@@BruceWayne-vd3sp :P Yeaah sure , now Wayne has one in his magic belt now !! with a 3d metal printing of a bat handle ... Rich is a villain now we know.
@@BruceWayne-vd3sp hahaha I am sorry , I just trying to fix my R2D2 with my kitchen knife , something is messy here... can you send Alfred to take me with your Batspaceship , at 85000 , I will be near by the Mars orbit , I can not charge my Tesla Roadster Ion engine ... is very dark site around here and I write you , from my Amstrad CPC6128 ...
A giant steak knife would be the best tool for the job. Too bad Paul Bunyan wouldn't lend it to Uncle Rich on account that it would hurt his blue ox's feelings.
@@shifter65 lmao - yall are funny, maybe its coz I am more of a skeptic [though I hate to admit it], I immediately realised as soon as Chad was revealed I still watched till the end tho, and I must as say I was so excited to actually learn of Chad, like when another Avenger appears during End Game
I said that a few years ago. This guy will have become an expert and lots of people will start asking him for help and he'll get their cars sorted fast and without messing around. This was when almost every comment was saying he should stop and they hope Tesla sue him etc.
Seriously think they're onto a winner. Tesla grows massively, they cash in. Tesla goes bust, there will be millions of Teslas out there that need expert servicing.
@@PD-we8vf How do you think vintage cars running on electric get fixed? There's multiple companies making brakes, eletric motors, etc. But probably will not be stock, that's true!
And that’s why mechanical ratchet operated handbrakes should be mandatory. Can’t stand electric handbrakes, they don’t seem like as much of a failsafe as a mechanical one.
@@Pentiumboots Even some non electric cars have an electric / push button handbrake now. Usually the fancier cars, but it will probably trickle down to 'ordinary' cars in the coming years as a 'feature' like power mirrors / windows etc...
@@bosstowndynamics5488 couldn't agree more. Most 'automations' are harmless and/or useful but I'll take a traditional hand brake any day. This video demonstrates exactly why. Almost seemed like you thought I supported this stupidity.
I think these guys add value to the product and suggest Tesla work with the to deliver service to the customer. You guy are great. Proof that you can’t stop knowledge from getting out there. If I had a Tesla, I’d sure use your expertise. Amazing how especially Rick worked to become so capable of repairing Tesla. And the electronics guy, great competency.
I copied you with my 2005 Honda Civic EX. For about a week. Then it I cleared it and wrapped it blue. I didn't want a top notch paint job to worry about on a crappy little Civic that I drove hard and worked on every weekend. Just wanted to be able to rewrap it any time it got bad enough to need it. I think what we know as paint nowadays will soon be a thing of the past. It's just not durable enough and there are much better alternatives out there for covering your vehicle, something that WILL see abuse no matter how you baby it in something so brittle.
Maybe its because I'm old school (80s guy), but I never have seen the attractiveness in "matte" finishes. As alluded to here, it makes the car look old, or like a completely primed car ready for the paint booth, or both. Whatever "cool" look it may have is only on a particular picture, at a particular angle. In real life, when you can see the car up close it almost always looks inferior to paint. I did a PPF, clear, glossy wrap on my Tesla Model 3 Performance, and it looks so much better in my opinion.
In my case making the car look old was literally the point. I lived in a rough neighborhood and it would have been stoled within weeks of purchase if I didn't get it with a matte finish and no hubcaps.
@@rayhend100 see, that's funny. I don't get why glossy is attractive. Glossy only looks "cool" in a particular picture, at a particular angle. To me, it has fairly severe effects on accentuating the body lines and features. Matte makes them rather clear or subtle contrary to glossy, which will blow them out or completely divert the shape. PS. I also dont get how it makes it look old. After all, its not the matte that makes old cars look old, but the splotchyness and scratches, paired with tacky chrome pieces. A purpose matte finish has a rather silk texture feel; quite the opposite from old or unfinished. That is of course, if we're talking anything but his particular shade of grey, which is obviously reminiscent of primer, but that has its own charme as well.
Rich, I might not be able to afford a brand new model 3 but Ive seen some decently priced older 2013-2014 model S's, you should make a video on what to look for in a used Tesla and things to check as more and more start to show up for sale...
I don't understand how electronic parking brakes are legal. The whole point is to have a direct mechanical linkage that will always work, regardless of whether or not the hydraulic brake system or any electrical components are working. It's supposed to be a redundancy. An electronic parking brake simply has a vastly higher potential of failure than a braided steel cable does.
