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Likely MCU Failure (MCU1 eMMC)
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I had my screen go dark last week and drove my 2015 S 85 up to Portland, OR service center. I've been getting regular text message updates on the progress. They are replacing with a factory refurbished MCU1. They are also replacing the rear main drive unit which was making a whining noise, some resistance modules and a cooling fan system. I bought the car in May with 50,000 miles through the Tesla CPO, so it came with a 2-year additional warranty. I'd hate to have to pay for all of this myself.
aesculus
Still Trying to Figure This All Out
I still have a few more miles and months left on my original warranty and because I own a first generation Model X, I think the likelihood of something going wrong is pretty high so I will probably get the extended warranty before the 4 years are up.
FlatSix911
Porsche 918 Hybrid
Looks like my car's eMMC is failing. Today I got graphical corruption and unresponsive screen for the first time. I am going to get the chip changed before the whole unit is dead. March 2017 Model S with 82000 km on the odo.
Have you contacted @LuckyLuke ?
I have arranged the repair with someone local, already.
Maybe the chip would be still good if I would have used the energy saving mode more and disabled always connected.
scottf200
Well-Known Member
11:45 AM · Dec 30, 2019·Twitter Web App
Jason Hughes @wk057
Looks like @elonmusk followed through, and excess logging to the eMMC has been significantly curtailed in recent versions. Should extend life a bit on MCU1.
Bit (like, years) late for many vehicles, unfortunately. Many will still need repair eventually.
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Elon Musk on Twitter
Elon Musk @elonmusk · Oct 12 Replying to @wk057 and @tesla
Should be much better at this point
Jason Hughes @wk057
Looks like @elonmusk followed through, and excess logging to the eMMC has been significantly curtailed in recent versions. Should extend life a bit on MCU1.
Bit (like, years) late for many vehicles, unfortunately. Many will still need repair eventually.
Quote Tweet
Elon Musk on Twitter
Elon Musk @elonmusk · Oct 12 Replying to @wk057 and @tesla
Should be much better at this point
ChooseGreen
Member
Uh-oh, I may be the next victim of this (2014 pre-AP S60 ~146,000 km). I started following Tesla in 2015 and thought I had covered all of the bases. I didn't appreciate the gravity of this issue until I saw Rich Rebuild's video about it shortly after getting my car 4 months ago (I watched most of his other videos; don't know how I missed this one!).
Because I'm a new owner, I just figured connectivity drops, loading errors and similar were normal for a 5 year old car. It isn't like I noticed a change in the vehicle's behaviour.
Anyway, I went to unlock it with the app yesterday morning and the app thought it worked properly, but the handles wouldn't present. I popped the frunk and it displayed as open in the app, but the frunk didn't open. I tried a reboot unsuccessfully so decided to leave it as it was charging at the time and I wanted to let it finish in case this would be the last charge it allows.
Today I took the charge cable out and put it into drive (still drives), then put it in P and rebooted. I got the Tesla T back up on the main screen, but it never booted. Service appointment next week. Fingers crossed that I'm not up for a $3k surprise.
Either way, it will be an interesting week driving around without heat in the Canadian winter. At least the wipers still work. Man, I'm going to have to use a scraper?!
Because I'm a new owner, I just figured connectivity drops, loading errors and similar were normal for a 5 year old car. It isn't like I noticed a change in the vehicle's behaviour.
Anyway, I went to unlock it with the app yesterday morning and the app thought it worked properly, but the handles wouldn't present. I popped the frunk and it displayed as open in the app, but the frunk didn't open. I tried a reboot unsuccessfully so decided to leave it as it was charging at the time and I wanted to let it finish in case this would be the last charge it allows.
Today I took the charge cable out and put it into drive (still drives), then put it in P and rebooted. I got the Tesla T back up on the main screen, but it never booted. Service appointment next week. Fingers crossed that I'm not up for a $3k surprise.
