-
Want to remove ads? Register an account and login to see fewer ads, and become a Supporting Member to remove almost all ads.
Adrian
Title(D)
curious to see what happens with the salvaged car group with the airbag recall
many of us have never brought our cars to Tesla and don't plan to, but this news about the airbags may draw many of us from the woodwork as they say.
wonder what would happen if someone brought a non certified repaired tesla to get the airbag recall done?
refusal of service? blacklist car? or perform the service and turn the other cheek
what are your thoughts?
many of us have never brought our cars to Tesla and don't plan to, but this news about the airbags may draw many of us from the woodwork as they say.
wonder what would happen if someone brought a non certified repaired tesla to get the airbag recall done?
refusal of service? blacklist car? or perform the service and turn the other cheek
what are your thoughts?
bkp_duke
Well-Known Member
By law, they have to honor safety recalls, even on non-supported and out of warranty cars. Them not doing to would cause such a @#$% storm that I cannot imagine them going down that route.
FYI, the pros probably know this, but I just found out the Model S has two steering wheel airbag modules, gen1 and gen 2. Gen 1 has 2 white wires going to the brown connector and was used until sometime in 2014. Being a newbie, I got a gen 2 off Ebay and didn't know the difference before I threw away my deployed gen 1. Now I need a deployed gen 1 airbag module in order to swap out the steering wheel controllers. Anybody have one?
Here is the parts list:
1 Busbar, Output, Neg, HVBAT, MDLS
(1048111-00-A)
2 SCREW,M8-1.25x19,HEX,BARSS,PATCH WITH WASHERS
(1004392-00-B)
1 FIELD KIT PYRO FUSE PACK 1.0 1.5
(1089619-00-B)
1 FIELD CONTRACTOR KIT W/O FUSE - PACK 1.0 1.5 (I think they meant contactor)
(1084515-00=B)
1 BLANKET, CERAMIC, HV, BATTERY, MDLS
(1006466-00-F)
8 TALL HEAD HOLLOW FASTENER FOR BIW MOUNTING SLEEVES WITH VHB SEAL
(1018552-00B)
2 SHORT HEAD PACK SPACER FASTENER ASSEMBLY
(1018551-00-B)
1 BATTERY RECYCLING LABEL
(1015713-00-B)
Here is explanation of work:
Replace power switches with latest generation parts as necessary.
Replace HV Blanket with updated part.
Retrofit 2nd Generation Battery Blanket and Remove Corrosion From Battery Cover.
OK, so...What is it that they are doing and why is it $1300 in parts and labor. My suspicion is that a contactor is working at going bad
and they want to upgrade with better contactor. Also, maybe a better Pyro switch and HV Blanket. Previous owner had shutdown while going uphill. After a tow and 12 volt battery disconnect, car was restarted and set code. They traded it 3 weeks later to Tesla Motors for a new car. I now own the car I believe without warranty. This was a re-certified car with salvage title. The code that was set was relayed to Tesla Service Tech who said it is a common problem and provided the above info of what to expect although hadn't seen the car. The car is drivable but maybe with a slight slowdown on a mash the pedal takeoff. The previous owners said that they had spent $11,000 on the re-certification process. I will be taking possession in about four weeks. They also said that they had the rear motor replaced before and they thought the rear motor developed a whine again. It is an MS, 85kWh. They had owned the car three years before trading it in.
1 Busbar, Output, Neg, HVBAT, MDLS
(1048111-00-A)
2 SCREW,M8-1.25x19,HEX,BARSS,PATCH WITH WASHERS
(1004392-00-B)
1 FIELD KIT PYRO FUSE PACK 1.0 1.5
(1089619-00-B)
1 FIELD CONTRACTOR KIT W/O FUSE - PACK 1.0 1.5 (I think they meant contactor)
(1084515-00=B)
1 BLANKET, CERAMIC, HV, BATTERY, MDLS
(1006466-00-F)
8 TALL HEAD HOLLOW FASTENER FOR BIW MOUNTING SLEEVES WITH VHB SEAL
(1018552-00B)
2 SHORT HEAD PACK SPACER FASTENER ASSEMBLY
(1018551-00-B)
1 BATTERY RECYCLING LABEL
(1015713-00-B)
Here is explanation of work:
Replace power switches with latest generation parts as necessary.
Replace HV Blanket with updated part.
Retrofit 2nd Generation Battery Blanket and Remove Corrosion From Battery Cover.
OK, so...What is it that they are doing and why is it $1300 in parts and labor. My suspicion is that a contactor is working at going bad
and they want to upgrade with better contactor. Also, maybe a better Pyro switch and HV Blanket. Previous owner had shutdown while going uphill. After a tow and 12 volt battery disconnect, car was restarted and set code. They traded it 3 weeks later to Tesla Motors for a new car. I now own the car I believe without warranty. This was a re-certified car with salvage title. The code that was set was relayed to Tesla Service Tech who said it is a common problem and provided the above info of what to expect although hadn't seen the car. The car is drivable but maybe with a slight slowdown on a mash the pedal takeoff. The previous owners said that they had spent $11,000 on the re-certification process. I will be taking possession in about four weeks. They also said that they had the rear motor replaced before and they thought the rear motor developed a whine again. It is an MS, 85kWh. They had owned the car three years before trading it in.
Last edited:
Dr. Smoke
My former name was Edmond. Before that, Quantum`.
Regardless of year, you must change the diff oil around the one year mark or sooner. After that it's good for 100k or so miles as rated.
