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Hi everyone,
First post, 5th year of having a Tesla. First was a Model S p90D, now an X P100D
Back in November I traveled from Boston to Springfield, MA. Temp was in the 38-40 degree range. At the end of the day after a 10 minute drive, I could not get the car to charge at the super charger. The temp was 41 degrees. I had the vehicle towed home and I Uber'd it.
I had the vehicle serviced and they told me the charging system was working fine. Since then I have mostly been home charging. I have noticed that when the temp outside is below 40, the car drives like it is in Valet mode. Perhaps even slower on acceleration.
This last Tuesday I drove up to Burlington, VT. It was cold, 25 degrees. The car was outside all day. I drove 15-20min on the highway to warm up the battery. I plugged in at the SC and the car would not start charging. Spoke to Tesla, and they told me because the battery was too cold. That it should start soon. After 1hour, it slowly started to charge. At 2 hours it was up to 25kW. At 3 hours, I had enough range to get to the next station, 40 miles away. I drove there thinking the battery would be fully warmed. Again, only would charge at 20-30kW. Again, it was mid 20s. After an hour I leaped to the next station, in Lebanon, NH. Same situation. 20-30kW max. another hour and I drove to the station in Hookset NH where I only got 25kW max. I charged for a little over an hour and just made it home. Plugged into my home charger, at 4am, and it charged at the normal home speed.
So, that was 10 hours to get home on what is normally a 3+ hour drive. This morning after being in my garage all night at 55 degrees it seemed to drive fine. I stopped to grab coffee on the way to work, and when I got. back on the highway it again drove like it was in valet mode.
For some reason, there has got to be an internal sensor not working, that is limiting the charge and discharge. I have other cars I can drive, but this can not be simply a home charge vehicle. I will again return to Tesla today and explain this to them.
If anyone has some ideas, please let me know. At this point I may either trade for another vehicle or a new Tesla. I am use to driving all over New England in all temps with meh previous model and the first year with this vehicle.
Thanks,and sorry for the long post
First post, 5th year of having a Tesla. First was a Model S p90D, now an X P100D
Back in November I traveled from Boston to Springfield, MA. Temp was in the 38-40 degree range. At the end of the day after a 10 minute drive, I could not get the car to charge at the super charger. The temp was 41 degrees. I had the vehicle towed home and I Uber'd it.
I had the vehicle serviced and they told me the charging system was working fine. Since then I have mostly been home charging. I have noticed that when the temp outside is below 40, the car drives like it is in Valet mode. Perhaps even slower on acceleration.
This last Tuesday I drove up to Burlington, VT. It was cold, 25 degrees. The car was outside all day. I drove 15-20min on the highway to warm up the battery. I plugged in at the SC and the car would not start charging. Spoke to Tesla, and they told me because the battery was too cold. That it should start soon. After 1hour, it slowly started to charge. At 2 hours it was up to 25kW. At 3 hours, I had enough range to get to the next station, 40 miles away. I drove there thinking the battery would be fully warmed. Again, only would charge at 20-30kW. Again, it was mid 20s. After an hour I leaped to the next station, in Lebanon, NH. Same situation. 20-30kW max. another hour and I drove to the station in Hookset NH where I only got 25kW max. I charged for a little over an hour and just made it home. Plugged into my home charger, at 4am, and it charged at the normal home speed.
So, that was 10 hours to get home on what is normally a 3+ hour drive. This morning after being in my garage all night at 55 degrees it seemed to drive fine. I stopped to grab coffee on the way to work, and when I got. back on the highway it again drove like it was in valet mode.
For some reason, there has got to be an internal sensor not working, that is limiting the charge and discharge. I have other cars I can drive, but this can not be simply a home charge vehicle. I will again return to Tesla today and explain this to them.
If anyone has some ideas, please let me know. At this point I may either trade for another vehicle or a new Tesla. I am use to driving all over New England in all temps with meh previous model and the first year with this vehicle.
Thanks,and sorry for the long post