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Tesla Model S
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'tis no problem if its in warranty. What about if its not... a few short years from now would you buy a 9yr old Model S?
You're not wrong, if it's 9 years old and still on the original battery (quite unlikely) then you have take into consideration that it could fail and you need it reburbished......
.......just like any other 9 year old car could develop a problem
I've no doubt though that the prices of cars that are out of battery warranty will be substantially lower than the cheapest priced cars today.0 -
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The problem is that it shouldnt be happening and we shouldnt make excuses for it.
Of course it shouldn't happen. But early Model S were poorly built. Many / most of them have gone through motors too, that shouldn't happen at all, they should last a million km no problem with zero maintenance
And there's the early batteries
And the MCU
And the door handles
If you want a reliable car that will never give trouble, don't buy a Tesla, get a Toyota Avensis 0 -
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You're not wrong, if it's 9 years old and still on the original battery (quite unlikely) then you have take into consideration that it could fail and you need it reburbished......
.......just like any other 9 year old car could develop a problem
That’s true but it’s not really the same thing.
Fixing a Tesla battery out of warranty and fixing an ICE are very different from a money and logistics perspective.0 -
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Of course it shouldn't happen. But early Model S were poorly built. Many / most of them have gone through motors too, that shouldn't happen at all, they should last a million km no problem with zero maintenance
And there's the early batteries
And the MCU
And the door handles
If you want a reliable car that will never give trouble, don't buy a Tesla, get a Toyota Avensis
You forgot the panel gaps
The bad customer service(for some)
Nerfing of charging speednot affiliated, just being helpful.
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Sorry I have no idea how much Tesla normally charge for a battery replacement for a Model S. Oh wait, they don't charge anything because all batteries are still under warranty. Surely someone here has mentioned that before?
You are very upbeat, I wonder why
Would you be as flippant if the car was out of warranty?
It really is a big deal even if it’s not for you specifically.
Let’s hope Tesla have addressed these issues in later models... only time will tell.0 -
You are very upbeat, I wonder why
Would you be as flippant if the car was out of warranty?
It really is a big deal even if it’s not for you specifically.
Let’s hope Tesla have addressed these issues in later models... only time will tell.
I’d love to see how it’s handled for cars just out of warranty. I wonder if they will offer any good will like bmw or similar.
We have to hope, otherwise they are like an 8 year old PC. Nobody will want them!!!0 -
You are very upbeat, I wonder why
Would you be as flippant if the car was out of warranty?
It really is a big deal even if it’s not for you specifically.
Let’s hope Tesla have addressed these issues in later models... only time will tell.
If this happened out of warranty,it would be a very hard pill to swallow0 -
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You are very upbeat, I wonder why
It really is a big deal even if it’s not for you specifically.
Of course it's a big deal. Nobody is sugarcoating it. Having motors and batteries failing on expensive cars that are only a few years old is brutal.Let’s hope Tesla have addressed these issues in later models... only time will tell.
We kind of know the answer already. There are some high mileage cars around and there seems to be a pattern. Early cars had motors and batteries replaced early on. Some several times. But in the last 5 years or so (give or take) these problems seem to have gone
One good example (of many) is the Model S in Germany that went over 1,000,000km earlier this year. It is on its third motor and third battery but, from memory, the current motor is in 680k km and the current battery is in 500k km. Very few cars ever make it to half a million km, but it should become the norm with EVs0 -
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Of course it's a big deal. Nobody is sugarcoating it. Having motors and batteries failing on expensive cars that are only a few years old is brutal.
We kind of know the answer already. There are some high mileage cars around and there seems to be a pattern. Early cars had motors and batteries replaced early on. Some several times. But in the last 5 years or so (give or take) these problems seem to have gone
One good example (of many) is the Model S in Germany that went over 1,000,000km earlier this year. It is on its third motor and third battery but, from memory, the current motor is in 680k km and the current battery is in 500k km. Very few cars ever make it to half a million km, but it should become the norm with EVs
Tonnes of cars make it to 500k tonnes and tonnes.
They are ten a penny in Australia no doubt USA too due to distance. It's not abnormal. Cool to see but certainly not abnormal0 -
Indeed, something to complain about on a leaf, its a feature on a Tesla:D:D
In fairness, if someone was to search my posts on here, I actually posted constantly that rapid gate was a non issues for most users and I still maintain that today.
Only once in my life have I fast charged twice in one day and that was on the trip,home from Scotland to Dublin through Belfast when I first bought my L24. Think it was 4 fast chargers tat day.0 -
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I can’t fault the thought process as it was most likely put in to help the battery packs.
Which will lessen warranty claims & costs for Tesla.
This practice also allows them to advertise (well, they don't advertise, their fanboys do), let's say market, yes, market their cars as having crazy fast recharge speeds.
I seem to remember 1,000 miles per hour being a frequent brag.
We've all seen the youtube videos of gushing owners watching as their Tesla charge speed shoots up - Bjorn included. It's a common theme.
Like Elon's common 1 million mile battery BS. Marketing pure & simple, yet he has been reducing warranties consistently.
A reasonable mileage Model 3 SR+ user would be out of all warranty in just 4 years for example.
What's this thread about again? I thought I was watching Ireland trouncing England in football a few minutes ago. 0 -
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