Gents
I have been scouring the entirety of what's available online and in this forum and I cannot seem to find a thread about the exact specific issue I was having.
1. 2011 Tesla Roadster S - 3.0 upgrade is about 5 years old.
2. Computer was showing that the 12v battery needed to be replaced, it had been about 3 years or so since replacement, car would not charge but all usual items worked (door open, charge port light, voltage error on computer).
3. It took me a while (over a month) due to travel to finally tackle this myself, especially after learning through hours of conversation with Fresno, Fremont and finally Palo Alto that they cannot send someone qualified out to me to service the car. At this point, the car was saying charge was low, charge car immediately - as recently as yesterday.
4. I tried putting a trickle charger on the battery in the wheel, to no avail, eventually I decided to take out the 12v and voltmeter showed a measly 2.1 volts registering - reconditioned the battery from yesterday to today and it showed 12volts - hooked up the battery to the car and nothing (fortunately I ordered a brand new battery Sunday). I left this hooked up over night and none of the auxiliary has revived.
5. The car was driving just fine 6 or so weeks ago but no longer charging and was around half charged at that point. The battery arrived today, exact part match and fully charged. Again, I tried hooking up the battery to the terminals via cables but could not get the auxiliary to turn on even after an hour - I thought in a last ditch effort I needed to bolt the terminals (I know that DC is DC and it should have worked but I am desperate). I successfully reinstalled the new battery in the cradle and I cannot get anything to turn on.
I have read that for most people in this circumstance, after a few minutes of the new battery being installed, the auxiliary returns - doors, charge port, etc.
Please let me know if you need any more information - I am really hoping there's some truck here that I just haven't figured out yet. The car is in park, with the e-brake on and the roof on. I do have wheel dollies if I need to get the car out of the garage for a tow but I'd like to try this myself one final time.
Thank you everyone for your time.
Cheers,
Thomas
I have been scouring the entirety of what's available online and in this forum and I cannot seem to find a thread about the exact specific issue I was having.
1. 2011 Tesla Roadster S - 3.0 upgrade is about 5 years old.
2. Computer was showing that the 12v battery needed to be replaced, it had been about 3 years or so since replacement, car would not charge but all usual items worked (door open, charge port light, voltage error on computer).
3. It took me a while (over a month) due to travel to finally tackle this myself, especially after learning through hours of conversation with Fresno, Fremont and finally Palo Alto that they cannot send someone qualified out to me to service the car. At this point, the car was saying charge was low, charge car immediately - as recently as yesterday.
4. I tried putting a trickle charger on the battery in the wheel, to no avail, eventually I decided to take out the 12v and voltmeter showed a measly 2.1 volts registering - reconditioned the battery from yesterday to today and it showed 12volts - hooked up the battery to the car and nothing (fortunately I ordered a brand new battery Sunday). I left this hooked up over night and none of the auxiliary has revived.
5. The car was driving just fine 6 or so weeks ago but no longer charging and was around half charged at that point. The battery arrived today, exact part match and fully charged. Again, I tried hooking up the battery to the terminals via cables but could not get the auxiliary to turn on even after an hour - I thought in a last ditch effort I needed to bolt the terminals (I know that DC is DC and it should have worked but I am desperate). I successfully reinstalled the new battery in the cradle and I cannot get anything to turn on.
I have read that for most people in this circumstance, after a few minutes of the new battery being installed, the auxiliary returns - doors, charge port, etc.
Please let me know if you need any more information - I am really hoping there's some truck here that I just haven't figured out yet. The car is in park, with the e-brake on and the roof on. I do have wheel dollies if I need to get the car out of the garage for a tow but I'd like to try this myself one final time.
Thank you everyone for your time.
Cheers,
Thomas