Horror is in buying a "modern" lets say used 2019 BMW, Audi, Mercedes, those things are full of electrical problems. An old 2007 is better used then these are
@@Chris-hw4mq Even modern Jeeps and other Dodge products are having insane electrical problems, I always knew it would come to this but it will only get worse.
Although the trunk is not a door, it's probably connected to the same interior lighting and door safety warning inputs. Since otherwise it would make sense for the autopilot to disable if any door would be open...
@ I would agree except I don’t believe Sam said the car was indicating that the trunk was open, just that the latch stopped opening it. Therefore from the car’s point of view the car is secure. At least it would be if you could lock the doors.
You have to love Tesla. They diagnose your car, give you a quote to repair it. You agree, then they raise the price. Kind of like the way we were supposed to be on Mars about seven years ago.
@@pierredelecto7069 If it's an American car it will almost definitely fail well before 10 years and 100k. Fleet mechanic here and I see plenty of those power latch assemblies fail on nearly brand new cars. As in sub 20k and 2 years old. If it's on a Toyota though it's probably gonna last a good long while. I used to work for Lexus and never had issues with power latches on those even on older cars with some miles on them. You can make these parts last if you want to but most of these new cars are basically built to be disposable once they're 5+ years old.
I have the safety restraint system fault. It's probably the rear seatbelt harness or the seatbelts themselves. My son dropped his whole water bottle in the back seat and that's when the issue started.
I have bought parts directly from Tesla service before. This might be location specific but I created a service request. Sent the part number of what I wanted. They setup an invoice and I just drove up to the service department and picked it up.
Ordering parts from Tesla is almost as easy as going to a AutoZone. It is done through the service menu in the app. You have to request a service even though you just want to park. Just put in a part number if you know what it is, include counter pickup and they'll send you a quote. Be sure to request to pick it up from your local service center. You pay for it in the app and it's usually only a couple of hours runtime if they have it in stock. Also Sam, all the repair manuals are online including part breakout so you can see how to change parts. Having the service manual online is definitely a change I hope all the other manufacturers will do. Especially for free like Tesla
Hey Samcrac, thanks for the video. There can be 2 places to look to fix the issue. 1: behind the pedels there are connectors as well, one of them van be too loose. 2. Check the connectors under your seat!
The big scare is the rear drive unit leaking coolant and killing itself and the inverter.... There are some coolant delete kits that they sell, and the latest drive units from Tesla actually have that coolant delete already installed.
Back in spring this year I bought a 2014 model S 85 for 9K off of a private dealer on Facebook, the car had a new battery and electric drive motor about 50k miles ago and literally drives perfect, and looks brand new, put about 10,000 Miles on it so far and it's been great
Your leasing logic only works if the value of the old car when you decide to sell is zero. I've leased, bought new, bought old. You either pay for maintenance and repairs or depreciation. You can bullshit yourself, but you pay one way or another.
Can we have a video on your farm? Always seen the livestock in the background, but I don't believe you have ever gone into the day to day running behind it all :) Thanks!
Yah, arguing a lease is good value only makes sense if the car you actually bought has no residual value (or you bought new and your car deppreciates like crazy).
I love your videos and I love working on cars but I gotta say you have the most seamless transitions into your product ads I've ever seen. I genuinely never see them coming lol. well done.
13:32 that's the problem with the car market today: used cars are so prone to failure that you end up paying the same for a new lease. I just went through this with a used Canyon. Where I live 2019 with 150K kms are still $30,000.00. Newer ones even more.
Wait, you requested a quote from Tesla for the trunk latch electronic mechanism, and they give you a quote for $110 for the part and mobile service install. But when you place that order, Tesla all of a sudden jacks the price to over $200 because, surprise, they quickly determine that another part is required? That's not sleazy and underhanded..... And you're in Blackie's territory, she wants you to moooove!
Sounds like something Musk would do, lube up that Butt hole Elon says " America your going to have to suffer for awhile " says the Gizilonare to us reg folks, WTF did this Country do thinking the wealthy will help the working people.
I think there is a screw in a wire to the SRS harness somewhere. Or it's not grounded properly - loose bolt somewhere. Probably take you 10 hours to track down but then you will have a deal
You forgot to mention that you are a simple man and that you never clicked this fast...and that your babe should wake up because the video has just dropped. Of course it goes without saying that Sam is a national treasure and should be protected at all cost.