Either way, it will be an interesting week driving around without heat in the Canadian winter
. At least the wipers still work. Man, I'm going to have to use a scraper?!
FWIW, I got quoted $2k not $3k for MCU1 replacement last month. Don’t accept $3k.Uh-oh, I may be the next victim of this (2014 pre-AP S60 ~146,000 km). I started following Tesla in 2015 and thought I had covered all of the bases. I didn't appreciate the gravity of this issue until I saw Rich Rebuild's video about it shortly after getting my car 4 months ago (I watched most of his other videos; don't know how I missed this one!).
Because I'm a new owner, I just figured connectivity drops, loading errors and similar were normal for a 5 year old car. It isn't like I noticed a change in the vehicle's behaviour.
Anyway, I went to unlock it with the app yesterday morning and the app thought it worked properly, but the handles wouldn't present. I popped the frunk and it displayed as open in the app, but the frunk didn't open. I tried a reboot unsuccessfully so decided to leave it as it was charging at the time and I wanted to let it finish in case this would be the last charge it allows.
Today I took the charge cable out and put it into drive (still drives), then put it in P and rebooted. I got the Tesla T back up on the main screen, but it never booted. Service appointment next week. Fingers crossed that I'm not up for a $3k surprise.
Either way, it will be an interesting week driving around without heat in the Canadian winter
Vinc
Member
Side note. The going rate for replacing one (1) pre-facelift headlight at the SC is $1,500. So... we should celebrate that the entire MCU is only $500 more than a headlight, I guess...
ChooseGreen
Member
Yes, thanks for that. I thought it was closer to $3k in Canada but would be happy to be proven wrong.
Right... third party repair cost is less and Tony is a provider.
cost from Tesla I was quoted is $2k US. Earlier in this saga, I’m pretty sure they were quoting $3k.
personally I’m waiting til my extended warranty runs out or they offer the $2k MCU2 upgrade that Musk tweeted about.
Zax can also help, he's in Canada. Taxes and shipping makes it not as good to offer my services over the boarder.
ChooseGreen
Member
Uh-oh, I may be the next victim of this (2014 pre-AP S60 ~146,000 km). I started following Tesla in 2015 and thought I had covered all of the bases. I didn't appreciate the gravity of this issue until I saw Rich Rebuild's video about it shortly after getting my car 4 months ago (I watched most of his other videos; don't know how I missed this one!).
Because I'm a new owner, I just figured connectivity drops, loading errors and similar were normal for a 5 year old car. It isn't like I noticed a change in the vehicle's behaviour.
Anyway, I went to unlock it with the app yesterday morning and the app thought it worked properly, but the handles wouldn't present. I popped the frunk and it displayed as open in the app, but the frunk didn't open. I tried a reboot unsuccessfully so decided to leave it as it was charging at the time and I wanted to let it finish in case this would be the last charge it allows.
Today I took the charge cable out and put it into drive (still drives), then put it in P and rebooted. I got the Tesla T back up on the main screen, but it never booted. Service appointment next week. Fingers crossed that I'm not up for a $3k surprise.
Either way, it will be an interesting week driving around without heat in the Canadian winter
I was able to drive it just fine tonight. I dressed warm so I could keep the windows open so I didn’t fog up at -10 C. Worked fine, but I don’t think I’ll be doing any road trips with the whole family in there until we get some heat.
One curiosity is that the speedometer was reading about 40% low. Mine is pre-AP so my blue ‘analog’ indicator was correct reading 65km/h, but the number was only reading 40km/h. When I set the (basic) cruise, the bug went to 40km/h and it maintained 65km/h actual.
Things that worked: wipers, lights, windows, opening the charge port and frunk with the fob, indicators and sounds (though the sounds only came back after an unsuccessful reboot).
ChooseGreen
Member
Huh, good point. It certainly seems that way. I have never had my car on miles, but it is funny that it is in a state where they are being mixed on the screen.
Likely defaulting to MPH since car is from here... Good info, I'll add that..
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