Having trouble unpluging home charging cable...

[Womble74]

Not sure if it's related..

But as the weather is getting colder, I'm finding that when I get to my M3 in the morning and unlock the charging port, the cable won't freely come out of the port. I hear a click, and the light goes blue

I'm having to apply some force and almost yank it out...

Any thoughts on what the issue might be, should I be worried about either the tesla port or my home charger itself....

 

[jeremymc7]

Have the same thing time to time. I don’t worry about it.

 

[MrBadger]

It’s probably not really cold enough to be freezing yet but that will soon start to affect charge ports although I did see some comment about new cars having heated charge port (older ones just leak air) but a general comment rather than anything specific for MiC cars.

 

[M3noob]

Hmm I wait until the light goes white and then tug

 

[Jeeves]

Hmm I wait until the light goes white and then tug

This. I understood the light needs to turn white before you can detach the cable.

 

[Adopado]

This. I understood the light needs to turn white before you can detach the cable.

I must admit I never even look for a light ... it makes a very obvious click when the latch releases. (For the uninitiated remember that there's a cord inside the panel that you can reach from inside the boot which mechanically releases the latch.)

 

[twlr]

I thought a blue light meant it was ready to charge and hence the charger was locked, and the light needs to be white before you can detach the charger

 

[Jeeves]

From the manual:

• WHITE: The charge port door is open. Model 3 is ready to charge and the connector is not inserted, or the charge port latch is unlocked and the connector is ready to be removed.
• BLUE: Model 3 detects that a connector has been plugged in.
• BLINKING BLUE: Model 3 is communicating with the connector. Either Model 3 is preparing to charge, or a charging session is scheduled to begin at a specified future time.

I must admit that I've not looked closely at how the light changes as you issue the unlock request, but I would have thought that the lock is in place when the light is blue?

 

[Womble74]

Will look more closely at the light colour in the morning, and perhaps more patience is required...

Is it slower to go white after its gone to sleep...

As I plugged it in tonight, I did a quick test and it turned white with 5 seconds of sending the unlock command. Its not been that quick in the morning, hence I guess why in impatience I'm trying to pull it out while it's still blue.

 

[Irata]

It’s probably not really cold enough to be freezing yet but that will soon start to affect charge ports although I did see some comment about new cars having heated charge port (older ones just leak air) but a general comment rather than anything specific for MiC cars.

Mine has a heated charge port, an early Fremont 2021 model. I presumed all 2021 refresh models onwards do. Comes on with defrost.

Other than noticing the temperature of the port, I think you can tell by the location of the T logo. An example photo is here...

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[Jeeves]

Is it slower to go white after its gone to sleep...

Much