What? More uploads! I have a question. Who are you and what have you done with our hero. I’m not complaining about the upload schedule, just finish off more of the cars and feed Sam regularly.
This is what we your subscribers would like pls Sam 2/3 weekly uploads! thanks 🙏 Sam for uploading three videos in one week awesome keep uploading my man it must be Xmas 🎄 lol 😂 we will watch them for sure great video Sam interesting! thanks again see you in the next one!!..✨💫👌💫✨👍
Getting Tesla parts is a hassle and a big turnoff. You have to register for a business account which at least gives you a discount from retail. Then the fun begins. Unlike every other parts department in the country where you call on the phone or walk in to order parts, Tesla doesn't even HAVE a parts counter for external sales. You have to order parts online and have it shipped to you, you can't even pick it up at the Tesla dealer. So that $10 part you need today is going to take days to receive and have a $15 shipping charge added on even if they have that part on the shelf at the dealer. For those that say they picked up their parts at the dealer, did they have a personal or business account? I have a business account as well as four dealers within 20 miles of me and none of them said I could pick up my parts.
Common problems on a model are the problems you want. Others already know the symptoms and know the fix. With the SRS fault on the other Model S, at least if you are in a crash and survive, you won't have to replace all of the airbags, dashboard and seatbelts.
Samcrac its a ground post under the driver side foot rest. Remove epoxy body paint with buzz wheel. Bad ground . Same issue here they chased for months
those boot actuators are the same as the Mercedes S they were based on. part available on amazon/temu/ali express. i paid £18 in the uk delivered. some good youtube vids on the job, particularly disconnecting a tricky speaker wire. an hour tops, refitting the trim without the clips falling off is a pain
Worked in tesla, as far as i can tell if it has been fixed 7 times it probably went from tech to tech and random parts have been replaced as it is probably intermittent issue. It looks like you fixed something but week later or so it occurs again. And to find the real issue of it it will take some time, its most likely some pin backed out or water ingress through your beloved sunroof. Ive seen it all, electrical pins defective so it loses contact, wires broken with no external damage, tesla really cheaped out on wiring harnesses, i dont know if it was cost cut or trying to make it light weight :D
I purchased my 2022 Plaid new over 2-1/2 years ago. It's the best car I've owned in the last 50 years of car ownership. Fingers crossed and knocking on wood. That said my Tesla experience didn't start out that well. I had another Model S Long Range refresh on order as soon as online orders opened. I kept getting my delivery pushed back, but I don't want to get into that. I get a call from Tesla asking if I'd be willing to accept a car that was built 6 months prior. It was the color combo I wanted with the correct wheels. Why wouldn't I accept it? They were even giving me a discount of a few grand because it had been sitting around for so long. My thought process was this is still a new car with a full warranty that they said only had about 12 miles. If there is something wrong, being retired, I have plenty of time to spend at Tesla service. So being this was happening when we were still working under COVID rules, they would deliver the car to my home. I had sold my GLE63s to make room for the Tesla, mistake one. Tesla doesn't show up, I get a phone call. They are having a problem updating the car until they do, I can't take delivery. They say they'll have it straightened out within 24 hours and we make another delivery appointment. Rinse and repeat the prior day. Tesla couldn't repair whatever was wrong and that car wound up being in their showroom for about 5 months. I'm not sure if they ever repaired it or just made it go away. I'm not sure if I dodged a bullet there or not.
That Trunk motor is actually a mercedes Benz part. I googled the Part number from mb and went to a dealership down the road and fixed it myself. Suprisingly when i comecteted the motor to a dc power supply it worked. So i guess the amps where to high and it Shut down.
That SRS issue is weird. Every part in that system is probe-able via the computer. So logically it gives a specific code to locate the fault. It really makes me wonder if there is a scraped wire or bad crimp somewhere. The shotgun approach probably works fine most of the time but when you already replaced all modules and the situation does not go away or come back it implies its something that is marginal that was never replaced.
