Does anyone know how much the Tesla Roof Rack (just the empty cross-bars) will affect the range? I'm ordering a Model Y, and was originally planning on taking the "roof rack" (cross-bars) off and on a few times per year, using them only for long trips. However, there are enough reports on this forum about cracked roof glass that I'm now afraid to do that!
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AlexHung
Member
Not enough for me to care. If your situation requires to really care about the few miles of lost efficiency, you have large problem to solve.
Thanks for your thoughts, folks. I think I found the answer: As I had hoped, the empty crossbars ("roof rack") only subtract around 1% from the range. Someone took the time to measure it: Tesla Model Y Roof Rack Efficiency Reduction Tested
So now I feel confident enough to buy the Model Y, pay the Tesla dealer to mount the roof rack, and just leave it mounted. If the roof cracks, I'll have someone to blame!
So now I feel confident enough to buy the Model Y, pay the Tesla dealer to mount the roof rack, and just leave it mounted. If the roof cracks, I'll have someone to blame!
Ctuna
Member
Loaded Roof Racks is the Test that matters .Roof Rack itself has minamal effect . There have been some study's with Rocket Pods. I well be testing with SUP's and sailboards soon.
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Ctuna
Member
There have been many reviews that say the raw rack only give a 1 percent
hit on range . It's the racks with loads that take a hit.
Not worth taking them off.
insideevs.com
hit on range . It's the racks with loads that take a hit.
Not worth taking them off.
Tesla Model Y Roof Rack Efficiency Reduction Tested
Any aftermarket product that adds weight and negatively impacts aero is going to reduce efficiency. Let's see if a roof rack hinders Model Y significantly.
insideevs.com
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Ctuna
Member
Also I bought the Tesla Racks and had them install because if there is any
issue with glass breaking I should be covered.
Those aftermarket Tesla racks do look the same though.
issue with glass breaking I should be covered.
Those aftermarket Tesla racks do look the same though.
Ctuna
Member
First significant trip with the car fully loaded with windsurf equipment and one board on top Santa Cruz to San Luis Res and back. Trip meter says 345 watts per mile as opposed to around 250 to 275 daily use unloaded. To be fair I don't know what this would look like with and unloaded trip. I was driving at the speed of traffic stereo , letting the air conditioning do it's thing most of the time . Started out with 297 range was at about 110 when I stopped at the Wastonville supercharger on the way back which is a physical range of 135 miles . Car used a few kw when sitting with the sentry on to .
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Ctuna
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Where does it state if they install it then then should anything happen to the glass they are responsible for it?
ucmndd
Well-Known Member
It doesn’t say so anywhere.
That said, it stands to reason that if a Tesla service center agrees to install a Tesla accessory on a Tesla vehicle, they assume the responsibility and liability for doing it right.
At least at the time of installation. I don’t think there’s any reasonable expectation that they’re going to remain liable if the glass cracks a year later.
Ctuna
Member
You can only go on history and from what has been reported they generally
do honor that .
The car may be brilliant but the Service has a lot to be desired and seems entirely disjointed if anything can't be done by the book.
do honor that .
The car may be brilliant but the Service has a lot to be desired and seems entirely disjointed if anything can't be done by the book.
any example of that "factory installed parts not being warranted"?
ucmndd
Well-Known Member
Such as?
I’d settle for one example out of the “tons” that exist where a Tesla service center installed a Tesla accessory on a Tesla vehicle, caused damage, and then refused to pay for it.
This is not the same thing at all as what @ucmndd said. I will make up a fictitious example. If a Tesla service center said to someone "yeah sorry, the crack on your windshield that was installed from the factory is not a warranty issue so we wont cover it", that would fit directly into your statement about "they dont even warranty some of their parts when installed from the factory".
There could, or could not, be valid reasons for the above windshield denial of warranty.
That is not the same thing AT ALL as somehow intimating that a tesla service center, if paid to install a Tesla windshield on a tesla vehicle would not replace said windshield if they broke it during installation.
I understand what he said. There’s no point of installing a roof rack by tesla if only the install at the time of installation is warranted. The whole point of the discussion is if tesla installs it..would it be warranted outside of installation and if so…how long?
The earlier comments implied or assumed that if tesla installed it and further down the road the glass cracks…then it be covered by warranty. Hence why I asked is there documentation. Most glass crack posts are outside of the install.
That may be your point of view, and thats fine, but there is no where in the post you quoted they said "down the line" so you inferred that, it wasnt said. Wht was said (which is the same thing you quoted):
No where in there does it say "down the line", and these forums are littered with people who installed it incorrectly and broke the glass, so for many there IS value in having Tesla install the roof rack. Perhaps for you there isnt, and thats fine, but for many others there would be, since they dont want to take the chance of braking the glass on install themselves.
The comment is referring to tesla and warranty claims in general pertaining to the car delivered and what bumper to bumper warranty means.Such as?
I’d settle for one example out of the “tons” that exist where a Tesla service center installed a Tesla accessory on a Tesla vehicle, caused damage, and then refused to pay for it.