@@AlexandarHullRichter Elon Musk is beyond foot pedals! How dare you ask him to use such a dated system! He's going to reinvent the wheel so that it's triangular, and it'll save the environment!
"We have a Chad now!" Congratulations on your new Chad, Rich. May your Chad give you years of reliable service. Love your videos, Rich, keep 'em coming!
You’re right it would look weird on a roadster which you would expect to be lifted because it’s a sports car. But this would look so cool lifted like that
Thanks Rich. I always imagined that the design of the car incorporated various redundancies to preclude the necessity of a Kill Switch. This sounds like an opportunity. The issue is not the water damage. The issue is that a single point of failure could cause a dangerous situation like this.
With this little faults learned and fixed Tesla is going to come out tops. Rich is the first individual to undertake this initiatives, and taking them on professionally with his buddies. This guy is sharp and he's to me a Tesla expert outside of Tesla garages. What a guy. BIG BIG UP!
Rich, it is like you are a mind reader. Thanks to you I finally bought a Model S P85 used. Less than a month later, my MCU screen has started to bubble along the top, I have looked through some old videos to find exactly this one, time to pull my MCU. Thanks for the amazing videos!!
The database of all the issues, solutions, and installations would be so RICH! Way to go Electrified Garage...it will be the primary source of all aftermarket Tesla in future. Wishing you all the best.
Bravo! Increíble hermanos! Estos manes trabajan una nave espacial en un tallersito con cartones y mucha desenvoltura! Y logran y van mucho más allá que los talleres originales del Muskito este... Dios mío, ahora si estoy mas que nunca convencido que se puede abrir un taller de reparación de carros eléctricos como los Tesla en cualquier ciudad y hueco de America Latina! Felicidades a Rich y a todo el equipo del taller Electrified Garage!
It's an interesting situation, an enthusiast who is nevertheless unflinchingly critical of the assorted shortcomings. I love the frank and honest way in which Rich identifies, enumerates and addresses the car's various weak points. Where Tesla is pretty closed-mouthed about its products in terms of repairs and service, Rich is pulling back the curtains to provide the kind of knowledge that invested owners want in order to be able to take better care of their cars.
I doubt it. Tesla isnt concerned with mechanical repairs as much as data theft, IP loss, and talent poaching. Mechanics and Maintainers can be very skilled, but are not individually valuable. As a collective whole they are very important, but people change jobs all the time, even moreso in the tech industry.
What a sneaky way to start up a second tier repair chain without endorsing it When you think about it Elon might be right behind it, and provided a tech to do it Now if he gets taken to court he can say there are others who do repairs other than Tesla What a Genius he is, now all he has to do is supply some parts (through the back door) and all is done
The Corrupted Guest "Power off Disabled", what if someone shuts it off on the freeway, unable to get out? Is it save to junk reverse engineer this??? guess NOT!!!!!!!!
There should have to be on off switch accessible to the driver at all times. What if you get a runaway throttle, like Toyota, BMW, Subaru and a few others have?
@@aliabdallah102 in an electronically operated gearbox, the chances of neutral being available when controlled by the same faulty powertrain control module that is already giving you a runaway throttle is low, or non existent.
I accidentally shut my garage door on my bumper. The shop says it is $1000. Ugh. You've inspired me to try to fix it myself with touch up paint. Rock on, Rich! You are very inspiring. Subscribed.
I am a diesel/industrial mechanic, and some tools from Harbor Freight I have I prefer to the name brands, and for a fraction the price. And often made in the same factory.
@@ke6gwf Yeah, I don't understand the infatuation with expensive tools. Companies like Snap-On are really able to capitalize on the convenience and financing. I know a mechanic who has at least $30,000 in Snap-On tools, including a $10,000 toolbox. I understand that you MIGHT want to buy "the best" for socket wrenches, pneumatic tools, or other tools with moving parts, but a wrench is a wrench and a screwdriver is a screwdriver, and I might rather have a full set in every size of socket rather than just a small set of 3/8" sockets for the same price. To contrast, I also know a contractor who swears by Harbor Freight compressors. He says that when you're hauling them around in the back of a truck and running them all day long 300+ days a year none of them last, not even the name brands, so why pay 3 or 4 times the price?
