Tezzie
Member
Wow Howard, great info.
Hey, is it possible for a failing HV battery to corrupt/fry the PTC heater?
I ask because I was getting a “car may not restart“ alert on my Tesla model S 100D and when I took it into the SC, they first thought it was the HV battery (under warranty) but then they decided it was the PTC heater for the battery (not under warranty), and replaced it.
Unfortunately, as soon as I got it home, I got the dreaded “car may not restart“ alert again. So, I took it back to the SC. They got deeper into it with the engineers and decided that it was the HV battery failing. They towed the car to another SC to replace the HV battery since they didn’t have the space available in that SC to safely replace it. Apparently you need space in case there’s a fire caused by the HP battery.
This led me to believe that it was never the PTC heater in the first place, and if the PTC heater was damaged, it could’ve been damaged by the failing HV battery. Is that possible?
If so, it would mean that Tesla should credit me back what they charged me for replacing the PTC heater.
What do you think?