I admit that the first wheel to be cracked was my fault (sort of). I was on Auto Pilot at dusk. I did see what looked like to me as a paper bag in the road. I didn't try to avoid it, neither did AP. *WHACK* It was closer to a small length of a 2x2 piece of wood. That wasn't pleasant. However, being able to watch the tire pressure slowly decrease as we got closer to home helped me conclude that a) yes something bad had occurred and b) I could make it home. Once home, I called Tesla Roadside and inquired if they had a spare tire in the vicinity. "No".
The leak was slow enough that I pumped up the tire the following morning and headed to my local tire shop. I knew that they were servicing > 10 Teslas in the area (which surprised me a bit) and they knew how to handle it. They told me the wheel was cracked and it'd have to be sent out to get fixed. The next day I picked up the Y and things were good.
Last week, I was driving along and the TPMS notified me that I had 2 leaking tires. Again drove to the tire place. 1 tire had a nail which they patched. The other was yet another cracked wheel. I do not remember hitting anything that should have caused that. 2 wheels in a bit less than a year. Plus this year, we didn't have a significant frost heave issue.
What to do?
a) get this wheel fixed as well and hope that wheels 3 and 4 don't also suffer the same fate.
b) get a new wheel and hope this works better
c) get a new set of wheels?
Option a is the cheapest which suits me. However, 2 wheels in a year, I am not happy with having to run to the tire shop with a leaking tire every so often.
Option b doesn't make that much sense, so now it's option a or c.
As I have never in > 40 years of driving ever brought a wheel (maybe the old steel wheels were better), I was stunned when looking at prices/choices for option c.
$500+ for a single wheel???
I thought about option d, finding a junkyard with a Tesla with a 19" wheel but that's not too common around here yet.
Are Tesla wheels just that weak?
Suggestions/Recommendations?
The leak was slow enough that I pumped up the tire the following morning and headed to my local tire shop. I knew that they were servicing > 10 Teslas in the area (which surprised me a bit) and they knew how to handle it. They told me the wheel was cracked and it'd have to be sent out to get fixed. The next day I picked up the Y and things were good.
Last week, I was driving along and the TPMS notified me that I had 2 leaking tires. Again drove to the tire place. 1 tire had a nail which they patched. The other was yet another cracked wheel. I do not remember hitting anything that should have caused that. 2 wheels in a bit less than a year. Plus this year, we didn't have a significant frost heave issue.
What to do?
a) get this wheel fixed as well and hope that wheels 3 and 4 don't also suffer the same fate.
b) get a new wheel and hope this works better
c) get a new set of wheels?
Option a is the cheapest which suits me. However, 2 wheels in a year, I am not happy with having to run to the tire shop with a leaking tire every so often.
Option b doesn't make that much sense, so now it's option a or c.
As I have never in > 40 years of driving ever brought a wheel (maybe the old steel wheels were better), I was stunned when looking at prices/choices for option c.
$500+ for a single wheel???
I thought about option d, finding a junkyard with a Tesla with a 19" wheel but that's not too common around here yet.
Are Tesla wheels just that weak?
Suggestions/Recommendations?
