When buying used from Tesla, from which date does the 8-year battery warranty start?

[spy4007]

Does it begin on the date on the VIN (manufacture date) or Original Delivery date?

I ask because Delivery can be later. And if car is used as a Tesla loaner, first customer delivery can be even a year later.

Thank you all in advance.

 

[Silicon Desert]

interesting question. If it is like other products, then Murphy's law will guarantee that the Tesla battery will fail one day after the warranty expires.

 

[XCare EV]

Does it begin on the date on the VIN (manufacture date) or Original Delivery date?

I ask because Delivery can be later. And if car is used as a Tesla loaner, first customer delivery can be even a year later.

Thank you all in advance.

(assuming nothing has changed in the past year) it should be delivery date that starts for both your limited warranty and your battery/drivetrain warranty.

 

[r0xx0r]

You don’t have 8 years. They clearly stated this:
“remaining battery and drive warranty and a two/four year” for used cars.

 

[XCare EV]

You don’t have 8 years. They clearly stated this:
“remaining battery and drive warranty and a two/four year” for used cars.

If the loaner was never registered, then it's technically a New car and should start when the first delivery/title date is.

If it was previously titled to another owner, then it should start when the original delivery/titled date so they would have the remainder.

Sometimes Tesla uses their "New" vehicles for loaners, which means the vehicle was never titled.

 

[Troy]

When you buy used from Tesla, two separate warranties will apply:

1. Overall warranty: Your question is not about this.
2. Battery and drive warranty: You still get what's remaining on the 8 years and unlimited miles battery

If you look at page 4, paragraph 1 here, it states the following:

This Tesla Used Vehicle Limited Warranty does not extend or otherwise alter the terms of the Battery and Drive Unit Limited Warranty for the used vehicle specified in the original New Vehicle Limited Warranty.

In other words, for the Battery and Drive Unit Limited Warranty, instead of the used vehicle warranty document, we need to look at the original warranty document when the car was first sold. That document is available here. If you look at the last paragraph on page 3, it says the following:

This New Vehicle Limited Warranty begins on the first day a new vehicle is put into use by delivery to the first retail purchaser(s), or by leasing or registering as a company car or demonstrator, whichever is earlier

In other words, you would need to find out the date it was delivered to the first buyer or if it started life as a loaner or showroom car, the date it was put into use.

 

[Ostrichsak]

When it comes to car warranties there's a term called "in-service date" which is the date that the vehicle was originally taken delivery of. This is the date that determines start date for various warranties. This is the same for the Tesla drivetrain warranty which is from the date the car was originally delivered.

 

[spy4007]

If the loaner was never registered, then it's technically a New car and should start when the first delivery/title date is.

If it was previously titled to another owner, then it should start when the original delivery/titled date so they would have the remainder.

Sometimes Tesla uses their "New" vehicles for loaners, which means the vehicle was never titled.

Thank you. That is how I read it. But wanted to get further opinion.

 

[Ostrichsak]

You don’t have 8 years. They clearly stated this:
“remaining battery and drive warranty and a two/four year” for used cars.

Just to clarify, you don't have a FULL 8-year from the time you buy used but the balance of whatever is remaining from the time it was originally sold. It's whatever portion of the 8-year drivetrain warranty that's remaining and then they add on either a 2 or 4 year warranty to cover other warranty items. This is two different pieces to the Tesla used car warranty. Your post almost makes it sound like the drivetrain warranty doesn't apply depending on how someone interprets that. The drivetrain warranty follows the car and transfers to every new owner free-of-charge.

 

[spy4007]

When you buy used from Tesla, two separate warranties will apply:

1. Overall warranty: Your question is not about this.
2. Battery and drive warranty: You still get what's remaining on the 8 years and unlimited miles battery

If you look at page 4, paragraph 1 here, it states the following:


In other words, for the Battery and Drive Unit Limited Warranty, instead of the used vehicle warranty document, we need to look at the original warranty document when the car was first sold. That document is available here. If you look at the last paragraph on page 3, it says the following:


In other words, you would need to find out the date it was delivered to the first buyer or if it started life as a loaner or showroom car, the date it was put into use.

Thank you. That is what I was hoping as several cars were loaners for months and then had their first owner (and title). As you are writing, that date, the first owner/title is the date the Batter/drive warranty starts.

 

[spy4007]

Just to clarify, you don't have a FULL 8-year from the time you buy used but the balance of whatever is remaining from the time it was originally sold. It's whatever portion of the 8-year drivetrain warranty that's remaining and then they add on either a 2 or 4 year warranty to cover other warranty items. This is two different pieces to the Tesla used car warranty. Your post almost makes it sound like the drivetrain warranty doesn't apply depending on how someone interprets that. The drivetrain warranty follows the car and transfers to every new owner free-of-charge.

Yes, I am only referring to the battery/drivetrain warranty and what date it begins: as some used Tesla sold by Tesla were loaners for months (and many miles) and thus were not "sold" for the first time until after this use. Thus, it would seem the clock starts on the battery/drivetrain warranty on this sale date/mileage. This makes a big difference in some cases....thank you

 

[Sunshine State]

The 8 year warranties start for the date of first "retail sale" that means when sold new, not a used car.