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@Gizmotoy
Thanks! You learn new things everyday.
Essentially the charger should be something similar to what the HPWC looks inside, control board, fuse and solid wire connectors, maybe it's an issue that could be repaired, but Tesla so far insists of replacing everything that breaks, so I'd be pleasantly surprised if the SC takes the unit out and try to find out what's wrong with it and if something simple, just repair and put back on.
Out of curiosity, why did you lease a car that you'd put so many miles on? A lease usually has penalties for excess mileage and with your usage you would be way, way beyond normal.
That address replaces [email protected]?
you know, despite the fact that this was a commercial use case, it's still scary for people who plan on keeping the car long-term.. it's like IKEA testing their rocking chairs with a machine to rock it back and forth 1,000,000 times to simulate years of use... pmacafee has been putting the miles on his model s, giving it accelerated aging so we can see what our personal model s(es) will be like after 50k miles or more.. I'm really hoping it's just because he's model is an early vin because if the 2014 vins coming out of the factory are exhibiting these issues after 50k miles regardless of warranty coverage, it's really scary to be an owner..
I was told the new email address is [email protected].
Electirc700 and others that made helpful suggestions;
Late last night (Thursday), I sent off the following message:
Hello;
I received my Model S in April of 2013, vin 5YJSA1DN6DFP05782.
We are now on our 4[SUP]th[/SUP] drive unit this year and then the battery failed had to be rebuilt in Fremont last month. On Monday of this week, the car would not charge and the Burlingame service center said the onboard charge unit had failed and it would cost $3300 to replace it. I am alarmed about the repeated failures in the car’s drive system and am especially concerned if Tesla does not consider the onboard charge unit to be part of the drive train. There is also a nagging concern that last month’s battery failure in some way affected the charge unit. The car could not be scheduled for repair until next Monday, leaving it unusable for a week before repairs could begin.
(+contact info including my cell#)
My cell rang very early this morning with a call from the Burlingame service center to let me know that a time slot had opened up for today, and could I bring the car right over.
This afternoon, they called back to say they were making good progress on replacing the charge units and the cost would be covered under "goodwill". In doing their normal complete inspection of a car under service, they discovered that the baffle plates over the radiator had failed and they would replace those also under "goodwill". About 2 hours later my cellphone rang with a call from the Fleet Sales Manager to see how things were. I was not able to take the call at the time and will call him back early next week.
Needless to say, much relieved. Thanks very much to all for passing along the Tesla Service "acupuncture point".
Agreed.because the vehicle is used for commercial purposes, 65000 miles isn't much for a car that is used on a daily bases. I usually put about 30-35000 miles a year on the cars I drive. It's sad to hear you've gone through 4 drive trains and a batter pack and now a on-board charger.
Yep. Does anyone have a pointer to details on that 500K mile Model S? What did they fix? How many drive units and battery packs did they go through or how many fixes did they have to make that were drive unit related? It's great if it was 0. If so, they need to be able to consistently deliver that a very high % of their customers.My Prius went 7 years before I sold it and racked up 122,000 miles. I replaced the 12v battery once and that was it! I bought the 100,000 mile warranty and ended up regretting it. My VW Jetta before that was also pretty reliable, although it did have more than its share of warranty issues. But I did not keep it far beyond the warranty before I sold that one. Acura Integra before that, went over 160,000 miles and blew a hose pipe once.
I do not accept the argument that other premium vehicles in this price range also require service and suffer from component failures. That's not the point. Tesla says it is doing better. It has like an order of magnitude fewer moving parts than an ICE car and Elon says in front of hundreds of people that their drivetrain is nearly indestructible. He recently said they have one back in their labs with over 500,000 miles on it. So why isn't that experience resonating throughout these threads?
Unfortunately, the above Prius v from January 2012 didn't hold up as well.Well... 2 fas 4 u put 465K miles on his 09 Prius (299,999+ Mile Club | Page 30 | PriusChat) before trading it for a Prius v wagon in January 2012 (see post above it). He's found some time to pop in on Priuschat and post, although usbseawolf2000 sometimes helped w/him w/the pic posting.
Now he's past 300K miles on the above 2012 Prius v wagon (Prius v: 300,000 miles club | PriusChat) and sometimes posts (e.g. Prius v: 200,000 miles club | Page 5 | PriusChat and Prius v: 300,000 miles club | PriusChat).