Hi everyone – I'm having the weirdest issue and I have no clue whether any has experienced anything remotely similar or whether I'm going crazy.
I bought a PMY, brand new, in September 2022. I picked it up myself, with 15 miles on the dash. I've had some minor issues here and there, but for the most part, the car has been fine when I've taken it in to get addressed.
Now: as my wheels were getting rotated last week, I noticed that one of the brake caliper covers on my rear right wheel seemed loose. Upon closer inspection, I noticed that the caliper cover had actually snapped off. I thought this was super weird, because the cover looked really sturdy on the other rear brake (now I feel like I should've looked at all of them). I figured this must have been some manufacturing error or flaw, because unless the tire guys were pulling hard or messing with the brakes, there's no way that they would've snapped off. Not to mention that changing the brakes would've been a big job, and not something that I wouldn't have noticed during the tire rotation.
I took it to a Tesla Service Center today, and they're actually telling me that the rear brakes appear to be aftermarket: they look like the regular non-performance brakes that are instead red with a Tesla logo applied. The regular performance brakes don't even have caliper covers.
What is going on? The breaks have NOT been touched in the two-three months that I have owned the car. I have no clue what could've happened, but I guess I also don't have any proof that I didn't replace the original brakes with these aftermarket brakes? But why would I do that? Replace the brakes with worst brakes – and only the back ones?
Would appreciate any thoughts/advice, or if anyone knows how I might be able to escalate and get help. Called customer service and their only interest was in getting me off the phone as quickly as possible. This really sucks, and I hate that I'm having the Tesla experience that other people warned me about.
I bought a PMY, brand new, in September 2022. I picked it up myself, with 15 miles on the dash. I've had some minor issues here and there, but for the most part, the car has been fine when I've taken it in to get addressed.
Now: as my wheels were getting rotated last week, I noticed that one of the brake caliper covers on my rear right wheel seemed loose. Upon closer inspection, I noticed that the caliper cover had actually snapped off. I thought this was super weird, because the cover looked really sturdy on the other rear brake (now I feel like I should've looked at all of them). I figured this must have been some manufacturing error or flaw, because unless the tire guys were pulling hard or messing with the brakes, there's no way that they would've snapped off. Not to mention that changing the brakes would've been a big job, and not something that I wouldn't have noticed during the tire rotation.
I took it to a Tesla Service Center today, and they're actually telling me that the rear brakes appear to be aftermarket: they look like the regular non-performance brakes that are instead red with a Tesla logo applied. The regular performance brakes don't even have caliper covers.
What is going on? The breaks have NOT been touched in the two-three months that I have owned the car. I have no clue what could've happened, but I guess I also don't have any proof that I didn't replace the original brakes with these aftermarket brakes? But why would I do that? Replace the brakes with worst brakes – and only the back ones?
Would appreciate any thoughts/advice, or if anyone knows how I might be able to escalate and get help. Called customer service and their only interest was in getting me off the phone as quickly as possible. This really sucks, and I hate that I'm having the Tesla experience that other people warned me about.
