Tesla Motors Club
Hello all,
This is my fist post on the forum but have been reading quite a bit for the past month, since my supercharging was turned off. I purchased a model x that had a rebuilt title from a dealer. I know what you are thinking, “you shouldn’t have purchased a salvage title tesla” and all the other cliches that seem obvious in hindsight. But this car was in a very, very minor accident where it hit a tree; the airbags didn’t even deploy. According to the NHTSP, the minimum speed at which a vehicle must be traveling for airbags to deploy is 8-13 mph when hitting a solid, fixed barrier. So the collision my car was involved in was low speed and therefore low impact.
I am very environmentally conscious and a firm believer in recycling. Me coming across this vehicle seemed like destiny. Well now it’s a complete nightmare! I had no idea Tesla’s harsh policy towards cars they manufacture with a Salvage Title. I was unaware that Tesla could just steel a function of the car that I purchased??? What’s the difference between my seats being permanently removed at my 1st service appointment and having supercharging disabled? I really loved this car right up to the point where I left On a trip to deliver some masks to my in-laws a couple hundred miles away, got 70 miles to a supercharger and the display tells me dc charging disabled. I called Tesla and was told that because my car had a salvage title, it could no longer dc rapid charge. I was in shock, my own car had betrayed me!!!! I just want my car back the way it was. Please, if there is anyone who can help me, I would appreciate it!! Maybe you know someone at Tesla who can help me. I can provide pictures before the repair, documentation that the airbag didn’t deploy. This car is no more unsafe than any other Tesla with a clean title. I honestly was just trying to do the right thing, give a great car a 2nd chance. It was really not that much less expensive than a clean title Model X.
This is my fist post on the forum but have been reading quite a bit for the past month, since my supercharging was turned off. I purchased a model x that had a rebuilt title from a dealer. I know what you are thinking, “you shouldn’t have purchased a salvage title tesla” and all the other cliches that seem obvious in hindsight. But this car was in a very, very minor accident where it hit a tree; the airbags didn’t even deploy. According to the NHTSP, the minimum speed at which a vehicle must be traveling for airbags to deploy is 8-13 mph when hitting a solid, fixed barrier. So the collision my car was involved in was low speed and therefore low impact.
I am very environmentally conscious and a firm believer in recycling. Me coming across this vehicle seemed like destiny. Well now it’s a complete nightmare! I had no idea Tesla’s harsh policy towards cars they manufacture with a Salvage Title. I was unaware that Tesla could just steel a function of the car that I purchased??? What’s the difference between my seats being permanently removed at my 1st service appointment and having supercharging disabled? I really loved this car right up to the point where I left On a trip to deliver some masks to my in-laws a couple hundred miles away, got 70 miles to a supercharger and the display tells me dc charging disabled. I called Tesla and was told that because my car had a salvage title, it could no longer dc rapid charge. I was in shock, my own car had betrayed me!!!! I just want my car back the way it was. Please, if there is anyone who can help me, I would appreciate it!! Maybe you know someone at Tesla who can help me. I can provide pictures before the repair, documentation that the airbag didn’t deploy. This car is no more unsafe than any other Tesla with a clean title. I honestly was just trying to do the right thing, give a great car a 2nd chance. It was really not that much less expensive than a clean title Model X.