Beware of 5YJSA4H48FF091551

[jmillic]

For those of you that saw my post about bad CPO experience and car with about 8k in body damage, this is the car.

Tesla is supposed to refund my deposit, but they have relisted it.

Beautiful car with lots of options, but has some bad body damage so beware. I am attaching some of the most helpful photos as well as the estimate I received.

At some price this would be worth it to someone, but buyer beware. Car is also in New York

 

[PhilDavid]

Yikes, looks like the quarter panel of the car actually hit something! It's sad to see cars being sold in such awful condition.

Thanks for posting the photos and details. Body shop estimates usually go up and not down so that could cost even more to fix and during that time you are without a car.

 

[Tam]

...something...

Summon scratch?

 

[brkaus]

The quote includes glass and more. There must be more damage than the pictures?

Also, billing way more hours than my shop for disconnect 12v, HV, and calibration.

Still agree, should not be a CPO.

 

[PhilDavid]

Summon scratch?

Or perhaps while parking? The Model S is a very wide car. That quarter panel is tricky to repair.

 

[Tex EV]

Wow, I was seriously considering this car a couple weeks ago. By the time someone got back to me on it, it was no longer available. I'd even called and asked if my M3 deposit could be transferred to it - nope. Whew! Thanks for sharing pictures.

 

[PhilDavid]

Wow, I was seriously considering this car a couple weeks ago. By the time someone got back to me on it, it was no longer available. I'd even called and asked if my M3 deposit could be transferred to it - nope. Whew! Thanks for sharing pictures.

Who knows, maybe it will be listed again after whoever bought it sees it

 

[BIG ACH]

I had worse damage to my quarter panel than this - took it to an independent / non-Tesla (but nice) bodyshop and they did some magic on it for a flat $1,000

I'll try to find some pictures, but I was incredibly happy with the outcome, like nothing ever happened.

 

[Jedi2155]

The quote includes glass and more. There must be more damage than the pictures?

Also, billing way more hours than my shop for disconnect 12v, HV, and calibration.

Still agree, should not be a CPO.

Looking at the break down, $1400 for parts $7000 for labor. Seems a little iffy on the labor side.

 

[Naekuh]

Looking at the break down, $1400 for parts $7000 for labor. Seems a little iffy on the labor side.

are you new to teslas?

The cost on labor is normal for a tesla because they need to pay for the markup on certification to be Tesla Authorized.
And you just cant take it into any repair shop either unless u want used parts, or a shoddy job. Why?
Because a body shop can not just call tesla and request new parts, unless its Tesla Certified, hence again, the markup on "Telsa Authorized".

This is why it makes Tesla the worst cars to ever get into an accident with, as the repair bills are rediculously inflated, and also makes them one of the most rejected cars for insurance companies to insure.
Infact some insurance Companies will classify them as Exotic due to how difficult and expensive they are to repair.

 

[Jedi2155]

are you new to teslas?

The cost on labor is normal for a tesla because they need to pay for the markup on certification to be Tesla Authorized.
And you just cant take it into any repair shop either unless u want used parts, or a shoddy job. Why?
Because a body shop can not just call tesla and request new parts, unless its Tesla Certified, hence again, the markup on "Telsa Authorized".

This is why it makes Tesla the worst cars to ever get into an accident with, as the repair bills are rediculously inflated, and also makes them one of the most rejected cars for insurance companies to insure.
Infact some insurance Companies will classify them as Exotic due to how difficult and expensive they are to repair.

Good to know. On the bright side, Tesla is planning on opening a body shop less than 5 miles from my house which might bring down some of the cost.

 

[Muellerj]

My question is: did they send you these photos upon request, or did you take these photos yourself when you went to take delivery? I get the feeling that Tesla is hiding damage like this when they send photos of potential CPO cars that someone may want to buy.