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watch the video.The seller should have notified you that this was an unsupported salvage car.
Tesla doesn't support salvage cars. No Supercharging or warranty.
Your beef should be with the seller.
He thought he purchased a damaged vehicle (door and fender bender).watch the video.
1. it was known. they purchased and repaired it.
2. tesla told them they had valid warranty
3. the car could supercharge and had full functionality until upon the warranty work without notice they changed that.
@VikH cut off your leg, you can still hop about.. still would use term "disabled"
they crippled one of the primary features of the car with terrible timing. so the title is valid
The loss of supercharging caused a delay so severe they had no choice but to find another vehicle and have that one towed 100 miles to a friends house.
No one is suggesting Tesla did anything maliciously, merely that they failed to communicate this to the owner.
This is the part I didn't catch from Rich's reading of the letter. Was it a salvage title or not... But, as is many times the case, bad comms by Tesla. <sigh>was it a salvage title? that wasn't clear in the video, just said it was bought an an action... or is that implied... seems like a simple inspection by tesla could determine if everything is ok in the high powered electrical system for charging etc. $10k is absurd unless things need to be replaced, like the entire battery pack.
on a separate note, can the owner use a chademo adapter?
Great point. I strongly disagree with the term disabled. If all charging was turned off then you could call it disabled. Only supercharging? Nah.Meh, not buying it. I know some Tesla owners that rarely Supercharge. If you do not travel long distance by car, it's not a primary feature.
They didn't cripple the car. The car functions perfectly with charging off of their HPWC at home and not exceeding the 200 mi range.
Tesla should have shown some class & empathy and turned SuperCharging back on until they got home.
In this case he should have been informed that it was a salvage car. If he wasn't informed, the seller is running a scam. He doesn't say if he knew it was a salvage car or not so we don't know if he just ignored the salvage car part or if he was scammed.I want to be able to buy a 1st, 2nd, or 3rd owner car without being Sherlock Holmes of the car world. I should just be able to plug in my TeslaSpy dongle and check the battery health, have someone check the alignment and look for major frame damage and call it good. I shouldn't have to wonder if Tesla will pull the plug on me two months later.
When I bought my first used Leaf I took it to the Nissan dealership down the road and tested an L2 and a Chademo Charge session. I bought it from a used car dealer and drove it 200+ miles to my house. I had no fear that Nissan would pull a fast one one me.
If I do the same with a used Tesla how do I know that I wont find out a week later or a month later that the supercharger test I did on the day I bought it wasn't valid?
Sure if the title says Salvage in big bold letters I know not to buy. But what if the title doesn't say salvage but it turns out to be marked salvage in some database and Tesla won't budge for less than 5 figures to re-certify? I sure don't trust Tesla comms enough to just call the 800# and believe the status they tell me. We know they can cut off Supercharging later after the sale so I can't use empirical testing at the time of purchase.
If you buy a salvage vehicle and don't know it, you have much bigger issues than worrying about supercharging.Sure if the title says Salvage in big bold letters I know not to buy. But what if the title doesn't say salvage but it turns out to be marked salvage in some database and Tesla won't budge for less than 5 figures to re-certify?