Charger unable to plug in all the way

[Zoewong]

I experienced a very strange issue that no matter if it’s home charger, super charger or ChargePoint, I got error “charger not fully plugged in” and the charge speed is way reduced like single digit per mile. Tesla technician came and notice that the latch on the top left corner inside the trunk was pulled out a little bit. The latch was to force emergency release of charger. That fixed the issue.

Fast forward six month, my home charger started having same issue and charging only 7 miles per hour on a level II charger. Char point seems to be fine that I am able to charge at ok speed.

I ensure that the latch was pulled out and put in completely a number of times. But the home charger issue still did not improve. What’s going on that it seems the charging port was partially blocked somehow.

Any idea?

 

[Tam]

...it seems the charging port was partially blocked somehow...

If that is the case, you would get an error message.

 

[Zoewong]

If that is the case, you would get an error message.

Yes I got an error message. However I had tried the hardest to plug it all the way in.

 

[Tam]

Yes I got an error message. However I had tried the hardest to plug it all the way in.

That means the old problem happens again. It is time to book up an appointment with Tesla so they can fix it really well this time.

 

[stopcrazypp]

Did you check if anything is in the charge port? Also if your charge port deadfronts fell off or are loose?

Fix for plastic charge pin insulator stuck in charger handle

https://www.reddit.com/r/TeslaModel3/comments/jpgv3d