Newbie here sorry for the long post. Just my style.
Pretty sure my new to me 2015 doesn't have a heat pump right? Searching for "smoke while supercharging" results in a M3 topic where the issue was put to rest as "sometimes happens with heat pumps as you go from battery heating to battery cooling."
I've supercharged 5 times in the past 3 weeks since I got the car. My 240v home charger is going to be a few months away, I need to upgrade my service from 100 to 200A to be on the safe side but I digress.
Today I supercharged at a v3 station after a 35 mile highway leg. Navigated to it so that any necessary preconditioning would take place. Was faster than any previous session including one at the same charger a few days ago which hadn't followed a highway leg. Battery % plus kW rating was consistently 110-115 instead of 80 or 90.
I kept the AC on to see if that mattered this time. 65F out not very humid but the car was in the sun and a bit warm with 4 people inside.
After 30 minutes, it had reached 70%, and i see white puffs of smoke at the right headlight. Remembering my SAAB days I remembered wispy white smoke being a leaking coolant valve. Instiinctively I turn off the AC. Smoke stops.
Unlike the M3/Y discussion of no smell at all we smelled a distinct acrid smell, and I thought car expert dad always said "burning coolant has a sweet smell." (Does tesla use different kind of coolant?) A few minutes later I decide to pop the hood and peel the cover to smell. Mostly had dissipated but smelled not quite as bad as a busted capacitor smell but not quite odorless either.
CPO until January, mobile service is replacing the rearview mirror anyway if they get the part in by Friday, but depending what you add to the service request, it might route you to a SC appointment instead.
Pretty sure my new to me 2015 doesn't have a heat pump right? Searching for "smoke while supercharging" results in a M3 topic where the issue was put to rest as "sometimes happens with heat pumps as you go from battery heating to battery cooling."
I've supercharged 5 times in the past 3 weeks since I got the car. My 240v home charger is going to be a few months away, I need to upgrade my service from 100 to 200A to be on the safe side but I digress.
Today I supercharged at a v3 station after a 35 mile highway leg. Navigated to it so that any necessary preconditioning would take place. Was faster than any previous session including one at the same charger a few days ago which hadn't followed a highway leg. Battery % plus kW rating was consistently 110-115 instead of 80 or 90.
I kept the AC on to see if that mattered this time. 65F out not very humid but the car was in the sun and a bit warm with 4 people inside.
After 30 minutes, it had reached 70%, and i see white puffs of smoke at the right headlight. Remembering my SAAB days I remembered wispy white smoke being a leaking coolant valve. Instiinctively I turn off the AC. Smoke stops.
Unlike the M3/Y discussion of no smell at all we smelled a distinct acrid smell, and I thought car expert dad always said "burning coolant has a sweet smell." (Does tesla use different kind of coolant?) A few minutes later I decide to pop the hood and peel the cover to smell. Mostly had dissipated but smelled not quite as bad as a busted capacitor smell but not quite odorless either.
CPO until January, mobile service is replacing the rearview mirror anyway if they get the part in by Friday, but depending what you add to the service request, it might route you to a SC appointment instead.