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S Continues to lock-up will not roll. Driveline or Brakes? Service will do nothing!
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more info please, i have had a similar issue, i can explain what checks you can do.
A fairly regular / normal cause of this type of thing is the brake pads sort of fusing to the rotors. Have someone check your brake pads, or try bedding in your brakes (google that term, bedding in brakes, you should find videos describing it. Its basically accelerating, then braking hard but not all the way to a stop, a few times).
ucmndd
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Stop putting the car away wet. The pads are seizing to the rotors. Very common.
yes, your pads/rotors are wet and are fusing to eachother. because this car doesnt use the brakes as often, they are not as "clean" due to surface contact and use as normal car brakes. happens if your car got sprayed by the evening sprinklers for example, and sat overnight.
or you've taken it through a car wash that has an underbody spray, or just washed it yourself and used pressure washer/sprayer/hose to spray the wheels/wheel well area well to try and clean your rims well, getting the brakes and rotors wet.
To be specific, after car wash drive and use brakes enough to dry out (couple minutes with heavier brake use), before letting car sit.
If you get the new CCB retrofit from Tesla it should fix your problem as my other car with CCBs doesn't have this sticking issue since a CC rotor does not rust the same way an iron one does when exposed to moisture. It will only cost you $20k.
If putting away wet, move the car a few inches after about 5 hours. Should reduce the initial “snap” of the brakes. Other cars with similar brakes have this issue. I asked a friend of mine about this and his Audi does the same thing.
that said, this is one of the few cars id splurge for CCBs on, since the brake wear is so minimal. ive had the same pads and rotors for 160k miles. still measure just fine, no need to replace yet
This is what I thought, I continue to stay on the brakes and try to dry the pads after washes. If it is the brakes does Tesla have a new Pad that corrects the problem? Have you herd of any other issues, I was thinking maybe another issue like a broken gear in the parking brake like they had in 2014. I saw they had a recall for that. Really crazy, my wife is afraid to drive the car!
This is what I thought, I continue to stay on the brakes and try to dry the pads after washes. If it is the brakes does Tesla have a new Pad that corrects the problem? Have you herd of any other issues, I was thinking maybe another issue like a broken gear in the parking brake like they had in 2014. I saw they had a recall for that. Really crazy, my wife is afraid to drive the car!
This is what I thought, I continue to stay on the brakes and try to dry the pads after washes. If it is the brakes does Tesla have a new Pad that corrects the problem? Have you herd of any other issues, I was thinking maybe another issue like a broken gear in the parking brake like they had in 2014. I saw they had a recall for that. Really crazy, my wife is afraid to drive the car!
Is there some reason you quoted my post two separate times, with the exact same copy / paste response?
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