PSA: Buying Tesla from 3rd party

[kingtizzy007]

It wouldn't be a problem for me.

Totally your prerogative. I guess we can agree to disagree there.

 

[Yelobird]

Why would I show you or anyone else I don’t know private paperwork?!?! To prove something I already know. That is not happening. The point of this post is to alert, the non-Tesla cult, customers thinking of buying from 3rd party dealers to be aware of ownership transfer issues.

The best point you could share in this thread is the name of the crap scam dealer in Florida you used so All can avoid it! They are your issue yet you choose to ignore it.

 

[kingtizzy007]

Regardless of this misery, the car is great. 2022 Plaid black on black with 39k miles FSD for $63k. After trade-in and DP, only $28k owed. Interest is higher so might pay it off within the year. Haven’t decided on that yet. Poor folks who bought these cars for $130k. Ouch!!

 

[kingtizzy007]

The best point you could share in this thread is the name of the crap scam dealer in Florida you used so All can avoid it! They are your issue yet you choose to ignore it.

Oh, I’m not trying to protect them whatsoever. Absolutely not. They were not great at all!!! Ford of Kendall in Miami…They suck as does Tesla for making this process so onerous.

 

[kingtizzy007]

Oh, I’m not trying to protect them whatsoever. Absolutely not. They were not great at all!!! Ford of Kendall in Miami…They suck as does Tesla for making this process so onerous.

Something more for you. The finance Manager’s name is Renee Rodriguez.

 

[atikovi]

The DMV must have a dealer section. Call them next week for guidance. Until then, maybe tell the dealer you will, if you don't get any answers. No dealer likes the thought of being investigated.

 

[kingtizzy007]

The DMV must have a dealer section. Call them next week for guidance. Until then, maybe tell the dealer you will, if you don't get any answers. No dealer likes the thought of being investigated.

Great idea, I’ve already emailed the FM that I will be visiting my local DMV in person next week. I’m wondering if that dealer hack is complicating matters..they did inform me they were impacted by it but still conducting business transactions manually whatever the hell that means.

 

[SloPOS]

Very strange. I bought my MS from South Florida and had it delivered to Tampa. It showed up in my Tesla app as soon as the reg was transferred so I was able to watch as it was transported.

 

[Yelobird]

Very strange. I bought my MS from South Florida and had it delivered to Tampa. It showed up in my Tesla app as soon as the reg was transferred so I was able to watch as it was transported.

A bit different than the OP. They didn’t buy, finance or interact with Tesla. They bought from a Ford dealer.

 

[stopcrazypp]

And if they want to keep dragging this on, I will keep getting ‘free’ supercharging off of someone. This ownership transfer process is pure idiocy.

And right there MAY be the issue! The car did not Come with free supercharger option. So the bill is going to that cars Vin and therefore not clear as nobody is paying the Bill! Hence you are Adding to the lien on the title release. lol. Amazed that you do not see fault with the dealer you Paid and for some reason fear going back to make them responsible to complete the sale. Tesla does many things wrong but this isn’t one of them.

Looking at this thread, that may actually have been part of the issue. There is no free supercharging with the 2022. So by using supercharging before the ownership transferred, you may have been adding a balance to the previous account. The dealership might have done the same thing. So even with the payoff of the loan, there may be a remaining balance on the Tesla account itself.

The other possibility is the difference may be from early payoff vs scheduled payoff. This may sometimes result in a discrepancy in the amount owed.

 

[SloPOS]

A bit different than the OP. They didn’t buy, finance or interact with Tesla. They bought from a Ford dealer.

I purchased from a used car dealer. Not Tesla direct.

 

[takeshi]

Also purchased from a 3rd party dealer in another city and had no issues with transfer of ownership. It also appeared in my app quickly so I was able to monitor its delivery. Problem here isn't 3rd party but seems to be the specific dealer.

 

[kingtizzy007]

Update from FM @ Ford dealer below so hopefully I’m nearing the end of this.

“Someone from Tesla just called me now after all the emails I’ve sent them. They said that they did receive everything from us, but it looks like their system closed out the account before the payment was processed. They said they must investigate all the documents and correct it internally to release the lien. They got my info and said will email me once their payoff team has reviewed the account. Could be today or couple days.”

 

[DerbyDave]

jeez....what a mess Tesla!