Man is an easy fix that Srs light. There is a loose ground wire on one of the jack on the controller module. The best way to see if is that the problem is by pushing with your foot on the left a pillar. Il the light goes off Remove on the driver side a pillar lower trim (the one with the Tesla logo on sill plate). There is underneath on the A pillar what is called left controller. Well there is on that controller a connector with a loose ground wire. I do not recall which one it is but u will catch it as soon as u start to play with it.
Sam, my Ford F250 was having the same issue. The dealership kept throwing airbag parts at it. It finally ended up being the main wiring harness that ran next to the parking brake release mechanism. When you would release that, the spring would jar the wire for the airbag loose. When it was loose, it threw the code. Their fix was to solder that wired connection together, rather than replacing all of the wiring harness.
Most actuators that I've seen are just little dc motors like you find in toys. In fact, I fixed door locks by opening the motors and replacing the little brass brushes from cheapo rc cars. You'll need picks, tweezers and a vice would help. Or save your time and just buy new stuff.
Meanwhile, the switch that is failing in the chargeport door is something that sells for 2 dollars. A simple basic mechanical switch, but if they put a socio billionaire logo on it, you know where the money went.
But arguably if you drive the used Tesla car for 5+ years the cost amortizes, plus any repairs. Also insurance would probably be less on the old car. If it’s old enough also free unlimited supercharger
I remember they changed something from being bound to the car to being bound to the owner and non transferable. Wasn't that the supercharger deal? Don't own a Tesla and not really interested, it's just something rattling around in my brain.
I did my first adopter duty with a used Model S. Simple stuff I fixed like control arms and power port door and tougher stuff was handled by Tesla (like door actuators). Once I had to replace a drive unit on my dime, I sold it. Under warranty it already had 2 drive units and a battery replacement. Great car, horribly unreliable. I drove in fear until it was gone.
@13:48 Who says that the latest and greatest tech is superior in any way to the older one? 🤔 @15:00 Not necessarily, you either live with the risk or fix the issue. If the airbag doesn't work, that is more crucial than some other electronical nannies.
1:46 - Magnet mounted dash cam? I would be afraid of it flying off in an accident. Not that it would pose much of a threat as debris, but what happens the the video clip it was just recording? Does it lose the last file or does it have enough power to save before it dies while flying through the air? I guess there wont be any video following the impact.
All those parts for a buyback and they didn’t replace RCM but did 4 of the same airbag? Whatever service center was doing the work did not understand that the problem was not the airbags lol. We’ve seen this on model x where it points to anything else and the RCM ends up failing and throwing bad signals. Also have seen the connector x941 (don’t quote number, going off memory) on the driver’s outer footwell be a culprit. Good luck!
I bought a used Prius hybrid and within 7 months trouble lights began popping up. The cost to replace sensors is rediculous. Over engineered electronics cause more problems than it is worth. These new cars fall apart well before the car is paid off. Im going to buy a restored classic car I can work on.
4:30 no, these issues don’t sound like first world problems… These issues sound like problems from the 1970s. Why on earth should a supposed top-of-the-line vehicle have such ridiculous reliability problems? 1990s Isuzus have better reliability records than this. lol
3 videos in 1 week? What’s going on and what have you done with samcrac?
Still isn’t finishing any projects so it checks out.
@@TheProfoundPenguin Haha was about to say the same thing!
xmass just around the corner, everybody looking for overtime hours. hahahahh😂
Years ago he used to post a ton of videos …. Now it’s like one a month if were lucky 😂❤
December CPM $$$
Your Tesla service cow is here.
We tried to reach out about your extended warranty ...
I just love the cows! Mt. kid here;) A guy with super cars and a herd!
@ 12:30 Sam complains about the reliability of a Tesla with a Range Rover in the background, classic Sam.
It's like poetry
Exactly!!!
HEY, it wasnt in the shop. let the man appreciate it wasnt costing him money for a bit. other than that pesky depreciation those get murdered by
These videos save me the horror of trying to buy a cheap used car. Thank you for your service, Samcrac.
same here haha. my brother wanted to buy a range rover. i sent him alllllll Sam's range videos
@ 🤣🤣🤣
Horror is in buying a "modern" lets say used 2019 BMW, Audi, Mercedes, those things are full of electrical problems. An old 2007 is better used then these are
@@Chris-hw4mq Even modern Jeeps and other Dodge products are having insane electrical problems, I always knew it would come to this but it will only get worse.
