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Acceptable to keep mobile charger from trade-in?
- Thread starter bburk00
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Keep it, you can use it or sell it. Tesla won't penalize you for not including the Tesla Mobile Connector since it is no longer included with the Tesla vehicle. Used vehicle chains such as CarMax may charge you a fee if the Tesla Mobile Connector is not in the vehicle.
EVer Hopeful
Active Member
I have two different answers, depending on what your real question is, which you have conflicting wording about.
The title of the thread says, "Acceptable to keep WALL charger"
but then your first post comment is referring to the mobile connector. Which is it?
So my answers:
The wall connector has never been an included part of the cars, so I would consider that as a separate item that would never need to be sold with the car. But the mobile charging cable usually has been an included item until very recently (and was included when you got the car), so I would consider that a normal and expected item to include with the car and would leave it in the car when selling.
I thought the same thing when I saw the thread title, so changed the word "wall" to "mobile" in the thread title. Like you mention, the first post talks about "came with the car" so it really couldnt be about the wall connector.
I mention I changed it, because, I didnt want your post to look out of place, and it would have now that the thread title matches the text the OP was talking about.
mspohr
Well-Known Member
I've bought used cars which came with all accessories... (manual, tools, tire jack, spare tire, etc.) and I've bought used cars where some of these were missing.
I've been upset at missing parts.
I think the mobile charger that came with the car should be delivered with the used car.
I've been upset at missing parts.
I think the mobile charger that came with the car should be delivered with the used car.
ATPMSD
Active Member
IMHO, if you leased the car then everything that came with the car should be retuned when the car when it is tuned in at the end of the lease. Otherwise, it is your choice what you include as a trade-in or sale.
davewill
Active Member
That's my take. Tesla (or another dealer) would be within their rights to ding you on the trade-in value for not including it, but they probably wouldn't.
mspohr
Well-Known Member
When I sold my '20 MYLR to CarMax last summer, I had the same question run through my mind. They gave me an estimate, and a week later, I brought my car in (without mobile connector). They did a quick-inspect and said "we can't find the mobile connector." I had to bring the connector back, later that evening, to finish the sale.
Not that my experience is definitive but... at least with CarMax, they totally expected it to be part of the sale.
Not that my experience is definitive but... at least with CarMax, they totally expected it to be part of the sale.
Bikeman
Member
The OP stated that they will be trading in a non-Tesla EV to Tesla when they pick up their Performance Model Y. Tesla will sell off the vehicle to a wholesale business. No way of knowing what happens to the traded EV. Certainly not the first time an EV has been wholesaled. Whomever gets the vehicle will have a way to charge it.
My experience with CarMax when I traded my 2016 Chevy Volt was similar. I pointed out that the Volt's portable charging cord set was in the vehicle. The CarMax appraiser noted this in his notes and told me that CarMax takes $600 off the trade in offer if the Volt EVSE is not in the vehicle. (This was the GM list price for the Volt's EVSE.)
My experience with CarMax when I traded my 2016 Chevy Volt was similar. I pointed out that the Volt's portable charging cord set was in the vehicle. The CarMax appraiser noted this in his notes and told me that CarMax takes $600 off the trade in offer if the Volt EVSE is not in the vehicle. (This was the GM list price for the Volt's EVSE.)
EVer Hopeful
Active Member
That is really strange. When I searched for it yesterday, I found SEVERAL threads here on the forum that all said July 7. But since you posted this, I went back and searched again, and I did find that April 28 date. I wonder why so many people had gotten the same very specific, precise, but wrong date?
mspohr
Well-Known Member
It's irrelevant.
If you got a charger with the car, it belongs to the car.
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[Zombie]
Member
Maybe you found the Australian thread?
The Universal Mobile Connector is no longer standard equipment with new orders after 8 July 2022??
Once you place your order you get shown this?? Looks like they reduced the price of the Mobile Connector too
teslamotorsclub.com
Bikeman
Member
The link to the date, in the U.S. is here:
shop.tesla.com
Mobile Connector
Stay charged on extended trips or when you need it most with Mobile Connector. Using a standard outlet, you can recharge up to 3 miles of range per hour with the NEMA 5-15 Adapter or up to 30 miles of range with the NEMA 14-50 Adapter depending on your vehicle. Includes: 1x Mobile Connector -...
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