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Image not working for me.Saw your display shots but dont see service center quote.Any update anyone? Here is what they suggest to me for a preliminary cost of 950$
The car displays "test in progress" when I initiate the test, however, for hours, there seems to be no activity. The objective of the test is to drain the battery to 0% by utilizing electricity through means such as the heater, cycling coolant, or other methods. Although I ran the test for 24 hours, there was only a 2% decrease in battery level. The test should not exceed 24 hours in total.At what point does it fail out the battery health test? Immediately after you initiate the test, or does the UI block you from even initiating the test?
At what point does it fail out the battery health test? Immediately after you initiate the test, or does the UI block you from even initiating the test?
Do you happen to have the report from the service center after they completed the valve calibration? Did they charge you for the calibration?I have been at sc for this error. They recalibrated the valve and called it a day. I didn’t received the error for two days until it pop up today again. Raised a new ticket to Tesla and mention the 5 valve actuator.
Very likely a non-heat pump M3 issueCan you go into service mode and show the coolant page? Looks like this.
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Wonder if this will show anything relevant.
Also wonder if this issue is specific to non-heatpump Model 3s?
They didn’t charge but it didn’t solved the problem either. So I was paying with my time sitting there as they rejected to give me a loaner or Uber credits. They said no guarantee no Uber credits.Do you happen to have the report from the service center after they completed the valve calibration? Did they charge you for the calibration?
Yes the same here. Must be superbottle issue. I booked time at sc for this this Friday but it sucks to pay over 900$. The superbottle itself cost 320$ so I’m actually thinking of buying only the parts and replace it by myself but not sure if I’ll have time for that.Went on another trip this weekend and I noticed that there was basically zero coolant flow between the power train and battery loops. I let the car sit on a 10kW L2 charger and precondition for 3 hours and the battery temp didn’t improve at all.
I think the only permanent solution is to have the valve/superbottle replaced so I’m going to try to get that scheduled soon. Unfortunately, my closest SC is 2hrs away so I need to figure out some how I’m going to be able to get this work done…
That requires refrigerant charging, too, correct? Plus You’re opening the coolant loop. But at a high point. Does it need a drain & replace?Yes the same here. Must be superbottle issue. I booked time at sc for this this Friday but it sucks to pay over 900$. The superbottle itself cost 320$ so I’m actually thinking of buying only the parts and replace it by myself but not sure if I’ll have time for that.
There’s a few YouTube videos that walk through the superbottle replacement process.That requires refrigerant charging, too, correct? Plus You’re opening the coolant loop. But at a high point. Does it need a drain & replace?
The official service manual states that the refrigerant loop is impacted if you replace the Superbottle since the new one comes with a A/C heat exchanger. I was only able to find one YouTube video showing the replacement of a Superbottle, but he clearly just unhooks the A/C lines and does not address it at all.There’s a few YouTube videos that walk through the superbottle replacement process.
I don’t believe you need to mess with the refrigerant loop, but it looks like at least a partial drain of the coolant loop will be required so it should be simple enough to top it off after the swap.
What was your approach to replacing the actuator? I don’t see an easy way to get at it unless I unbolt the cross car support beamAnother update…. I decided to go ahead and try to replace the 5-valve actuator to see if that would fix my issue… it did not…. lol.
It did seem to get rid of the VCFRONT_a249 (a code only I seem to be getting), but VCFRONT_a210 was still an active alert.
Armed with the knowledge that the actuator isn’t the problem, I got a quote to have Tesla replace the super bottle and they came back with a $644 estimate… which I think is cheap enough for me to just let them do it.
Let me know if you have any questions on replacing the actuator… all in all, it was fairly easy.
I had my actuator replaced today and it fixed the a210 service alert on m3, 2018. The 5 way valve was only $45 but they charge $225 for general diagnostic (such a rip off since I provided a picture of service alert to them in advance) and $113 for labor. In total, $386. Repair work done in SoCal sc. There was service bulletin for this 5 way valve back in 2018.Another update…. I decided to go ahead and try to replace the 5-valve actuator to see if that would fix my issue… it did not…. lol.
It did seem to get rid of the VCFRONT_a249 (a code only I seem to be getting), but VCFRONT_a210 was still an active alert.
Armed with the knowledge that the actuator isn’t the problem, I got a quote to have Tesla replace the super bottle and they came back with a $644 estimate… which I think is cheap enough for me to just let them do it.
Let me know if you have any questions on replacing the actuator… all in all, it was fairly easy.
Code a210 is just a calibration code - if you were able to clear the other error by just swapping the actuator, try running the Thermal Performance test to see if you can force the coolant system calibration in service mode and clear that code.
What was your approach to replacing the actuator? I don’t see an easy way to get at it unless I unbolt the cross car support beam