@@acm_1028 Jeep, Doge= FIAT. FIAT always makes crappy cars
I love the logic that says if the boot latch stops working you disable all door locks and auto-pilot. Top work that.
Although the trunk is not a door, it's probably connected to the same interior lighting and door safety warning inputs. Since otherwise it would make sense for the autopilot to disable if any door would be open...
@ I would agree except I don’t believe Sam said the car was indicating that the trunk was open, just that the latch stopped opening it. Therefore from the car’s point of view the car is secure. At least it would be if you could lock the doors.
@@peterj5751 he did say the car was indicating open trunk. And trunk is part of central locking
Hey choom
You have to love Tesla. They diagnose your car, give you a quote to repair it. You agree, then they raise the price. Kind of like the way we were supposed to be on Mars about seven years ago.
Roadster coming out any day now…
@@conor7154 Inside news: Roadster has been ready since 2 years, It's the SEMI that's taking time, so Tesla unable to deliver the roadster.😆😆
a motor that closes a latch is another example of cars being designed to fail, which is all new cars nowadays
Tesla fits all this pointless crap but rips out turn signal and drive selector levers . Why ??🙄
I see this every time I see a powered trunk lid or tailgate. They all break and it's a matter of when.
The fuel door on my Subaru has no motor for opening. I have to push it with my finger! Life is tough for the underclass.
@@pierredelecto7069 If it's an American car it will almost definitely fail well before 10 years and 100k. Fleet mechanic here and I see plenty of those power latch assemblies fail on nearly brand new cars. As in sub 20k and 2 years old.
If it's on a Toyota though it's probably gonna last a good long while. I used to work for Lexus and never had issues with power latches on those even on older cars with some miles on them. You can make these parts last if you want to but most of these new cars are basically built to be disposable once they're 5+ years old.
Simple with few electronics is better.
I have the safety restraint system fault. It's probably the rear seatbelt harness or the seatbelts themselves. My son dropped his whole water bottle in the back seat and that's when the issue started.
That sucks, a very much expensive fragile car
Same thing happened on my mother's VW Touareg when an entire 32oz cup of water was tipped over and flooded the seat sensor
Now you all know what the purpose of the "no eating and drinking in the car" rule is 😝
@@gentle285 Yep. That was my family rule. Eating and drinking in a car is nasty
I have bought parts directly from Tesla service before. This might be location specific but I created a service request. Sent the part number of what I wanted. They setup an invoice and I just drove up to the service department and picked it up.
Ordering parts from Tesla is almost as easy as going to a AutoZone. It is done through the service menu in the app. You have to request a service even though you just want to park. Just put in a part number if you know what it is, include counter pickup and they'll send you a quote. Be sure to request to pick it up from your local service center. You pay for it in the app and it's usually only a couple of hours runtime if they have it in stock.
Also Sam, all the repair manuals are online including part breakout so you can see how to change parts. Having the service manual online is definitely a change I hope all the other manufacturers will do. Especially for free like Tesla
@@minty_lint I ordered from AutoZone online recently and it was . A . NIGHTMARE. had to read the part nos to the associate so he could write them down
We found a Tesla fanboy!
@@michaelreynolds1904...and?
The smile Sam had when he said he feels like he doesn’t have a steering wheel if he doesn’t have a dash cam that smile was hilarious
They call that a sh*t eating grin.
We need to meet that cow in the next Tesla episode
Your cow is drooling for thw next video.😂
The most interesting advertising channel available is Samcrac.
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@@kunjupulla Joined two hours ago lol
These bots are getting out of control
A car guy that’s not a Tesla hater. It’s a Christmas miracle!
the cow at the end is super cute!
Hey Samcrac, thanks for the video.
There can be 2 places to look to fix the issue.
1: behind the pedels there are connectors as well, one of them van be too loose.
2. Check the connectors under your seat!
The big scare is the rear drive unit leaking coolant and killing itself and the inverter.... There are some coolant delete kits that they sell, and the latest drive units from Tesla actually have that coolant delete already installed.
