I'm curious the problems you've had. I'm in a similar situation although my MS has not stranded me as it sounds like you've had. Similar in that I don't care to be owning a Tesla out of warranty (regardless of the car's history). Thanks!
Get some popcorn...a smoking jacket....and a bib.
So, I got my car in July 2016. It was at the very end of what I'd consider the
pinnacle of the Tesla buying experience. I had 2 support staff helping me with my car - they wanted to surprise me with it and felt bad when I saw it before it could be fully reviewed.
They said it was odd because I was kind of Meh about it all. It was a great experience but I just didn't really know how to feel....never bought something so expensive, and without pictures no less. The car was really really good condition. It looked so close to new, it was truly quite impressive. Few tiny paint chips, a few rub marks on interior...that's it. 59,000 miles
7/2016 to 7/2018 were fairly uneventful. Just all the minor stuff that Tesla owners complain about that Tesla bent over backwards to fix. Most of my complaints were due to the understaffed and overworked nearest service center - Mt. Kisco which was 4.5 hours drive from my house...Made around 5 of those trips back and forth.
Tesla fixed all the stuff that they fix for everybody else. Some brake pads, calipers even some sway bars and my drivers seat because it made a clicking noise after taking it to service once...it came back making new sounds. Always had problems with alignment so I gave up on that and got it done elsewhere.
November 2018 is when the crazy really started.
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November 8th 2018 just before a really bad cold wave, my heat stopped working in the car. I had only seat heaters. So if I needed to clear the windows - it could only be done by blasting cold air.
I scheduled an appointment with Mt. Kisco and drove down during a freakishly cold day, which stunk because the day before and the day after were both fairly warm. But the day we drove down we had trouble with windshield fog and and were using blankets and seat heaters while dealing with cranked cold air.
Mt. Kisco figured out that the car's DC to DC converter was dead and they replaced it even out of warranty. Which I really appreciated but they did inform me that going forward - that part is $2000....ouch. I picked up the car
November 20th 2018
December 20th, 2018 (1 month EXACTLY from when I last picked up the car)
I took my car to a car wash, and later that night, the car started throwing about 10 different codes on and off like crazy. I made it home despite loosing power steering.
When I got my car back into the garage at my house...it stayed there for almost 3 months. I'll say again...almost 3 months I was 4 days shy of 3 months. I didn't have a second car (which was stupid of me) and was borrowing a truck from work until I could source one. The car would not go into Drive...it would say "D" but not be in Drive. It would do strange stuff like wipers or lock me in the car. I tried to explain it to my wife how I felt in the garage when I tried to see what could be done for the car. I said it feels like the Tesla is unpredictable right now...like I have a wild horse in the garage and I'm glad it doesn't have Auto Pilot or I'd half expect to see it stuck in our yard some evening.
I even tried a factory reset - which did nothing but brick the center screen....
Mt. Kisco wouldn't help because they were in the year end push for 2018...which was really intense time for Tesla....they quoted me $1500 for a tow to the Service Center. I bought AAA, and bought a second car which could be serviced locally (a 2013 Chevy Volt).
I was on the phone with Tesla Support multiple times and they told me very confusing things about my car. They even said the car tried to initiate an update itself. I thought that could be the problem. I had Tesla Ranger come and try to replace my 12v...that didn't work. Ranger wouldn't call me back when I tried to get him there a 2nd time (Thanks Steve).
I kept the car charged by putting it up to 90% wait till it got low...back up to 90% and so on.
March 16th, the weather was starting to warm slightly so I went to my car and tried to put it in gear. Magically it drove out of my garage. I called my wife and said "the car is driving...I have no screen...therefore no heat again...no backup camera...not even sure if I can control the lights. But if I can drive up and down our road....we are going to Mt. Kisco." So we both dropped everything and headed for the service center.
Luckily we had already done Mt. Kisco with no heat...so we were pros at this now. But the windshield was difficult to keep it visible...but we made it again. Mt. Kisco was shocked when I said the car had been in my garage almost 3 months. They thought it had only been like 2 weeks...they were flabbergasted. Come to find out - my tire pressure sensors threw all the codes that made the car think it was falling apart. So....they upgraded to the latest version which I had to pay for, but I was back in business.
Car was done
March 18th 2019
November 13 2019
My car center screen repeatedly boots with the Tesla T against a black screen...then the screen goes blank...then tries again continuously.
Currently AAA is worried about towing the car with it stuck in Neutral.
