Chademo Charging Adapter Fault

[Aganan]

Hi everyone, I drive a Model S 2016 (1st Gen) P90D here in Japan.

Recently I've been experiencing issues with charging using my Chademo Adapter. Before I could charge without issue and charging speed seemed to be dependent on my car battery condition and the Chademo charger capability.

Now when I charge using any Chademo charger, the charge begins but shortly after I will receive a notification on my dash saying:

Charging adapter fault
Unplug and retry

When this notification appears, the charging speed may throttle down to 18kwh or just stop charging entirely.

I checked the other regions US/UK etc on the Tesla forums but couldn't find a fix. I did read that a firmware update for the Chademo adapter itself might be required which I believe Tesla would have to do themselves.

Has anyone else had experience with this issue at all and/or had their Chademo adapter firmware updated in Japan? If so, could you let me know the procedure?

Any help is much appreciated.

Thank you.

 

[AntonioHdz]

Did you find what was causing the issue? Same just happened to me.

 

[Aganan]

Did you find what was causing the issue? Same just happened to me.

Sadly no. However, when I tried using the Chademo charger where I first experienced the issue, I was able to charge without any errors. I'm not entirely sure why it worked this time around. I'm wondering if the chademo charger software was updated. If I experience the issue again, I'll post an update, but as a rule, I try to avoid using Chademo chargers where possible, opting for Tesla Superchargers and Tesla Destination Charges if available.

 

[BridgeSquat36]

Anyone else out there hitting this?

Been using Chademo adapter for 1.5 years in Hawaii with no issues, and about 6 weeks ago suddenly started hitting same behavior here on my M3 long range. First at one HECO/Greenlots/Shell Recharge machine, now basically all of them. Fault FC_a151 or FC_a154.

Will start out at 40kw+ but then go down to 15-20kw. Just had the firmware updated but hasn’t helped.

 

[hiroshiy]

Have you contacted the service center? They can analyse the adapter at least in Japan.