That very loud and painful "clunk"

[Doug_G]

From what I heard, with the vehicle on a lift and the car in tow mode, one wheel was freewheeling and the other was hard to turn.

 

[Jeeps17]

How is the new drivetrain so far Doug ?

 

[Doug_G]

Working 100%. Drives just like the old one did.

 

[gg_got_a_tesla]

Working 100%. Drives just like the old one did.

Great news!

 

[mnx]

Took an onramp quickly tonight, had a Nissan GT-R blow past me so I pulled in the left lane to go say Hi.... Put my foot down and nothing happened except a beep and a message on the dash saying to pull over safely and 12V battery low car may not restart. Luckily I was at the top of the Hamilton escarpment so I coasted down to the bottom and got off the highway. It was also great that I was out by myself with the car, and didn't have all 7 seats filled!

Roadside assistance was great. Once they called back and had gotten through the queue they had a me an UBER ride home in no time. Car is still probably waiting for a flatbed from out of town however.

 

[mknox]

Put my foot down and nothing happened except a beep and a message on the dash saying to pull over safely and 12V battery low car may not restart.

Ouch! Sorry to hear you've joined the club. Did you get the huge "bang" that almost feels like you were rear-ended? I did, and that's how I knew exactly what happened when it happened.

 

[mnx]

Ouch! Sorry to hear you've joined the club. Did you get the huge "bang" that almost feels like you were rear-ended? I did, and that's how I knew exactly what happened when it happened.

I didn't hear a bang. And I didn't get the feeling of being read ended either. So I may have posted in the wrong thread. The SC is looking at my car now with engineering.

After driving our 8 year old minivan all weekend, I *really* miss my Model S.

 

[mknox]

I didn't hear a bang. And I didn't get the feeling of being read ended either. So I may have posted in the wrong thread. The SC is looking at my car now with engineering.

Except for the "bang", it sounds like a contactor issue. I also had the 12v message along with a slew of others like "Pull Over Safely", "Car Shutting Down", "Car May Not Restart" and such. It was winter, and I also lost heat, but all of the 12v stuff stayed running.

 

[mnx]

In my case it was the high voltage fuse inside the battery and the 12V battery failing.

 

[apacheguy]

@mnx - did you receive a loaner pack or did they replace it at the SvC?

 

[mnx]

@mnx - did you receive a loaner pack or did they replace it at the SvC?

They replaced the fuse at the SC.

 

[apacheguy]

Wow that's great. Shows they're getting good at pack repairs if they can do contactors and the main fuse. What % SOC was your pack at the time of failure?