My VISA card on file with Tesla is expiring next month so I went to the app to try to update it, however, it won't let me update or delete it because it appears to think I've got an active subscription which depends on it (Premium Connectivity). I don't. Has anyone else seen this? This seems stupid. I should not be required to have a payment method on file with Tesla if I don't plan to buy anything from them.
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Can't change default payment method?
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Occhis
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I shouldn't have to do that because I'm not subscribed to Premium Connectivity. The app thinks that I am, but it's wrong.
Occhis
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Don’t really know why, but have to have at least one card on file. I guess in case you want to order parts, accessories or upgrades.
EVRider-FL
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You also need a payment method for supercharging.
Does the touchscreen in the car show that you have Premium Connectivity?
Does the touchscreen in the car show that you have Premium Connectivity?
Occhis
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Not the same thing, strangely.
The setting for Supercharging payment method isn't the same as the setting for subscription payment method. I can successfully delete the Supercharging payment method but not the other.
I ran into something like this. My card had just expired and been replaced. The card number did not change, but the expiration date did as did the 3-digit code. I wanted to make sure supercharging would work and didn't want to rely on Tesla being one of the businesses that automatically updates card info. I went into my account (web browser, not app), tried to update the card, couldn't find a way to edit the card (new date, 3-digit code), couldn't delete it because there must be at least one card, and then noticed Apple Pay was there. So, I made that the default since I had just updated Apple Pay.
While driving a few days ago, I charged, and then received a warning on the M3 display saying that payment had failed and no more supercharging was permitted. I went online again, found the unpaid charge, paid it, and then looked at payment methods and saw that Apple Pay was default. I switched to my credit card as the default and deleted Apple Pay.
Everything seems to work. I did end up calling Tesla to make sure that things were good on their end because I was at a highway rest stop about to drive a leg that would leave me at about 10% SOC in cold weather and really, really, needed to know I could recharge when I got there.
I'm afraid this note is mostly noise except to say, yeah, it can be confusing. Tesla was helpful on the phone and that may be your easiest path if you want to confirm all is well. That all being said, my bet is that if I had done nothing at all, it would have auto-updated the card info and Just Worked.
While driving a few days ago, I charged, and then received a warning on the M3 display saying that payment had failed and no more supercharging was permitted. I went online again, found the unpaid charge, paid it, and then looked at payment methods and saw that Apple Pay was default. I switched to my credit card as the default and deleted Apple Pay.
Everything seems to work. I did end up calling Tesla to make sure that things were good on their end because I was at a highway rest stop about to drive a leg that would leave me at about 10% SOC in cold weather and really, really, needed to know I could recharge when I got there.
I'm afraid this note is mostly noise except to say, yeah, it can be confusing. Tesla was helpful on the phone and that may be your easiest path if you want to confirm all is well. That all being said, my bet is that if I had done nothing at all, it would have auto-updated the card info and Just Worked.
It did take a while.....Looks like I called 877-798-3752, which is roadside assistance and then navigated to a person...wish I remembered, but I think there may have been an option for charging problems. Total call was 20 minutes in my phone log, so it wasn't horrible.Tesla has a phone number? Does an actual human answer??
Occhis
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Didn’t realize that. Must be that both are set up automatically when initially setting up a Tesla account. Don’t remember back that far.
When I went into the Tesla app to update my credit card I had to add the new card and then it just changed the expiration date on the card it had on file, which is the same card number. But I noticed that Apple Pay was the default card after my credit card expired. The thing is I don't have Apple Pay setup to my credit card, so that is kind of odd. I tried to remove Apple Pay from the app and there is no option to do that, so how can I get Apple Pay out of my Tesla app wallet?
EVRider-FL
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No reason to remove Apple Pay, just make your credit card the default. Apple Pay is probably always there for iOS devices, whether you use it or not.
I did that but because I'm pretty anal about things, it bugs me seeing it there and I can't remember if it was there when I had my first Tesla, a 2018 Model 3. But you could be right maybe it's an iOS thing and why I posted about it, maybe other iPhone users can chime in.
EVRider-FL
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My wife is set up as an additional driver for her car. In the Tesla app on her iPhone, the wallet shows Apple Pay, even though she can’t change the payment method as an additional driver, and even though she doesn’t have Apple Pay set up on her phone. So, I assume it’s there for all iOS devices.
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