Tesla Model 3 - V4.0

Started the car this morning. It had charged to 75% on a scheduled charge but there was a message on screen saying ‘unable to charge - maximum charge level reached’ - see attached. It’s reporting that the car can only be charged to 50% until resolved.

Does anyone know what this means? Is it likely to be a big issue? It’s only a couple of months since I got the charging harness replaced- any link to that issue?

I won’t allow any ‘dissing’ of Coldplay🤣

Well at least you're not 'Yellow'?

Not exactly a bad thing if you end up getting some HV battery work done FOC

Welcome to cold weather and L30. As for the Model 3: That's why there is a long warranty so that any defective components have time to fail before the warranty runs out. And unlike many other brands, as a Tesla customer, if necessary, you'll get a fully assembled and tested battery pack instead of new modules with various SOH dropped in your old pack.

Personal experience just with the L30 woes, but our former '21 Model 3 had a charge port cable replaced after it had a series of no charging events, incidentally at cold weather only.

Tesla warranty work is top notch in my opinion.

TBH I was starting to consider selling it on early next year when the range was heading to low 300kms over last couple of months even with taking it very easy. For me that’s just not enough for a supposed 77kwh battery. I recently got an Ioniq 38kw which provides approx 280lm range from a battery half that size.

If it turns out the battery has to be replaced and it doesn’t deliver an improved range then I’ll seriously consider coming up a couple of years with a rwd M3 which should have a better range and a more durable LFP battery.

It’s a 2021 M3P with 106k km and over the last while its estimated range has been 330ish km which isn’t great. It may well be that the current reported problem with the battery has contributed to this low range so I’d be hopeful of an improvement if the battery has to be replaced.

The other issue I have noticed is that if I extrapolate to 100% the kWh used (taken from main screen trip display) for a particular battery % used I’m only getting 60kwh for a full battery. Now I know that this screen only shows kWh used for driving but that seems very low for a full battery with a 77kwh net capacity.

Just wondering what others might get from the same calculation?

Read that in a few places but haven’t seen it confirmed anywhere. I have noted that the kWh consumed doesn’t seem to increase when parked and continuing to use hvac.

Just going back to my particular issue, I took car for drive today to bring Soc down to 40% in order to see if the on screen message that the max charge level is restricted to 50% is correct. Car drove fine, didn’t seem any reduction in power. However, it was a real pita as there was a continuous loud bonging warning of the problem.

In any case I plugged in this evening and nothing happened so car is effectively borked other than having enough Soc to get me to the service centre

@893bet , that's a rough day. And upsetting, but better than people getting hit. You made the right choice. Advanced driver training teaches to never swerve for animals, as it usually leads to a worse event. I'm sure the cyclists were glad you were there, God knows dogs intentions.

Dog left private property so owners liable for your car damage. But tbh metal parts will beat organic parts every time. Not to be too graphic but spend 15 minutes at a pressure wash, and focus on underbody, wheel arches and suspension. I'd say the car is undamaged apart from a dent in the underbody.