Speed Reduced

[Morhydro]

Driving home today the car suddenly announced 'Speed limited to 60 mph'. Actually it initially said 62 mph, then 60mph then 57mph. Why? Battery still have more than 50% left left. Do I need a service visit?

 

[init6]

Power reduced error - how common is it and will it come back?

 

[CordD]

Has anyone discovered why this is happening. I'm experiencing the same issue at least a couple days a week for over a month. I can have a full charge with the car warmed up and running for some time, and then suddenly the speed is limited warning like in the Morhydro's picture.

 

[Adopado]

Has anyone discovered why this is happening. I'm experiencing the same issue at least a couple days a week for over a month. I can have a full charge with the car warmed up and running for some time, and then suddenly the speed is limited warning like in the Morhydro's picture.

I would be making a service call via the app asap. I’m not sure if @Morhydro has information about what happened… that would be helpful to others.

 

[Jason71]

Has anyone discovered why this is happening. I'm experiencing the same issue at least a couple days a week for over a month. I can have a full charge with the car warmed up and running for some time, and then suddenly the speed is limited warning like in the Morhydro's picture.

This was the ops issue I believe. A coolant problem which would make sense

Loan Vehicle - how far can I take it?

You may have read in another thread that my M3LR suddenly decided to limit the speed to 55mph. It did this for a whole evening even though there was plenty of electrons left in the battery. After a SuperCharge it seemed to recover and the fault has not re-occurred. However it was booked in for...

teslamotorsclub.com

Agree with @Adopado, book it in for a service

 

[Neilio]

I've had the same issue three times now. Twice I was accelerating whilst coming out of a corner so I wondered if that had anything to do with it. The last time I was just driving at 30 on a normal road though

 

[Adopado]

This was the ops issue I believe. A coolant problem which would make sense

Loan Vehicle - how far can I take it?

You may have read in another thread that my M3LR suddenly decided to limit the speed to 55mph. It did this for a whole evening even though there was plenty of electrons left in the battery. After a SuperCharge it seemed to recover and the fault has not re-occurred. However it was booked in for...

teslamotorsclub.com

Agree with @Adopado, book it in for a service

Interesting. Reading the post, that one looks like a Superbottle gasket issue ... relevant to note because the newer cars don't have that part (we know it's the Superbottle becasue of the age of the car and reference to 4 valves) ... it has been superceded by the even more whizzo sounding "Octovalve". Could well be similarly related to coolant flow though. At least the Service Centres should have some previous experience of something similar.

 

[Jason71]

Interesting. Reading the post, that one looks like a Superbottle gasket issue ... relevant to note because the newer cars don't have that part (we know it's the Superbottle becasue of the age of the car and reference to 4 valves) ... it has been superceded by the even more whizzo sounding "Octovalve". Could well be similarly related to coolant flow though. At least the Service Centres should have some previous experience of something similar.

if the battery was overheating then limiting the speed would make sense since it would limit the current draw and reduce heat generation

 

[CordD]

Thanks for the replies. I was going to take it in for service as suggested, but my lease is up in a couple weeks and I take delivery of my new one in a couple days, so I'll let them deal with it then. I do believe it could be the coolant issue mentioned as it did have a coolant problem last summer, and it is starting to make a lot of the same noise again which sounds like some kind of fan or maybe a pump.

 

[Jason71]

Thanks for the replies. I was going to take it in for service as suggested, but my lease is up in a couple weeks and I take delivery of my new one in a couple days, so I'll let them deal with it then. I do believe it could be the coolant issue mentioned as it did have a coolant problem last summer, and it is starting to make a lot of the same noise again which sounds like some kind of fan or maybe a pump.

I take it isn't another Tesla if you are getting it in a couple of days then?

 

[CordD]

I take it isn't another Tesla if you are getting it in a couple of days then?

Sorry, thought I had replied. Yep, another Model 3 LR. Purchased this time. I only had about a 7 week wait and got it before the recent $5,000 increase, so I guess I got lucky.

 

[Jason71]

Sorry, thought I had replied. Yep, another Model 3 LR. Purchased this time. I only had about a 7 week wait and got it before the recent $5,000 increase, so I guess I got lucky.

Ah I did not notice your location. Ain't no one in the UK getting a Tesla in May. hence my comment.