Tesla Multipoint Inspection & Recommended Repairs

[Falcon73]

I haven't heard of these "links" before, which are the bulk of the $2.5k repair bill. I will research this here on TMC, but I want to put the estimate up for comments. We are road tripping our MX to Washington state thru NV, UT & ID at the end of the month.

I have read about the half shafts, so I'm inclined to do those, but I need to approve or modify this estimate soon.

Here's the bulk of it, but the full report is in the attachments:

Any input is welcome. I've already poured so much money into the car... but if it's a safety issue I don't want to take the chance.

Thank you!

 

[aesculus]

What is this Tesla Multipoint Inspection, how did you find out about it, what does it cover and what does it cost?

 

[Falcon73]

I found out about it (the Tesla Multipoint Inspection) from a thread in the California forum here on TMC.

$265 is the estimate for it and they replaced the cabin filter already. Let's see what the final billing is on just these 2 items.

 

[brainhouston]

Those are your standard 2 bottom control arms that hold suspension to frame.
You can look at them yourself and see if rubber bushings are worn.
If they're making knocking noise I'd consider replacing but at 40k mi I doubt they're bad.
Also not sure why Tesla charges so much for some suspension components, much cheaper to get used on eBay.
I wanted to replace my front hub due to little play, Tesla price is $270, got it from eBay for $40...

 

[Falcon73]

Thank you. I'm going to get the car back today and get a 2nd opinion, from a place that will inspect it for free. I will see what they say.

We haven't had any issues yet, with shudder, creaking, knocking or anything like that. I've heard what some of it sounds like on older TeslaBjørn videos, but I need to check how many miles he had on "Optimus Prime" last time he had a video on it...

It probably helps that I don't have a "lead" foot and run in Chill mode all the time. Chill mode and chill driving. I also drive in Standard height with auto lowering at 60 and with Range Mode off, which puts the power to the rear wheels mostly at low speeds.

 

[brainhouston]

Auto lowering actually might wear out bushings faster cause if alignment was done at normal then at any other setting the bushings will be slightly stretched...
Just a theory tho, how much it actually matters i don't know n haven't tested...

 

[Falcon73]

I got a second opinion and they can't find anything that Tesla was talking about at the service center.

Not only that they had me look under the car to show me all the bushings and things now I don't really know that much about all this stuff but I didn't see anything that looked torn busted or leaking. Looks like it's time for me to learn because I'm not too happy with Tesla right now.

Attached are four pictures I took of the front but the rears look just about the same condition. So if we're looking at the right things I'm scratching my head at best or filing a complaint at worst.

Hopefully someone on here can let me know but I'm going to watch some videos again to see what the problems are.

The guys at the place I went to for the second opinion think that maybe they weren't even looking at my car. However the technician's note page which was hand done has my VIN on it and make and model of course.

 

[brainhouston]

Red is what u should check for rips n get a pry bar n shake every joint to see if it has a play (bushings will obviously move a bit but ball joints should not)
Blue is the 2 arms Tesla wanted to replace.
There's one more, not visible, sway bar link with 2 ball joints on each end that often knocks.

 

[ngng]

Tesla has superseded the original parts because of known casting failures. I had one side fail and when Tesla wanted to bill me for the other side I filed a NHTSA report and referenced it. The other side was magically comped. I would not risk driving on the original arms, they might be fine, they also might not. Check the forums...lots of MS/MX failures with non-trivial amounts of damage when the arms fail at speed.