I rubbed one of the rims on my Model 3 on a curb, so decided to get it fixed. Had a service that comes to your house do the repair. They said they needed to be able to rotate the wheel (rear passenger), so they asked me to turn on "Towing mode". I did so and he jacked up the passenger rear of the car. Wheel spins freely. He worked about 40 minutes, once done, the wheel looked 99.5% fixed. I'm happy. I let the car sit for maybe 4-5 hours while I worked as he asked to wait before putting the aero cap on.
It's time to pick up my son, so I pop the aero cap on and put the car in reverse - it won't move. When I press the accelerator, I can feel the passenger rear wheel is stuck while all others are trying to move (the car kind of "tilts"). I give it a little more go, but it's not moving. At this point, I assume something is wrong with the release of towing mode or the brake is somehow still engaged. After basic troubleshoot (enable/disable towing mode, computer reboot), I make an appointment with Tesla roadside assistance hoping they know something I don't. After some texts, they say "contact service". I put in a service request which is for Friday.
My wife asks, "why don't you call the guy who fixed your rim?" Good idea, I was thinking to do that. I call him up, "just give it some gas, the wheel is stuck". I pushed back, but he insisted. I got in the car and gave it more go...the car moved back a little and DRAGGED the stuck wheel backwards. This time I gave it more go, POP, it breaks loose. Sigh...so he says the clear coat sometimes makes the wheel stick, especially since I let it sit for a number of hours. Wheel makes ticking noises for a while on my drive, but has basically gone away as it weared away the area that had issue.
I'm mechanically inclined, I get it...the brake stuck to the rotor. But honestly, this did not cross my mind as I didn't assume the rotor would be sprayed or that it could stick THAT hard.
Anyway, tale for anyone who may see this and it helps them or "yeah, happened to me too", or "the dude shouldn't have sprayed your rotors".
It's time to pick up my son, so I pop the aero cap on and put the car in reverse - it won't move. When I press the accelerator, I can feel the passenger rear wheel is stuck while all others are trying to move (the car kind of "tilts"). I give it a little more go, but it's not moving. At this point, I assume something is wrong with the release of towing mode or the brake is somehow still engaged. After basic troubleshoot (enable/disable towing mode, computer reboot), I make an appointment with Tesla roadside assistance hoping they know something I don't. After some texts, they say "contact service". I put in a service request which is for Friday.
My wife asks, "why don't you call the guy who fixed your rim?" Good idea, I was thinking to do that. I call him up, "just give it some gas, the wheel is stuck". I pushed back, but he insisted. I got in the car and gave it more go...the car moved back a little and DRAGGED the stuck wheel backwards. This time I gave it more go, POP, it breaks loose. Sigh...so he says the clear coat sometimes makes the wheel stick, especially since I let it sit for a number of hours. Wheel makes ticking noises for a while on my drive, but has basically gone away as it weared away the area that had issue.
I'm mechanically inclined, I get it...the brake stuck to the rotor. But honestly, this did not cross my mind as I didn't assume the rotor would be sprayed or that it could stick THAT hard.
Anyway, tale for anyone who may see this and it helps them or "yeah, happened to me too", or "the dude shouldn't have sprayed your rotors".
