I'm dealing with this right now... I had been lured to believe that a refurbished battery pack was similar to new as it was stated by Tesla Service that it had the same warranty. Price difference was about four or five thousand dollars as estimate for new pack was $21,000 and refurbished was $16,000.
I had a new (90kW) HV battery pack in 2012 Model S "vehicle one" replaced earlier this year. A second vehicle, 2012 Model S "vehicle two" had a refurbished battery replaced VERY recently.
NEW HV BATTERY PACK...
Supercharges over 115kW at lower states of charge
REFURBISHED BATTERY PACK...
Supercharges at 55kW or so MAXIMUM!
I've been told... "I don't see anything wrong" "it's within spec" yada yada...
I was never told that I would get half the performance for just a several thousand dollars difference.
I'm so incredibly frustrated.
I'm hoping they'll see the simplicity in allowing me to pay for the difference on a new one as regular supercharging with this "refurbished" battery is a nightmare and I undoubtedly WILL be losing sleep over this until it is resolved. It's almost 0200 right now...
@wk057 ?
Does anyone have any specs on refurbished HV Battery Packs?
I had a new (90kW) HV battery pack in 2012 Model S "vehicle one" replaced earlier this year. A second vehicle, 2012 Model S "vehicle two" had a refurbished battery replaced VERY recently.
NEW HV BATTERY PACK...
Supercharges over 115kW at lower states of charge
REFURBISHED BATTERY PACK...
Supercharges at 55kW or so MAXIMUM!
I've been told... "I don't see anything wrong" "it's within spec" yada yada...
I was never told that I would get half the performance for just a several thousand dollars difference.
I'm so incredibly frustrated.
I'm hoping they'll see the simplicity in allowing me to pay for the difference on a new one as regular supercharging with this "refurbished" battery is a nightmare and I undoubtedly WILL be losing sleep over this until it is resolved. It's almost 0200 right now...
@wk057 ?
Does anyone have any specs on refurbished HV Battery Packs?