Back in spring this year I bought a 2014 model S 85 for 9K off of a private dealer on Facebook, the car had a new battery and electric drive motor about 50k miles ago and literally drives perfect, and looks brand new, put about 10,000 Miles on it so far and it's been great
Your leasing logic only works if the value of the old car when you decide to sell is zero. I've leased, bought new, bought old. You either pay for maintenance and repairs or depreciation. You can bullshit yourself, but you pay one way or another.
If you have a reliable used cars you can keep it more and you avoid the leasing all together
Can we have a video on your farm? Always seen the livestock in the background, but I don't believe you have ever gone into the day to day running behind it all :) Thanks!
Most of us aren’t mechanical electrical geniuses like Sam. This is a maintenance nightmare like BMW.
You can sell this car . You can't sell a lease Sammy . 11k
Yah, arguing a lease is good value only makes sense if the car you actually bought has no residual value (or you bought new and your car deppreciates like crazy).
Your friendly cow will for sure figure this out before Tesla ever does!
You can also drive to Tesla service center and ask to buy a part just like any other dealer. I’ve bought many parts this way.
Best part of the video was the cow. Very healthy
I love your videos and I love working on cars but I gotta say
you have the most seamless transitions into your product ads I've ever seen. I genuinely never see them coming lol. well done.
13:32 that's the problem with the car market today: used cars are so prone to failure that you end up paying the same for a new lease. I just went through this with a used Canyon. Where I live 2019 with 150K kms are still $30,000.00. Newer ones even more.
I bought a Honda and haven't spent a dime on repairs.
Depends on year and model Honda like everyone else has problems these days
2nd Gen Odysseys have transmission issues. FYI
Wait, you requested a quote from Tesla for the trunk latch electronic mechanism, and they give you a quote for $110 for the part and mobile service install. But when you place that order, Tesla all of a sudden jacks the price to over $200 because, surprise, they quickly determine that another part is required? That's not sleazy and underhanded.....
And you're in Blackie's territory, she wants you to moooove!
Elon wants that payout 🤣🤣
@@handler00017 Mo money, mo money, mo money! Elon wants to get paid!
@@handler00017 It's only $60 billion. Chump change...
Sounds like something Musk would do, lube up that Butt hole Elon says " America your going to have to suffer for awhile " says the Gizilonare to us reg folks, WTF did this Country do thinking the wealthy will help the working people.
@@blahorgaslisk7763 billionaire fcko change.
I think the cow has a better chance 😂😂😂
Moo Moo is like, Same come outside and play the weather is wonderful!
Why do I feel like Sam thought “I need to make a video with car camera product placement… hmmm I know, a Tesla comparison that mentions cameras!!!!”
I think there is a screw in a wire to the SRS harness somewhere. Or it's not grounded properly - loose bolt somewhere. Probably take you 10 hours to track down but then you will have a deal
Glad to see more frequent videos from you, @samcrac! Enjoy your stuff.
I see a Samcrac video ,I immediately watch.
You forgot to mention that you are a simple man and that you never clicked this fast...and that your babe should wake up because the video has just dropped. Of course it goes without saying that Sam is a national treasure and should be protected at all cost.
16:20😂😂😂 bull was like when you gonna buy me something nice from the auction
Pretty sure the cow was saying "Hey buddy that's my spot so Mooove it"
Holy jump scare 😮 was not prepared for a giant cow 😂
They gave me the higher quote too but when they did mine they only replaced 1 part and cut the cost in half.
With the money in fuel and oil changes, youre golden.
What? More uploads!
I have a question.
Who are you and what have you done with our hero.
I’m not complaining about the upload schedule, just finish off more of the cars and feed Sam regularly.
Gosh, the driver's door handle on our 2005 Focus only lasted 19 years and 283K miles before it broke. The other 3 still work like new.
Star of this video, definitely the cow at the end.
Finally, a new one from you!
This is what we your subscribers would like pls Sam 2/3 weekly uploads! thanks 🙏 Sam for uploading three videos in one week awesome keep uploading my man it must be Xmas 🎄 lol 😂 we will watch them for sure great video Sam interesting! thanks again see you in the next one!!..✨💫👌💫✨👍
Love the Cow 🐄 showing up 😂
Getting Tesla parts is a hassle and a big turnoff. You have to register for a business account which at least gives you a discount from retail. Then the fun begins. Unlike every other parts department in the country where you call on the phone or walk in to order parts, Tesla doesn't even HAVE a parts counter for external sales. You have to order parts online and have it shipped to you, you can't even pick it up at the Tesla dealer. So that $10 part you need today is going to take days to receive and have a $15 shipping charge added on even if they have that part on the shelf at the dealer. For those that say they picked up their parts at the dealer, did they have a personal or business account? I have a business account as well as four dealers within 20 miles of me and none of them said I could pick up my parts.
