Coldest day of 2024, heater stopped working.

[cmaster]

Common problem that the heater will stop working. I probably recommend just keeping the temperature 2-3 degrees less than the maximum allowed on the Tesla. Don't set it to max if you want to increase the longevity of the heater core.

 

[richyrich]

Yes out of warranty. 1100 .

Wonder what the "heater element" is? When my heat pump and octovalve had to be replaced on my 2020 MY, it cost me $4000! Might make you feel a little better....

 

[cmaster]

Wonder what the "heater element" is? When my heat pump and octovalve had to be replaced on my 2020 MY, it cost me $4000! Might make you feel a little better....

Holy smoking ICE tailpipe! $4000 out of pocket? or, was it under warranty?

 

[Kiyi]

I fear I have the same issue. Driving to work yesterday the heat was fine. On the way back I was just getting cold air even after rebooting and turning it on and off manually.Oddly enough, before my drive home, I received a message that a service ticket was created for me and closed remotely by the local SC. Called the SC to inquire about the service ticket and they mentioned they received a new update but checked my car remotely and it didn't require it so nothing was done. Got home and checked the service menu and I have a fault code: vcright_a262_PTCFaulted

Sounds like PTC failed 5 months after warranty

 

[cmaster]

I fear I have the same issue. Driving to work yesterday the heat was fine. On the way back I was just getting cold air even after rebooting and turning it on and off manually.Oddly enough, before my drive home, I received a message that a service ticket was created for me and closed remotely by the local SC. Called the SC to inquire about the service ticket and they mentioned they received a new update but checked my car remotely and it didn't require it so nothing was done. Got home and checked the service menu and I have a fault code: vcright_a262_PTCFaulted

Sounds like PTC failed 5 months after warranty

Just get it done. If you live in the colder states, it's important. Driving with the windshield frosting very bad. And, if you have kids, you're screwed. If you have a spouse, they'll be extremely angry with you if that's the only car you have.

My advice, go and get it done immediately. Get ready to spit out $1200. This is the problem with Tesla. They only do the quality testing on their parts enough to cover the warranty portion. Not even a full year after or two years after like Toyota.

 

[Kiyi]

Just get it done. If you live in the colder states, it's important. Driving with the windshield frosting very bad. And, if you have kids, you're screwed. If you have a spouse, they'll be extremely angry with you if that's the only car you have.

My advice, go and get it done immediately. Get ready to spit out $1200. This is the problem with Tesla. They only do the quality testing on their parts enough to cover the warranty portion. Not even a full year after or two years after like Toyota.

Agreed, put in a service request to see what the total damage is

 

[richyrich]

Holy smoking ICE tailpipe! $4000 out of pocket? or, was it under warranty?

Nope, out of pocket, I had over 100,000km on it. Annoying but also the only maintenance spend on it - having had German vehicles, it's nothing. I think I was just unlucky getting the first gen heat pump - they made a lot of revisions but no recall unfortunately.