I called Tesla about a possible bulletin on my 2014 Model S 60. It turned out that the bulletin I was calling about does not exist in the US, but the Tesla representative was very thorough and gave me the complete list of bulletins for my car. Some of them are fixes required only in case of malfunction, some others are voluntary (it seems that I can retrofit a winter package somehow?).
In any case, one of the voluntary bulletins was the CCS ECU and Combo 1 Harness Retrofit. I asked the representative to send me an estimate, just to confirm that it would be the $450 I believed it was. To my surprise, the estimate came back saying that it was free.
I assumed it was a mistake, so I approved the estimate expecting that I would hear back from Tesla with some correction. But no, they went ahead and scheduled a ranger visit for later this week.
Did anybody get this retrofit at no cost? Did Tesla start giving it away for free now that every automaker is abandoning CCS? Maybe it is only for older cars with free supercharger to incentivize not using it?
I will report back once everything is finished. I would not be surprised if Tesla still backtracks at the last minute.
In any case, one of the voluntary bulletins was the CCS ECU and Combo 1 Harness Retrofit. I asked the representative to send me an estimate, just to confirm that it would be the $450 I believed it was. To my surprise, the estimate came back saying that it was free.
I assumed it was a mistake, so I approved the estimate expecting that I would hear back from Tesla with some correction. But no, they went ahead and scheduled a ranger visit for later this week.
Did anybody get this retrofit at no cost? Did Tesla start giving it away for free now that every automaker is abandoning CCS? Maybe it is only for older cars with free supercharger to incentivize not using it?
I will report back once everything is finished. I would not be surprised if Tesla still backtracks at the last minute.
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