Beautiful Dealer license plate Mr. Automobile Dealer!
Love Christmas holidays on TH-cam
Loving the frequent uploads Sam!
i love the cow at the end just watching
Common problems on a model are the problems you want. Others already know the symptoms and know the fix.
With the SRS fault on the other Model S, at least if you are in a crash and survive, you won't have to replace all of the airbags, dashboard and seatbelts.
Samcrac its a ground post under the driver side foot rest. Remove epoxy body paint with buzz wheel. Bad ground . Same issue here they chased for months
those boot actuators are the same as the Mercedes S they were based on. part available on amazon/temu/ali express. i paid £18 in the uk delivered. some good youtube vids on the job, particularly disconnecting a tricky speaker wire. an hour tops, refitting the trim without the clips falling off is a pain
Worked in tesla, as far as i can tell if it has been fixed 7 times it probably went from tech to tech and random parts have been replaced as it is probably intermittent issue. It looks like you fixed something but week later or so it occurs again. And to find the real issue of it it will take some time, its most likely some pin backed out or water ingress through your beloved sunroof. Ive seen it all, electrical pins defective so it loses contact, wires broken with no external damage, tesla really cheaped out on wiring harnesses, i dont know if it was cost cut or trying to make it light weight :D
I purchased my 2022 Plaid new over 2-1/2 years ago. It's the best car I've owned in the last 50 years of car ownership. Fingers crossed and knocking on wood.
That said my Tesla experience didn't start out that well. I had another Model S Long Range refresh on order as soon as online orders opened. I kept getting my delivery pushed back, but I don't want to get into that. I get a call from Tesla asking if I'd be willing to accept a car that was built 6 months prior. It was the color combo I wanted with the correct wheels. Why wouldn't I accept it? They were even giving me a discount of a few grand because it had been sitting around for so long. My thought process was this is still a new car with a full warranty that they said only had about 12 miles. If there is something wrong, being retired, I have plenty of time to spend at Tesla service. So being this was happening when we were still working under COVID rules, they would deliver the car to my home. I had sold my GLE63s to make room for the Tesla, mistake one. Tesla doesn't show up, I get a phone call. They are having a problem updating the car until they do, I can't take delivery. They say they'll have it straightened out within 24 hours and we make another delivery appointment. Rinse and repeat the prior day. Tesla couldn't repair whatever was wrong and that car wound up being in their showroom for about 5 months. I'm not sure if they ever repaired it or just made it go away. I'm not sure if I dodged a bullet there or not.
Loving the multiple videos this week
So knowledgeable. Love the video and keep up the amazing work man!!!!
Really good idea having a dash camera, I've had mine one for years.
Thank u for posting a lot again. I really enjoy your videos samcrac
That Trunk motor is actually a mercedes Benz part. I googled the Part number from mb and went to a dealership down the road and fixed it myself. Suprisingly when i comecteted the motor to a dc power supply it worked. So i guess the amps where to high and it Shut down.
That SRS issue is weird. Every part in that system is probe-able via the computer. So logically it gives a specific code to locate the fault. It really makes me wonder if there is a scraped wire or bad crimp somewhere. The shotgun approach probably works fine most of the time but when you already replaced all modules and the situation does not go away or come back it implies its something that is marginal that was never replaced.
Loving all the videos Sam!
was that the new stepmom looking at you through the car window Sam🤣😂
Well something was gushing..
I'd use the correct size hole saw and drill a hole in the charging door.
Cow at the window was saying "This is no Bull!"
Really enjoy the videos thanks for sharing
Man is an easy fix that Srs light. There is a loose ground wire on one of the jack on the controller module. The best way to see if is that the problem is by pushing with your foot on the left a pillar. Il the light goes off Remove on the driver side a pillar lower trim (the one with the Tesla logo on sill plate). There is underneath on the A pillar what is called left controller. Well there is on that controller a connector with a loose ground wire. I do not recall which one it is but u will catch it as soon as u start to play with it.
