Rebuilding Salvaged Model S 75D

[terofin]

I’m training with t-diag ... if u have some advice what to do, i listen

 

[Alexandru G]

I'm rebuilding my second Tesla Model S; if you're interested in my first rebuild experience, see here. This is a 2017 (December build) 75D with 4k miles.

So the first thing I did after moving the car into the garage was replace the pyrofuse and connect the cut loop. I gave the battery a jump although eventually the dcdc fully charged the 12v battery and the car was operating on its own power. Off to a good start.

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Unfortunately though, what comes next is not as glamorous...

I decided to put the car in drive to back out of my driveway and then back-in again. That was fine. Although next, I decided to see if the car chargers, so I connected the HPWC and the car began charging! However, after 5-10 minutes the car stopped charging and I noticed the charge port was red.

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I then made the unfortunate discovery the car was extremely low on coolant. So I decided not to touch anything until I installed a new radiator and added G-48 coolant. This is mistake #1.

In the meantime however, I noticed an update from Tesla, so I decided to perform the update. This is mistake #2. Evidently, you should never perform an update on your car if it's still undergoing repairs and all ECU interfacing components are not connected. I suppose this seems obvious in retrospect, but nevertheless something to always keep-in-mind. So, naturally, the software update failed. Although, the update seemed to have flashed some components, but not all. So, I started seeing this error:

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Well, this sucks. The car will not drive anymore. In addition, the contactors are not closing and the dcdc is not charging the 12v anymore. Also, asking Tesla to send me an OTA will not work since the car is salvaged. So, I had to rely on my software engineer background and help from some members to gain access to the car and derive a bit more information, but first, I tried the update again from factory/developer mode:

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Here are the syslogs.

Some notable references from the logs:
```
gwmon 10261: BMS contactor close request
gwmon 15444: timeout - BMS contactors did not close, ctr state OPEN (0)
gwmon DCDC NOT present, NOT updateable (NO bootId, NO versionMsg, NOT enabled), BMS contactors NOT closed
gwmon chgph1: no hwid
```

As you can tell, the BMS, DCDC, and Charger are not responding, which contributed to the upgrade failure. Here is a list of diagnostic errors I'm seeing:


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It seemed suspicious the on-board charger was MIA, so I figured there could be a blown fuse. Will expand on this in the next post.

Hi how you access Syslog ?

 

[Jsalmon]

Does anyone know where I can purchase replacement Model - S - Passenger Airbag Connectors that I can splice into the wire harness. I am replacing the instrument panel with a new one with the passenger airbag module attached. The old instrument panel deployed the airbag module and the wire harness connectors melted into the old deployed module. I am looking for some new pigtail inflator connections that fit the passenger airbag module.

 

[Afaqjan]

Hi . I read your about your rebuild. I got a 2018 model s 75d through copart.Auctioned ad run and drive but when I went to pick it up, it need jump to get on but then will not shift into drive or move with low voltage and service required message. It has front bumper damage but not very severe with sterring wheel and driver knee seat bag deployed which i can handle.However, unless car shift to drive and moves, I am not comfortable taking it off copart.
I know the pyro fuse near 12 v battery could be blown but you mentioned about high voltage dc- dc 220 amp fuse change and there is supposed to be another bigger pyro fuse under car on HV battery. Did you have to change that as well. I am not comfortable with tackling that HV fuse and wondering of I should just walk away from car and substantial relist fee. Any input will be appreciated.