They might be able to, but I don't think Tesla will sell them a new PCS, so you would have to source one from a crashed vehicle/failed battery pack. (So probably slim pickings there.)
The part is not listed as restricted. You can buy one.
There are literally over 1M Model 3/Y's in the USA now. Finding a wrecked pack someone has taken apart for a different project wouldn't be that hard.
The part itself is most of the cost, not the labor. Looks like Tesla only charges about 2 hours to replace it. So you're looking at about a $1400 part and $500 in labor.
Saw this part on eBay for about $600. I don't need it but reading there posts here makes me wonder if I should buy one just in case.
The failure rate is not that high, and there will always be one to buy from somewhere. This is annoying for sure for the people it has happened to, and it's scummy of Tesla to call something sold under "HV battery components" as "not part of the battery" and thus denying warranty, but this is not an epidemic.
You just experienced a different failure mode in the PCS. People here are mostly talking about the on-board charger part of the PCS failing. Your failure was in the DC-DC converter portion.
No, Tesla has never considered the PCS to be part of the battery for warranty purposes. We have had one person whose local SC covered it that way. The assumption is that he was the lucky recipient of a mistake. The one arbitration that was documented here was unsuccessful.
Yeah, right. Just ask them if your battery is damaged and you have to buy a new one does it come with the PCS pre-installed, or do you have to buy it separately?I know Tesla’s view is that it is not part of the battery warranty (for monetary, not necessarily technical, reasons), but my understanding is that if you buy a battery it comes with a PCS as part of the battery package.
Yes, it's right here in this thread but several pages back. Look for the posts from user @Yanquetino . He went through the whole process of filing an arbitration dispute, but it was ruled against him.
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Yes, it does, and it always has (for model 3/Y). Doesn't help a bit with the warranty issue, though.
Don't let this stop you though. You can make better or more persuasive arguments, bring more evidence, or just get a different arbitrator.
Can we collect participants to file a lawsuit even if we don't have this issue ATM? Can we file a lawsuit just to get Tesla to agree that PcS should be a part of the main battery system?
If you can make a valid argument to NHTSA (via safety reports) that this is a driving related safety issue, you may be able to make it into a recall, so that even if battery warranty is expired, it is still covered. The challenges may be different however.
Sure, you can file whatever you want. But if you haven’t experienced the issue you have no standing or damages to speak of so the suit will be quickly dismissed.
Would be quite the argument to relate “I can’t charge my battery” to a safety issue worthy of a recall…
