I purchased a salvaged Tesla Model S to repair in my garage. I'm new to this, so I'm in the "information gathering" phase attempting to learn as much as possible about the car and other people's experience in hope of building technical intuition to guide me through all the troubleshooting issues that will inevitably arise.
I started acquainting myself with Tesla's 2014 Model S Emergency Response Guide which was helpful in understanding the function of each electrical component and how they interface.
I also read Yauheni's Thread which was extremely insightful.
Here are pictures of the car:
As far as the cosmetic issues are concerned, I'm not terribly worried about this right now. I'm more focused on getting the car functional and free of all mechanical defects. This is where I can use the community support/help/guidance.
Okay....let's get started. Here is what I know:
Initial troubleshooting items/questions:
I would like to construct a troubleshooting list comprised of action items to perform. Please provide me your thoughts on how you imagine I should proceed.
Thanks!
I started acquainting myself with Tesla's 2014 Model S Emergency Response Guide which was helpful in understanding the function of each electrical component and how they interface.
I also read Yauheni's Thread which was extremely insightful.
Here are pictures of the car:
As far as the cosmetic issues are concerned, I'm not terribly worried about this right now. I'm more focused on getting the car functional and free of all mechanical defects. This is where I can use the community support/help/guidance.
Okay....let's get started. Here is what I know:
- The car does not power-up on its own. The 12V battery seems completely depleted and requires a jump each time.
- The car will immediately turn off once the jumper cables are disconnected
- The car has 129mi of range which seems to indicate the 400 HV battery pack has charge
- The car will not "start/move"
- The car is currently on the latest update v8.1
Initial troubleshooting items/questions:
- I do not hear the 400v battery solenoids so I'm presuming the contactors do not engage (close) to charge the 12V battery via DC-DC converter, which could also explain why the car immediately powers-off once the jumper cables are disconnected. Is this a valid assumption? If so, how do I prove this assumption? Thoughts?
- As per my reading, it seems once the SRS system is deployed, the Pyrofuse can blow, preventing the car from movement. I suppose it will be immediately important to ascertain the health of this fuse.
- I'm interested in immediately removing the sim card from back of 17inch display as to avoid any "remote" contact/update with the car for obvious reasons. Although I'm unsure, I believe doing so could potentially allow me to continue supercharging once the car is (hopefully) repaired!
I would like to construct a troubleshooting list comprised of action items to perform. Please provide me your thoughts on how you imagine I should proceed.
Thanks!