I've signed away Supercharging but not DC fast charging. They can prevent me from using Superchargers but they have no legal right to prevent me from using third party Dc fast chargers.
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Very good question, i was expecting them to have the car for maximum a week since they had the majority of the parts in stock and were given plenty of notice.
I needed the following replaced
Recall for airbag and steering bolts
Pyro fuse and HV contactors
Rear motor and HV leads to rear motor
I discharged the battery pack since it was a non runner so they could carry the work out on the battery pack straight away.
They tried to isolate the pack but due to the contactors being welded shut they couldn't.
They trusted false data from the vehicle and even though i advised them it was discharged they simply parked the vehicle
and advised they would need to fly in an expert to discharge the pack.
I don’t know your other username but if you’ve been around here any length of time, why wouldn’t you have gone to any number of aftermarket shops to replace pyro fuse, rear motor, contractors and leads? Let Tesla do their required recall work and kept your Supercharging, etc? I think aftermarket shops would have been far cheaper too.
I’m very sorry that Tesla treated you so badly but sadly we’ve come to expect such treatment. I hope that some good can come of this by not only a positive outcome to your lawsuit, but also by serving as a warning to others to use aftermarket shops.
Sad for Tesla too because most legacy automakers’ dealers make most of their money from service — Tesla’s (in)actions with your car discourage all owners, salvage or not, from going to Tesla stores for service. More penny wise and pound foolish (not) thinking by Tesla.
Sorry, CentOS fell down and couldn't get up, going from 8.0 to 8.1 so I had an outage. Back up.I think it happened again..
If you have a salvage car and have read almost any of the posts here, why are you still making it easy for Tesla to access to your car to disable functions? They should NOT disable any functionality without your permission, but you don’t have to make it easy for them. Please read more and get some help before they disable all of your DC charging ability or other more essential functions than premium connectivity. Good luck!
bkp_duke
Well-Known Member
BINGO!
My salvage car is 100% disconnected from the "mothership" and will NOT be getting the more recent software updates that have battergate and chargegate in them. For a legacy car without autopilot, I don't really see those updates bringing much to the table anyway.
aerodyne
2 of 3 EV's - Defect Free!
Probably had moderate body damage requiring new parts. I heard it can take this long for parts.
I keep Tess garaged and rarely drive, and certainly never park next to anyone or on the street.
Having the car is not as fun as it used to be for some reason.
Hey guys and gals! I'm looking at a salvage Model 3 and have a few questions. Things appear to have changed a lot since I had my last salvage Model S in 2015.
The car has a 12v battery warning despite having had it's battery replaced with a new one the owner bought from Tesla. Is this is a simple reset or a relic from the accident?
The car is stating it needs a software update but also says to call the dealer and it's displaying that message as a warning versus a pop-up saying a software update is ready like my clean title model 3 does. It has a slew of other warnings. Would the presence of faults in the car's various subsystems prevent it from updating or is it blacklisted? It said to connect it to Wi-Fi and I connected it with my phone but it wouldn't start downloading. Are these cars continuing to get updates or will it forever be locked to it's current version?
It's my understanding that supercharging is still enabled on Model 3's. Is that still the case? I don't absolutely need it but it would be nice to have the flexibility.
The car has a 12v battery warning despite having had it's battery replaced with a new one the owner bought from Tesla. Is this is a simple reset or a relic from the accident?
The car is stating it needs a software update but also says to call the dealer and it's displaying that message as a warning versus a pop-up saying a software update is ready like my clean title model 3 does. It has a slew of other warnings. Would the presence of faults in the car's various subsystems prevent it from updating or is it blacklisted? It said to connect it to Wi-Fi and I connected it with my phone but it wouldn't start downloading. Are these cars continuing to get updates or will it forever be locked to it's current version?
It's my understanding that supercharging is still enabled on Model 3's. Is that still the case? I don't absolutely need it but it would be nice to have the flexibility.
aerodyne
2 of 3 EV's - Defect Free!
From the nature of your questions I would respectfully suggest you not buy this car until you do more research.
You can put a multi meter into the 12v accessory plug and see if the 12v system is above 12.8 v. If not, that could be the cause of some of the warnings.
You can put a multi meter into the 12v accessory plug and see if the 12v system is above 12.8 v. If not, that could be the cause of some of the warnings.
I’ve owned and worked on salvage Tesla’s before. I’m not new to the game and already chased down and fixed a bunch of issues on this car.
I don’t have the car in front of me to troubleshoot though and thought I’d ping the collective experience of others to see if there was a well known reason to still have that 12v warning after the battery was replaced.
I don’t have the car in front of me to troubleshoot though and thought I’d ping the collective experience of others to see if there was a well known reason to still have that 12v warning after the battery was replaced.
aerodyne
2 of 3 EV's - Defect Free!
If the 12v is low, and the HV pack is not discharged, you could have bad DC-DC contactors, a major problem.
aerodyne
2 of 3 EV's - Defect Free!
Could be any number of issues. You did not give the error codes.
$7 USB charger with volt readout could be plugged in by someone.
