I drove to Portland from Bellevue (my home) in my Model Y. On the way back in the evening, I stopped at the Hillsboro, OR supercharger. My car charged until 21% and stopped charging saying charging interrupted. I unplugged and plugged back in, but it won’t charge with an error message saying unplug and retry charging. I did this 4-5 times, no luck. I then tried 3 different supercharging stalls, all of them didn’t work with the same issue. I called Tesla roadside and they suggested to reboot and power down, none of them helped. At this point I was suggested to try a third party charger, surprisingly the car was charging there, but that charger was too slow and would have taken 8 hours for enough juice for me to reach home. I had 21% left, so I thought of driving to Vancouver, WA supercharger and give a try, same issue happened there as well. Somehow, I found a Tesla destination charger at a hotel and have plugged my car there overnight while I sleep at the hotel, in order to have enough juice to reach home in the morning.
I hate this, I mean what can I do in this situation to avoid being strangled at an unknown location. I am fortunate that the car had some energy, otherwise I would have to leave the car at the charging station and take a Uber to a hotel or call a friend all the way 180 miles to take me home.
I have booked an appointment with Tesla which too I got for Jan 12. My car is literally unusable till then as I don’t have a charger at home and only way for me to charge is at a supercharger.
Just thought of posting this here to see if anyone had similar experience and how they overcome from it. Also, what can I do as a Tesla owner to prevent this from happening again ?
I hate this, I mean what can I do in this situation to avoid being strangled at an unknown location. I am fortunate that the car had some energy, otherwise I would have to leave the car at the charging station and take a Uber to a hotel or call a friend all the way 180 miles to take me home.
I have booked an appointment with Tesla which too I got for Jan 12. My car is literally unusable till then as I don’t have a charger at home and only way for me to charge is at a supercharger.
Just thought of posting this here to see if anyone had similar experience and how they overcome from it. Also, what can I do as a Tesla owner to prevent this from happening again ?