This has been mentioned before, but I started this thread to directly address it. According to the warranty, you can't drive, or even transport, your S outside of the US and Canada. Mexico seems the most likely place people would want to visit, but crossing the border for dinner potentially voids your warranty. With on board GPS, this might be a serious threat.
From the Tesla warranty:
I don't understand the rational for this at all. Mexican power is identical to US and the car must protect itself from bad power to avoid problems with brownouts, generators, etc. I'd think the conditions in some of the Canadian territories would be a bit harsher than in many areas in Mexico as well.
Does anyone have any notion of what this is all about? It's mostly a theoretical consideration for me, but I'd think people in California and the South West would have some concerns.
From the Tesla warranty:
This New Vehicle Limited Warranty applies to a Model S vehicle sold by Tesla in the Tesla North America Warranty
Region and transported or driven only in the Tesla North America Warranty Region. For purposes of this New Vehicle
Limited Warranty, the Tesla North America Warranty Region is defined as all 50 states of the United States of
America, the District of Columbia, and all 13 provinces and territories of Canada. If your vehicle was sold, transported
or driven outside the Tesla North America Warranty Region, no warranties, including this New Vehicle Limited
Warranty, will apply.
The following will also void this New Vehicle Limited Warranty:
• Vehicles that have been transported or driven outside the Tesla North America Warranty Region;
I don't understand the rational for this at all. Mexican power is identical to US and the car must protect itself from bad power to avoid problems with brownouts, generators, etc. I'd think the conditions in some of the Canadian territories would be a bit harsher than in many areas in Mexico as well.
Does anyone have any notion of what this is all about? It's mostly a theoretical consideration for me, but I'd think people in California and the South West would have some concerns.