My Tesla has been into service 8 or 9 times since I've owned it but never for "maintenance". I'm at 49K miles now and just scheduled a service visit week after next to fix quite a long list of mostly minor (and some not so minor) issues before the warranty expires.
Early on I'd read that Tesla really examines the cars very thoroughly during paid service visits. I vaguely remember an account where someone said they'd taken off the bumpers and practically went through the entire car making sure everything was OK.
My suspicion is that this diligence was an artifact early of examining how the cars were holding up and that now that years have gone and with service centers jam packed with cars on tight schedules, that they're more likely to do the bare minimum.
The $850 includes battery fluid, brake fluid flush, wheel alignment, multi point inspection and other stuff I don't really need like fob battery replacements which I just did plus I already have a lifetime wheel alignment contract elsewhere. Also my brake fluid has 0% moisture and 0 ppm of copper so far so it would be a waste of resources to change perfectly good fluid.
I also recently remember reading that the battery warranty does not require changing the fluid(except in MA)since Tesla has declined publish service documentation that third parties or DIYers could use to perform those maintenance items.
Still $850 once on the off chance that they might find other things that need correcting under warranty is why I'm more than tempted to pop for the 50K service while I'm there getting other things fixed.
Any thoughts?
Early on I'd read that Tesla really examines the cars very thoroughly during paid service visits. I vaguely remember an account where someone said they'd taken off the bumpers and practically went through the entire car making sure everything was OK.
My suspicion is that this diligence was an artifact early of examining how the cars were holding up and that now that years have gone and with service centers jam packed with cars on tight schedules, that they're more likely to do the bare minimum.
The $850 includes battery fluid, brake fluid flush, wheel alignment, multi point inspection and other stuff I don't really need like fob battery replacements which I just did plus I already have a lifetime wheel alignment contract elsewhere. Also my brake fluid has 0% moisture and 0 ppm of copper so far so it would be a waste of resources to change perfectly good fluid.
I also recently remember reading that the battery warranty does not require changing the fluid(except in MA)since Tesla has declined publish service documentation that third parties or DIYers could use to perform those maintenance items.
Still $850 once on the off chance that they might find other things that need correcting under warranty is why I'm more than tempted to pop for the 50K service while I'm there getting other things fixed.
Any thoughts?