To be fair they "literally can't go anywhere". The reason they are in that particular location is to shorten the length of a bunch of cables. Also it needs to be inside the interior of the car for access to AC- did you see that fan?. So with the requirements of "needs to have lots of cable access" and "lots of space" that spot is a pretty good one. But yes, they could have designed it better - to be easier to remove and swap, to not be hard to reinstall the drip tray that protects them, to not have a drain hose that is so vulnerable to failure. In a Toyota, while they might have done a similar design layout, the screen probably would have been genuine automotive grade and not leaked, and the drain hose probably wouldn't have failed.
Drip tray is a cheap bandaid to help make a stupid design work. They shouldve redesigned the drain and had it moved to a location not directly above electronics if the electronics absolutely had to be there.
In my 1985 M-B 300D, the designers used a short foam tube for the climate drain, which falls apart to soak the carpet and rust the floors. "Exquisite German engineering" but perhaps too many beers. Owners substitute a dishwasher adapter tube from Home Depot to fix 'er. The 300SD were even worse with long foam tubes along the tranny hump. That Tesla drain hose looks solid, but somebody (Rich?) cracked the drain nipple. In other climate drain issues, my 1996 Voyager was soaking the carpet which I first thought was the heater core but turned out to be overflowing condensate. I pushed a stiff wire up the drain tube (from lower engine bay), felt something like a float pop open and about a gallon of water poured out. First I heard of a Liquid Crystal Display leaking out the liquid. A search finds those are strong solvents (benzene and phenyls). Hope you washed your hands well before lunch.
Bazanji What an ignorant and presumptuous statement. You must not be very smart if that’s what you take away with from this video. Oof. Delete yourself from the internet. 🤦🏻♂️
That isn't morale. Morale is the general feeling of motivation to participate in achieving a goal that's related to job satisfaction. You want to say moral, not morale.
@@benjaminr8229 well what i take away from the video is ... EV has a electrical problem and you have no car. at least ICE you can use them even if you have no battery.
my tesla had exactly the same issue, a leaking screen. Oh, also a bad door handle, a broken window module, and most recently a bad drive unit! (along with at least 6 tires popped because of the 21' turbine wheels) I think altogether I've spend like 10k in repairs? What a nightmare!
"removes important drip plate that keeps water off of extremely fragile components" "water gets all over extremely fragile components and car breaks down" Rich: *how the-*
Looks like things are looking up for you. You deserve it, but I hope you don't stop making these videos if the business gets rough. I really enjoy them.
Keep a telescoping hood prop rod under your driver's seat. If you are ever in this situation again you can wedge it against the seat and the brake pedal to hold the brakes and prevent it from rolling.
Chad is such a game changer. Anyone who knows anything about silicon can be there within half of an hour telling you what Tesla want you to hear, but Chris, someone who has been inside Tesla, can *actually* tell you what you need to know. Often, guys like Chris (even if he's awesome) has a bunch of information he will forget to tell you
Well, Rich, I admire all the work you put in fixing up Teslas. However, I would never let you work on anything I own. I would constantly worry I would be left stranded on the side of the road by one of your repairs.
I work on my own car. My policy is to make a repair as though you are doing the work for someone else. No half measures, no shortcuts, no "that will be good enough." Doing work for myself or for a customer, it doesn't matter. You do the best you can and if you can, leave it like it just left the factory.
Pier Giorgio Yes you are. However, when I work on a car, any car be it mine or someone else’s, I do my best to leave it as factory looking as possible. Meaning, all panels go back, all screws are replaced. I wan’t anything I do to a car to look and function like it what I did was done by a professional not just a DIYer. Call it taking a sense of pride in my work. The finished product is my signature.
T B That’s actually my point. I don’t take shortcuts. I do not consider taking a “risk” acceptable. If It’s my car, I’m not going to take a “shortcut” or do something that compromises reliability. Rich decided to leave off a part of the car that cased this problem and required hours of extra work to resolve. That’s why I don’t take shortcuts. Do it correctly now so you don’t have to do it over or fix it later.
Many problems can arise in fuel cars, but in electric cars there are endless errors (which cost capital to repair and in due course ... shelf aging, just think of capacitors that dry out over time and lose capacity)
DIY and buying parts probably around 1k usd. You can't buy just the screen, that I am aware of. Have to buy the whole unit and then take the screen off.
Initially I prefered the black paint over the primer colour, but it's growing on me now. There's probably some firmware setting to change the color on the dashboard car icon as well!