Sam, my Ford F250 was having the same issue. The dealership kept throwing airbag parts at it. It finally ended up being the main wiring harness that ran next to the parking brake release mechanism. When you would release that, the spring would jar the wire for the airbag loose. When it was loose, it threw the code. Their fix was to solder that wired connection together, rather than replacing all of the wiring harness.
Sam do any of those critters ever find there way onto your dining room table
Most actuators that I've seen are just little dc motors like you find in toys. In fact, I fixed door locks by opening the motors and replacing the little brass brushes from cheapo rc cars. You'll need picks, tweezers and a vice would help. Or save your time and just buy new stuff.
Thanks for sharing and taking us along
I just hope people keep hating on evs so we can have cheaper vehicle options. It feels like every car is rare spec, and cost more than their worth.
Dang I was hoping you'd finish up the other series but here we go with a new series
Meanwhile, the switch that is failing in the chargeport door is something that sells for 2 dollars. A simple basic mechanical switch, but if they put a socio billionaire logo on it, you know where the money went.
Cow is letting that drool cruise into the wind
But arguably if you drive the used Tesla car for 5+ years the cost amortizes, plus any repairs. Also insurance would probably be less on the old car. If it’s old enough also free unlimited supercharger
I remember they changed something from being bound to the car to being bound to the owner and non transferable. Wasn't that the supercharger deal? Don't own a Tesla and not really interested, it's just something rattling around in my brain.
Sam another great video happy holidays
Watching from Berlin, Germany. Great stuff! 😊❤
Dor handle repair kit was 25 euro last time i bought it from aliexpress, and been working fine for soon 2 years now.
That cow wants a raise.
I did my first adopter duty with a used Model S. Simple stuff I fixed like control arms and power port door and tougher stuff was handled by Tesla (like door actuators). Once I had to replace a drive unit on my dime, I sold it. Under warranty it already had 2 drive units and a battery replacement. Great car, horribly unreliable. I drove in fear until it was gone.
Make sure you reinstall software any time you replace an electronic part in a Tesla
@13:48 Who says that the latest and greatest tech is superior in any way to the older one? 🤔
@15:00 Not necessarily, you either live with the risk or fix the issue. If the airbag doesn't work, that is more crucial than some other electronical nannies.
Great Video Bud 👍👍🥳🥳
Cow wants a ride! lol
The door handles are usually the micro-switch or wires connected to the micro-switch.
1:46 - Magnet mounted dash cam? I would be afraid of it flying off in an accident. Not that it would pose much of a threat as debris, but what happens the the video clip it was just recording? Does it lose the last file or does it have enough power to save before it dies while flying through the air? I guess there wont be any video following the impact.
All those parts for a buyback and they didn’t replace RCM but did 4 of the same airbag? Whatever service center was doing the work did not understand that the problem was not the airbags lol. We’ve seen this on model x where it points to anything else and the RCM ends up failing and throwing bad signals. Also have seen the connector x941 (don’t quote number, going off memory) on the driver’s outer footwell be a culprit. Good luck!
That preggo cow was funny. She needs more airtime.
I want to see videos of Sam being a farmer!
"Motor in the Door keeps on Turning... I don't know if the Wind is Blowing.."......
Nothing like Journey.....
I bought a used Prius hybrid and within 7 months trouble lights began popping up. The cost to replace sensors is rediculous. Over engineered electronics cause more problems than it is worth. These new cars fall apart well before the car is paid off. Im going to buy a restored classic car I can work on.
4:30 no, these issues don’t sound like first world problems… These issues sound like problems from the 1970s. Why on earth should a supposed top-of-the-line vehicle have such ridiculous reliability problems? 1990s Isuzus have better reliability records than this. lol
Tesla should have a 500 pg book inserted with the Owners Manuel on how to fix all their mistakes.
It's fun to watch car guys lean into EVs and figure them out.
Making something simple as a door electronically actuated and more prone to being broken is plain stupid.
Samcrac is the most entertaining advertisement channel around.
My money is on the cow sorting it, rather than Tesla
dead range rover in the background is a nice touch