Well everybody, it just happened to me. I upgraded from my 2014 Black Tesla Model S (which I loved!) to another fantastic 2015 Silver Tesla Model S. Upgrades for me include having autopilot 1, which alone is a huge upgrade, dual motor capability, and updated interior, among many other items. However, shortly after taking possession of this awesome car, the MCU failed on me and has not come back on yet!
Thankfully, this failure happened right near to my home so I wasn't too far out of service, HOWEVER, here is the kicker.
I arrived at my home with 30 miles on the tank. Unbeknownst to me, with the MCU going out, I have been unable to turn off the A/C unit. As such, there has been a signifcantly larger phantom drain to the battery, moreso than I knew! So cue me the next day noticing the battery was at 4 miles instead of 30. I was certainly taken aback, so I decided to plug in to the wall unit (normally I would have charged at work, as we have charging stations there), however, with it being such a slow rate of charge due to all of the normal vehicle systems which are unable to be turned off due to the MCU going out, the vehicle only charged 9 miles over the course of 9 hours. Crazy, right? It gets worse.
I came back the next day to the car being at 0 miles rather than 14, plus any additional charge. Talk about another surprise! So I decided to schedule a time to take the vehicle to the SC to have the MCU replaced and have also filed this issue away with the numerous other NHTSA complaints.
So, any thoughts on how I could creatively get the car to charge prior to my having to take the vehicle to the SC next week without having to get a tow? Anyone know if the NHTSA is going to force Tesla's hand in recalling the MCUs? Will the coronavirus get me before I can fix the vehicle?
Thankfully, this failure happened right near to my home so I wasn't too far out of service, HOWEVER, here is the kicker.
I arrived at my home with 30 miles on the tank. Unbeknownst to me, with the MCU going out, I have been unable to turn off the A/C unit. As such, there has been a signifcantly larger phantom drain to the battery, moreso than I knew! So cue me the next day noticing the battery was at 4 miles instead of 30. I was certainly taken aback, so I decided to plug in to the wall unit (normally I would have charged at work, as we have charging stations there), however, with it being such a slow rate of charge due to all of the normal vehicle systems which are unable to be turned off due to the MCU going out, the vehicle only charged 9 miles over the course of 9 hours. Crazy, right? It gets worse.
I came back the next day to the car being at 0 miles rather than 14, plus any additional charge. Talk about another surprise! So I decided to schedule a time to take the vehicle to the SC to have the MCU replaced and have also filed this issue away with the numerous other NHTSA complaints.
So, any thoughts on how I could creatively get the car to charge prior to my having to take the vehicle to the SC next week without having to get a tow? Anyone know if the NHTSA is going to force Tesla's hand in recalling the MCUs? Will the coronavirus get me before I can fix the vehicle?