MODEL Y PUNCTURE HELP

[Matt W]

Hey guys,

I have had my model y for 1 year now ( 1 year into 4 year lease). Love it.

Planning on doing some serious miles this year and wanted to check what the deal was with tesla and Punctures/Tyre replace out on the road.

i see there is a SOS call in the software. Is this covered under warranty. How long is warranty ?

Any advice greatly appreciated.

Matt W

 

[Alistairuk]

Do not press SOS - it calls the emergency services.

 

[Jason71]

Hey guys,

I have had my model y for 1 year now ( 1 year into 4 year lease). Love it.

Planning on doing some serious miles this year and wanted to check what the deal was with tesla and Punctures/Tyre replace out on the road.

i see there is a SOS call in the software. Is this covered under warranty. How long is warranty ?

Any advice greatly appreciated.

Matt W

with TPMS its pretty rare to have a puncture severe enough to need recovery. I have had two punctures so far. TPMS alerted me I added air. alerted me again a day later so I drove to a garage and got a repair on one occasion and a new tyre (24 hours later) the other. If you do need recovery you can call Tesla recovery ( not the sos button) but the chances of them being able to recover you to a garage that actually has the right tyre in stock it pretty small I would think.
puncture repair / replacement will not be covered under warranty.
Consider getting a plug kit maybe. I have one but have never used it.

Edit. Tesla recovery are not great. takes 20 minutes just to get them to answer the phone. I would only use them for something that needed recovery to a service centre which would probably be a warranty covered break down. For something like a puncture or a crash I would call RAC. I would recommend getting your own cover and not relying on Tesla

 

[MrBadger]

Planning on doing some serious miles this year and wanted to check what the deal was with tesla and Punctures/Tyre replace out on the road.

You pay the Tesla going rate (which is likely to be more than you can get by shopping around) and they will bring you a temporary replacement to temporarily get you back up and running as long as you are within iirc 50 miles of a service centre and they are open. Outside those parameters they will not help or you will need to wait until they are back open again. Also tyre issue is highly unlikely to be a warranty issue.

Tl;dr Tesla is not plan A for a tyre issue. Apart from tyres, It’s also only for issues covered under warranty so not an alternative to traditional breakdown cover.

Just to reiterate about SOS, also known as eCall. It’s for serious RTA’s (where it may auto call) and medical emergencies where the emergency services would need to be involved.

What is your car's SOS button?

What is your car's SOS button? Parkers explains how the potentially life-saving eCall system has been introduced across Europe, how your car will automatically call the emergency services in the event of a collision and what to do if you accidentally press the SOS button.

www.parkers.co.uk

 

[M1tch]

Het a can of tyre seal. I had a nail through which TPMS alerted me to. Pumped up and it went down quickly. A can of tyre seal saved the day and got me to London and back with no issues. Had it repaired and all is ok.

 

[Jason71]

Het a can of tyre seal. I had a nail through which TPMS alerted me to. Pumped up and it went down quickly. A can of tyre seal saved the day and got me to London and back with no issues. Had it repaired and all is ok.

Was that on a Tesla? Traditionally a bit hit and miss with tyres lined with accoustic foam.

 

[M1tch]

Was that on a Tesla? Traditionally a bit hit and miss with tyres lined with accoustic foam.

Yes on my M3. Good point though, I didn’t have foam lined tyres on at the time.

 

[yessuz]

that is one of reasons why I opted for non-foam lined tyres. acoustic difference is non-noticeable.

 

[Matt W]

Thank you for all your help guys. Very much appreciated.

I wont be hitting SOS or calling Tesla then.

I will get a 2 cans of Tyreweld and a plug kit. I will also get a pump ( any recommendations?)

I have breakdown cover under my bank account so will give them a call to make sure Im covered.

Thanks again,

Matt W

 

[pgkevet]

There's a lot to be said for a good old fashioned foot pump...

 

[Regulo]

There's a lot to be said for a good old fashioned foot pump...

... my leg aches.

 

[Jason71]

There's a lot to be said for a good old fashioned foot pump...

no there isn't

 

[Jason71]

I

Thank you for all your help guys. Very much appreciated.

I wont be hitting SOS or calling Tesla then.

I will get a 2 cans of Tyreweld and a plug kit. I will also get a pump ( any recommendations?)

I have breakdown cover under my bank account so will give them a call to make sure Im covered.

Thanks again,

Matt W

I have a cordless one which I like cos it means I don't have to faff around with the cable when I am topping up the tyres. If it runs out of charge there is still a cable that will operate it with a flat battery. mine is the ring RTC6000. Its a bit bulky. Many others are available.
and yes I know @pgkevet that a foot pump is technically a cordless tyre inflator but I still don't want one

 

[WannabeOwner]

Planning on doing some serious miles ... what the deal was with Punctures

I have Winter Tyres (Rims and Rubber) and on a continental journey I carry one of the wrong-season tyres with me so that if I have hassle trying to source a replacement and/or I just want to get to my destination, I can.

But other than that I also have a can of gunge, an inflation pump, and puncture-plugs ... none of which cost me very much and might well save me hours of hanging about

 

[pgkevet]

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I have a cordless one which I like cos it means I don't have to faff around with the cable when I am topping up the tyres. If it runs out of charge there is still a cable that will operate it with a flat battery. mine is the ring RTC6000. Its a bit bulky. Many others are available.
and yes I know @pgkevet that a foot pump is technically a cordless tyre inflator but I still don't want one

The trouble with leccy inflators is either stringing wires around. Or finding that after not using it for a while you wait an hour for it to recharge or the blasted rechargeable cells have failed .
I have a proper compressor in the barn for normal use and do own both corded and cordless inflators and hadbthe above happen with both despite being less than 2yrs old.
I take it you're all to feeble fir a little exercise

 

[MrBadger]

I will also get a pump ( any recommendations?)

I have some Dewalt cordless tools so decided to go with their compressor - it’s not cheap AND needs a Dewalt battery as used in their cordless tools (will also run off 12v). I’ve used it many times over last 4 years for topups and multiple full inflations and can say that it does an excellent job and reasonably quickly.

Touchwood, its the sort of tool that you can rely on to just work when you need it most which more than justifies the bit extra it may cost over some alternatives.