When I rent a car, its usually a Model Y because they are dirt cheap around these parts. I rented one during Thanksgiving and went up and down California for a week. It was a great experience.
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Tesla Model 3 Battery Died!
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When I rent a car, its usually a Model Y because they are dirt cheap around these parts. I rented one during Thanksgiving and went up and down California for a week. It was a great experience.
stopcrazypp
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Tesla SCs aren't profit generators like dealerships. They just follow whatever is in the book and they typically are swamped with work just from handling regular warranty work, so they may not dedicate much time to diagnosing the problem in depth.
Look it is ok if you do not believe me. My whole point of posting this story was to warn people about driving your Tesla outside of the battery warranty. I personally - perhaps naively didn't think anything would happen to the battery till 200K or more based off of what the sales ppl told me when I bought the car. In hindsight I should have looked into it more and it caught me off guard when it failed. I still love the car and will be very sad to part from it if that is what ends up happening
zoomer0056
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That makes sense to me. With all considered, you must limit risk as much as possible. It's a new age we're in with unknowns being discovered. ICE has a proven track record whereas EVs don't. In my situation, I'll never go back to the ICE ages. With that said, I plan on selling my 2022 MSLR after five years to get the latest tech and a new battery. At five years it will have enough value to sell. One cannot efficiently keep an EV as long as one could keep an ICE vehicle. Times are changed.
zoomer0056
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That was the weird part - they were driving it around their own packed Tesla parking lot. Twice they drove it to one of the chargers in the lot and the other 3 times, just changed parking spots. Also the car was not in service mode. I wonder if they were looking up the codes based off of the pictures of the codes I sent to them. I don't think they took it into their service bay or atleast I never saw it go there. They only put it into service mode after I floated the idea to them that I might get it shipped out to me instead of getting it fixed. So let's see what happens. Once I get the estimate, I am going to ask them - if they will trade it in as is and I get a new Tesla and not have to fix it. Not sure if that will be a possibility.
I do believe that you are posting this to strike angst in the hearts of owners-and I understand why you won't post invoice copies. Though I don't really understand some other points.Look it is ok if you do not believe me. My whole point of posting this story was to warn people about driving your Tesla outside of the battery warranty. I personally - perhaps naively didn't think anything would happen to the battery till 200K or more based off of what the sales ppl told me when I bought the car. In hindsight I should have looked into it more and it caught me off guard when it failed. I still love the car and will be very sad to part from it if that is what ends up happening
It might help us all out if you can tell us what Tesla Service Center you are dealing with-you were on a road trip from east to west but you live in Las Vegas.
Many, many posts on these forums contain screenshots of invoices and app messages... it's very easy to crop out personal information.
The unwillingness to provide any of that just further fuels my distrust for this thread.
I just assumed this thread was legit, but now I see that the OP joined five years ago and this is the only thread they've posted in. So maybe time to post a few invoices/messages...
This is true, when your car is in service it is switched to service mode and what you can see is limited. Mine is currently there.
zoomer0056
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That doesn't necessarily mean what you're eluding to. Many post to voice legitimate disappointment. Just read all the pages of FSD/b. OP is passing on his story for your education. True or not, the moral driven home by this story is to be aware of warranties.
Ironically, the age of the ICE may have put enough CO2 into the atmosphere to make sure we do not enter another ice age ever again.
(Yes I know there are lots of sources of CO2 that are not related to ICE's, just making a point).
That on its own doesnt mean that much. Just because someone joined a while ago but isnt super active here, it doesnt automatically mean there is anything going on with their post when they come back.
its pretty common for people to jump on line and rant when something goes wrong, so that part is pretty normal.
As already pointed out, though, there are a few other things that have been posted that seem a bit.... lets say, "unusual". Tesla doesnt have to "source" a battery to give a price. They might have to wait for one to come in to perform the work (for example).
Talking about "tow the car away at night so tesla doesnt scare them away" sounds pretty overly dramatic, and simply isnt a thing unless the OP is trying to insinuate that they are trying to take their car back without paying for any diagnostic work.
There are a couple other things but I will likely be accused of piling on or something if I point them out.
The OP could go a long way in confirming this stuff by taking a screenshot of their tesla quote for service, showing the battery quote, along with the date (with their personal information blacked out).
Folks - I feel that the post replies have gotten a bit out of hand. I was merely posting about my experience to fellow Tesla owners and making them more aware of the battery warranty because of what occurred with me since I personally never paid much attention to it...well until it happened to me. I never posted a dramatic YouTube video or contacted the press - this was an internal convo within the Tesla Forum. For the ones that don't believe me or doubt the details of my story, it's ok & you do not have to believe it. For the ones that sympathized with my situation and/or offered advice, I am very thankful. Good night.
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***facepalm - I thought this was an internal Tesla owners forum - this was the first forum I have ever been on! Thanks for letting me know.
There is no requirement to own a Tesla to be a part of this forum. Anyone can join, hence it’s a public forum.
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