Supercharged maybe once a year. Normally slow charged at home to 80%. Garage kept and not driven hard. Tesla said battery was in good shape less than a year ago when inspected. It updated itself with usual updates. Don't remember if there was one immediately before the brick. It did die suddenly with no warnings at all though. Just wouldn't start one morning.
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Time for a new HV Battery
- Thread starter NV Ray
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The failure of these batteries is mostly due to the electronic components inside the pack, not the cells themselves, which have proven to be highly robust. These electronic parts, PCB boards, sensors, etc. can fail without any advance notice due to their age and long exposure to adverse temperature, moisture, humidity, road vibration, etc.
You make many good points, thx. Did you also get the BMS_u029 error message?
Thanks for the info. What is your source? The Tesla Service Center was lacking in detail with me other than HV battery needed replacement.
Reading the information in this forum for eight years. There are lots of knowledgeable posters here. A Tesla executive, for example, transparently discussing their lesson learned since the start (it's on YouTube) and confirming the cell longevity and the issue with the earlier packs.
Think this might be of interest to folks facing the need for a battery pack replacement.
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Update: My replacement HV battery has arrived. Multiple good news - instead of reman 85 kWh, it's a new 90 kWh which I will be charged what the reman 85 kWh was quoted at. Firmware will change 90 to 85 with opportunity to increase in the future for an unknown fee at this time. Extra suspension parts for heavier 90 battery provided at no cost. Because of Thanksgiving holiday, car will be done on 28 Oct. Will further update then.
ucmndd
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While I agree that the software locking for warranty replacements is all around goofy and senseless, the new 14 module 90 pack is almost certainly lighter than the original 16 module 85, not heavier, and there’s no indication of reduced performance whatsoever.
Goofier than that is their software locking is inconsistent across the board.
Under warranty, some get locked, some don't.
Out of warranty, at least one owner I know of here fully paid for it but still received a locked pack and had to press them for the final unlock.
$15k. Original estimate was for 85kWh reman. New 90 kWh delivered/installed. Tesla Service Center honored original reman estimate. Further, parts to beef up suspension due to 90 kWh battery provided at no cost to me. Firmware reduced to 85 kWh.
Awesome. This is pretty much what happened with me as well. Mines not 290 miles though - it was while in service, but was reduced to ~275 after service was complete, so my guess is that this was before it was locked back down to 85 kWh.
The biggest benefit is that I am now seeing efficiency that’s closer to the rated range. Before, I was lucky to get 180-190 miles from 90% despite it reading 220 miles.
@NV Ray I'm super interested in the Supercharger charging speeds with your new pack. If you'd be so kind (along with anyone else!) as to share your experiences (when you have some decent data under your belt) I'd appreciate it.
Here’s mine the last time I supercharged. Big improvement over my prior pack. Seems like it can stay ~120 kWh up to about 20%, and above 100 kWh through 50%. These images were taken 13 minutes apart.
I think my prior pack would drop to 80kwh after 20% and maybe to like 50-60kwh around 50%.
I think my prior pack would drop to 80kwh after 20% and maybe to like 50-60kwh around 50%.
