Was away for Dec for Christmas and came home and my MY says "Service is required"

[macmee]

It's an alert that won't go away. Tesla called me and said they're replacing PT sensors for lots of MY owners, and wanted me to schedule a service appointment for that, so I did. The service folks replied saying "we will also try and remote diagnose that alert".

So that's a bummer, I guess something in addition to the PT sensors must be wrong with my MY, but I don't know what.

I had no "service required" alert in November, I never drove the car at all in December (left it plugged in all month when I was away), and the first drive I did when I got back had that alert.

Is it possible not driving it for a month hurt the battery or something? Also is there no way to see more info about the alert? If I tap it it just opens up a webpage about service appointments, it doesn't really tell me any more information about what's wrong.

 

[andaconda]

My Toyota says the same thing when its time for an oil change. How many miles do you have on it?

 

[Velcade]

It's a remote service alert pushed by Tesla to your car. Possibly a recall.

 

[brandon8387]

Why you leave it plugged in for a month?

 

[flyingowl]

My Toyota says the same thing when its time for an oil change. How many miles do you have on it?

I think it's need a blinker fluid

 

[DanDi58]

Why you leave it plugged in for a month?

Because you should always leave it plugged in if you leave the car for an extended period of time. See - Owners Manual.

 

[brandon8387]

Seems excessive. Wonder why deep sleep isn’t good if it’s that long

 

[thesmokingman]

Why you leave it plugged in for a month?

You only cannot do that on Porsches, lmao.

 

[DanDi58]

Seems excessive. Wonder why deep sleep isn’t good if it’s that long

It's the opposite - you are SUPPOSED to leave it plugged in and it will perform whatever charging/BMS activities it needs to do, then go back to sleep. The issue the OP is having has nothing to do with it being plugged in and him being away.