Catastrophic battery pack failure

[Thormark]

If they don't give you a Tesla loaner, keep your receipts and ask them to reimburse your gas. They have done that for me.

Yes I'm planning on doing that. About $65 in gas for the Hyundai over 2 weeks. Makes you appreciate your MS and the low cost of electrons.

Battery was replaced. They have not given me details (I asked). I'm sure they are not eager for me to investigate the details of why the pack failed. At one point based on my research, when this happens under warranty they would give you a loaner battery and recondition the orig battery and then bring your car back in to swap back. Supposedly this was to keep all of the component serial numbers matching up...There has been no mention of this so far although I asked about it.

 

[Lasttoy]

Very basic question.
If our battery pack is 100% replaced with NEW pack. Why isn't the warranty reset to 8 yrs?

 

[jelloslug]

Very basic question.
If our battery pack is 100% replaced with NEW pack. Why isn't the warranty reset to 8 yrs?

The warranty is for the car, not the part.

 

[miimura]

The warranty is for the car, not the part.

Although, if the car goes out of warranty, the part still has a short warranty of its own, from the time of installation.

 

[morrisdl]

1 year (from time of replacement) warranty on replacement parts. If you had a replacement pack installed in your last year of 8 year warranty, this would extend the warranty.

 

[CHGolferJim]

You have an 8 year unlimited mileage warranty so I wouldn’t be too concerned about 100k.

My 2015 70D is at 126,000 with about 6% degradation since new if that helps.

Thanks. The general contractor at my rental property just freaked me out with concerns about the odds of complete battery failure which he stated was the reason he bought an R8 rather than a Tesla. I didn’t really accept all of what he said, but it raised doubts. I have always assumed that if I wanted to keep the 2015 S beyond 8 years, I would be able to swap out to newer technology batteries at that point for <$10k to replenish and probably extend the car’s range. Although in 3 years of ownership I’ve had only 1 serious trip detour for charging reasons.

 

[ucmndd]

Very basic question.
If our battery pack is 100% replaced with NEW pack. Why isn't the warranty reset to 8 yrs?

Because that’s not how warranties work.

 

[AustinP]

Thanks. The general contractor at my rental property just freaked me out with concerns about the odds of complete battery failure which he stated was the reason he bought an R8 rather than a Tesla. I didn’t really accept all of what he said, but it raised doubts. I have always assumed that if I wanted to keep the 2015 S beyond 8 years, I would be able to swap out to newer technology batteries at that point for <$10k to replenish and probably extend the car’s range. Although in 3 years of ownership I’ve had only 1 serious trip detour for charging reasons.

My plan too. I recently saw a video of a 90 being upgraded to a 100. Work turned out to be simple battery swap: same size and connectors. Then a software configuration and voila.
As there are several reports here of 85 owners with a failed battery being replaced by a 90 by Tesla, this means to me that they are all interexchangeable.
So,definitly, if after the end of my battery warranty I need to, I feel there will be that option to swap at least for a 100.

 

[CHGolferJim]

Hoping it will be a routine service option by then, and not some unusual high-priced special event.

 

[morrisdl]

The S was designed for rapid battery pack swaps. There are youtube videos where Tesla demonstrated swapping two tesla S with fresh charged battery packs faster than an Audi could refuel. Shouldnt be a big deal.

 

[pveliki]

Somehow this discussion wen from a junction box failure to battery pack replacements and warranty discussions... so I have to ask:
Does anyone know if the junction box failure is considered as a battery pack issue by tesla and therefore covered by the 8 year battery pack warranty?