Hi Folks!
My 2014 S85 has finally hit a few snags requiring minor service. As mentioned in a another post, an electrical issue has taken out the following on both doors of the driver's side:
1) Windows are inoperable. They do nudge down when you open the doors (as expected). It is December in the Northeast soo not that big of a deal -- as long as they are stuck in the closed position (which they are).
2) Door handles do not retract. The little embedded handle lights stay on, even when locked by key. This means that even though the car is "locked," anyone can enter the car through the doors on the driver side. Great for parking in dicey neighborhoods.
3) Rear mirror control on the driver's door is dead.
TeslaTap has diagnosed this as a broken wire running along the driver's side of the car that powers these modules. Either that or it's a fuse. I have an appointment at the Paramus SC this coming Wednesday, January 2, 2019 to make what is probably not a complicated repair. I had a ranger appointment for them to come to me to fix this but I had to cancel when I hit a pothole on I-91 north of Brattleboro VT this past Friday. So now I need a new rim. I have decided to bring my Scarlett in to handle both repairs.
Needless to say, the vampire drain is noticeably worse with the door handles protruded and lighting the ground below needlessly 24/7. It can be as high as 10 miles a day!
As Scarlett parks in a Manhattan parking garage serviced by the world's most expensive Blink EV charging station (49¢/kw!), I have decided to let the battery drain out and revive the car the day before instead of loading up on expensive electric uselessly. Also, the mad scientist in me is intrigued at reanimating a dead car.
As of this afternoon, Scarlett is at 0 miles of range is no longer online or visible on my app.
Tesla cognoscenti, what can I expect when I try to revive a bricked car this coming Tuesday? I see this as a stress free chance to engage in evil experiments contrary to nature.
Specifically, when the car bricks itself, will I be able to open the trunk? I expect so since the latch is mechanical.
When I plug in my charging cable to a 110v outlet and press the release button (on the cable), will the charge port pop open as always? This, I have my doubts about. I would expect that I could probably persuade the port open with my thumb on the right side (taking care not to pinch myself when it opens).
Will the charge port be blocked by the locking pin? That really can't be possible, right?
Will I need extra time before the car "comes back to life?" Will Scarlett call me "Master" and then do my bidding mindlessly, no matter what I ask?
I will check back in and provide updates for those who find the morbidity here interesting.
My 2014 S85 has finally hit a few snags requiring minor service. As mentioned in a another post, an electrical issue has taken out the following on both doors of the driver's side:
1) Windows are inoperable. They do nudge down when you open the doors (as expected). It is December in the Northeast soo not that big of a deal -- as long as they are stuck in the closed position (which they are).
2) Door handles do not retract. The little embedded handle lights stay on, even when locked by key. This means that even though the car is "locked," anyone can enter the car through the doors on the driver side. Great for parking in dicey neighborhoods.
3) Rear mirror control on the driver's door is dead.
TeslaTap has diagnosed this as a broken wire running along the driver's side of the car that powers these modules. Either that or it's a fuse. I have an appointment at the Paramus SC this coming Wednesday, January 2, 2019 to make what is probably not a complicated repair. I had a ranger appointment for them to come to me to fix this but I had to cancel when I hit a pothole on I-91 north of Brattleboro VT this past Friday. So now I need a new rim. I have decided to bring my Scarlett in to handle both repairs.
Needless to say, the vampire drain is noticeably worse with the door handles protruded and lighting the ground below needlessly 24/7. It can be as high as 10 miles a day!
As Scarlett parks in a Manhattan parking garage serviced by the world's most expensive Blink EV charging station (49¢/kw!), I have decided to let the battery drain out and revive the car the day before instead of loading up on expensive electric uselessly. Also, the mad scientist in me is intrigued at reanimating a dead car.
As of this afternoon, Scarlett is at 0 miles of range is no longer online or visible on my app.
Tesla cognoscenti, what can I expect when I try to revive a bricked car this coming Tuesday? I see this as a stress free chance to engage in evil experiments contrary to nature.
Specifically, when the car bricks itself, will I be able to open the trunk? I expect so since the latch is mechanical.
When I plug in my charging cable to a 110v outlet and press the release button (on the cable), will the charge port pop open as always? This, I have my doubts about. I would expect that I could probably persuade the port open with my thumb on the right side (taking care not to pinch myself when it opens).
Will the charge port be blocked by the locking pin? That really can't be possible, right?
Will I need extra time before the car "comes back to life?" Will Scarlett call me "Master" and then do my bidding mindlessly, no matter what I ask?
I will check back in and provide updates for those who find the morbidity here interesting.
