wiztecy
Active Member
Appears Tesla is coming back saying that you can't buy individual sheets. This is interesting, shouldn't a car manufacturer supply parts for the car they manufacture? I'm curious if a wholesale repair shop can order a sheet.
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I was always under the impression that an auto manufacturer was legally bound to provide you the exact parts or equivalent aftermarket parts matching or exceeding original OEM specs.
I found this: united states - Are Auto Manufacturers required under US Federal Law to provide parts for a set period of time? - Skeptics Stack Exchange - so apparently there is no law for parts availability after the warranty has expired.
That said, it is a bit alarming that Tesla would not make spare parts available to an owner.
That said, it is a bit alarming that Tesla would not make spare parts available to an owner.
strider
Active Member
I'm sure they can fulfill this by selling you a new battery. Likely not have to sell individual subassemblies.
wiztecy
Active Member
Through a service manager contact. If we want to inquire further about it we can get in touch with the Tesla Regional Manager, Anthony Well. Possibly if we all get together and voice our opinions we may get somewhere. But I think it would have to be pretty organized.
Well then... if you brought them a battery pack with a missing/dead sheet, would they "fix" it for you? That's got to be a lot cheaper than getting them to do all the labour?
tomsax
Member
I could understand them not selling a single brick, but being able to buy a single sheet has long been a selling point of the Roadster.
Single bricks can't be changed, it's not possible to mechanically remove a single brick from a sheet without destroying the sheet.
Afaik Tesla doesn't sell individual sheets, but I didn't talk to them about this myself.
Afaik Tesla doesn't sell individual sheets, but I didn't talk to them about this myself.
wiztecy
Active Member
So here's more info. Tesla does not want to sell parts nor support any vehicle that's been declared salvaged/totaled. That means there's no way to buy parts for these and to officially get them back on the Road. There is some clause Tesla has had for 3+ years back and it was just verified it still stands.
If you had a sheet go bad and your car is not salvaged. You could pull the pack and then have Telsa put the sheet in. Not verified but it appears true. I also believe that if you find a shop that's an authorized Tesla Parts wholesaler that the parts can be purchased by them and they can put the part in.
I think that clause really sucks and I'm disappointed. So it just makes me feel that many of these Roadsters that are very repairable are going to have a slow death.
Most likely why they didn't want to repair or open up Roadster #783 to be back on the road again.
Looks like we need really put our heads together and make our own support network.
If you had a sheet go bad and your car is not salvaged. You could pull the pack and then have Telsa put the sheet in. Not verified but it appears true. I also believe that if you find a shop that's an authorized Tesla Parts wholesaler that the parts can be purchased by them and they can put the part in.
I think that clause really sucks and I'm disappointed. So it just makes me feel that many of these Roadsters that are very repairable are going to have a slow death.
Most likely why they didn't want to repair or open up Roadster #783 to be back on the road again.
Looks like we need really put our heads together and make our own support network.
Might be worth contacting this shop to see whether they might be interested:
http://www.emotorwerks.com/
wiztecy
Active Member
I was looking at that site yesterday, the think about replacing the sheets is that you want to replace it with one that matches very close with the CAC/Voltage/ and age of the cells/sheets that are already in there. That's where the Tesla supplied sheets work nicely, since they have a stock of sheets at different CAC and age.
I don't know how harmful or fast it would degrade the pack if higher CAC and newer cells were placed in the ESS. I thought the software would handle it since it only can have as much range / CAC as the lowest sheet/brick in the pack.
spaceballs
Member
Getting a sheet from Tesla would have been nice, but I was never expecting that to ever happen. I'll be replacing the sheet with a custom battery, and yes we know what were doing 
and sorry I cant give out details at this time on it
and sorry I cant give out details at this time on it 
JRP3
Hyperactive Member
I'm confused, you're working on this car, or are you talking about the other Roadster you bought? And when you say you're replacing the sheet with a custom battery, do you mean you're replacing the whole pack?
spaceballs
Member
I'm now back in #970, a 2.5 Sport that was a previous service loaner. White's a rare color so I picked twilight blue as my wife liked the color from a another loaner
I had while #783 was being serviced. Here are some pics at the factory and around the neighborhood -
I had while #783 was being serviced. Here are some pics at the factory and around the neighborhood -
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