then returned to me.
- The faults were always related to the HV pack, but different warnings and they were always intermittent
- So each time I was stuck, the car would eventually start later … with time as the only variable.
- Tesla “repaired” it twice. First time they gave me a new drive unit.
- That makes zero sense to me because a HVDC issue is unrelated to an AC motor. It’s on the other side of the inverter.
- I suspect that “repair” was not necessary and they may have also fixed a loose / corroded connection
- Second “repair” was a loose connector pin. Several hundred dollars later.
- Now, only 4 weeks later, I’m again stuck with a car I do not trust, wouldn’t start last night with the BMS f008 error message “car may not start”. This happened during charging in my garage. It stopped charging after about 30 minutes and this error was present. Let it sit overnight and now it will work again (charging as I type this)
I do not want to feel like I can’t trust this car. But that’s what’s happening. I’m hesitant to have my kids drive it.