Hey T-nuts! I'm a new owner (bought used). New to the community. Had a couple questions/issues to share and get feedback hopefully.
1) When I was in the process of buying, I wanted to get a pre-purchase inspection done. HA, called the local TSLA service center and they said they don't do them. You have to own the car before they'll even look at it. So I do buy it, and immediately drive it to the center, only to be told that I have to set up an account through the app first, and that it could take 3-5
days for ownership to transfer.
Here I am, a brand new "owner", and already they're sending me away. On top of that, the dealership where I bought it (3rd party) didn't have a charge station. a Toyota dealership without any form of charger station. (WTF), so they'd been keeping it in the showroom trickling it with 12V. I started my test drive at around 50% battery, so by the time I'd competed the deal, it was less, and I had 100 miles to get home with only slightly more than that showing on the range meter. So while I was at the TSLA SC, they were nice enough to show me how to use the nav to find nearby non-T chargers, since I couldn't use theirs. So I went a few miles away and plugged in for awhile. Set up my TSLA account through the app while I waited.
Eventually, swallowed the range anxiety and took off.
I pulled in my garage with
7 miles showing on the range meter. The screen had gone dark near home so I was sweating! But it worked out.
Turns out, the ownership transfer was near immediate, but without knowing it, I wasn't aware I could've supercharged the whole time!
2) Another BIG issue I have, right off the bat, is that being I bought my MS 3rd party, had a couple of previous owners, I really want to know what, if any, work has been done to it directly through TSLA SC. But when I ask for the service history, they won't give it! I don't want owner info, just the service record. They could easily redact the private info and send me their records. So frustrating! Terrible start to my relationship as an owner with the company.
3) Smaller issue: The dealership I bought from had to replace a faulty door handle module. It works, but it squeaks.
Does anyone have this issue?
Are you aware of a simple fix? Can I spray some WD40 around it?