Design a drain tube directly over two critical modules for the car. Then design a drip tray to go over it for when the tube fails. A part that exists purely because another part is badly designed. Thats such rubbish >
What a sneaky way to start up a second tier repair chain without endorsing it When you think about it Elon might be right behind it, and provided a tech to do it Now if he gets taken to court he can say there are others who do repairs other than Tesla What a Genius he is, now all he has to do is supply some parts (through the back door) and all is done
Thanks for covering the screen issue Rich. I really wish we could grab the ear of Elon on this issue as it has happened to many of us silent Tesla 'beta' testers. My screen also delaminated and dripped goo everywhere. Many owners have footed the bill themselves out of frustration. Holding out until Tesla will acknowledge this was a major manufacturing defect to early Model S cars and recall but at this point feels like I'll be holding my breath on this one.
tirken eowin that’s the problem even many older vehicles with electronic airbags have, its a safety thing Im assuming. You have to turn on the emergency lights and slightly leave the door open to even lift a vehicle that has airbags. Some manufacturers have different methods, but it’s inconvenient nonetheless to a person who wouldn’t even think about disabling the airbags before lifting it.
I own a computer repair shop in MN, seen that screen issue on dell laptops too. The fix is to break the screen down and remove the optic gel and reassemble. Not super fun!
Ironically, that parking brake module on the back of the caliper appears identical to the one on the BMW X series. I got the same error and found a crack in the plastic housing that allowed the gear to disengage and not spin the caliper closed properly.
I love that you named her Deloris, as a WestWorld Easter Egg... You've leverage multimedia platforms beautifully. Tesla will come around to fully value you in time...
"Power off Disabled"
_I'm sorry Rich, I'm afraid I can't do that_
*This is what AI will tell us one day and we are doomed*
perfect 2001 reference haha
😂
@@DSCKottawa01000111 01101111 01101111 01100100
Tesla needs some sort of manual backup. Seriously living in 2001 a space odyssey
Nice to see that the Electrified Garage is coming together. Legit with an actual professional! Congrats, Rich and crew!
They have a Chad !
@@dienadel30 But will Chad get them to up their game, or will they drag him down to mediocre?
@@imouse3246 find out on the next episode of Rich Rebuilds!
@@AntiViGames You forgot the word "exciting". lol
That car lift is amazing
This was a very long Electrified garage commercial. I usually skip adds but this one was pretty good.
Rich should defiantly pay to have these run as ads.
..... this all was caused because he did not reinstall the plastic cover. That is not really a great ad.
That fork lift
@@GrumpyIan He can be defiant at times.
P
Nothing like a mechanic with that kind of experience.. Great find Rich, I hope he stays around for treat him well.. Welcome Chad.
"i didn't forget, it was just too damn hard"
i felt this statement deep down in my soul
😂😂 I usually throw them away when they won’t play ball
Otherwise known as a weeee part.
@@nb1 lol
Ah, now we know why you're starting the Electrified Garage, to be able to fix your car!
with the official knife!! only!! better then switch army knife !! :P :P :P
Ahahhahahaha
@@BruceWayne-vd3sp :P Yeaah sure , now Wayne has one in his magic belt now !! with a 3d metal printing of a bat handle ... Rich is a villain now we know.
dimitrios lianos hahahahaha Rich is Super Brave messing with these 5 Ton Commodore 64s. If Delorian was reincarnated you ‘d have Elon.
@@BruceWayne-vd3sp hahaha I am sorry , I just trying to fix my R2D2 with my kitchen knife , something is messy here... can you send Alfred to take me with your Batspaceship , at 85000 , I will be near by the Mars orbit , I can not charge my Tesla Roadster Ion engine ... is very dark site around here and I write you , from my Amstrad CPC6128 ...
It took till the end for me to realize the "help Tesla sent" is Chad 🤣🤣
Shhhhhhhh SPOILER!
@@RubenKelevra TESLA SENT CHAD!!!
It took me reading this comment to get it
A giant steak knife would be the best tool for the job. Too bad Paul Bunyan wouldn't lend it to Uncle Rich on account that it would hurt his blue ox's feelings.
@@shifter65 lmao - yall are funny, maybe its coz I am more of a skeptic [though I hate to admit it], I immediately realised as soon as Chad was revealed
I still watched till the end tho, and I must as say I was so excited to actually learn of Chad, like when another Avenger appears during End Game
You guys are a future goldmine, Tesla has missed the boat on secondary service
I said that a few years ago.
This guy will have become an expert and lots of people will start asking him for help and he'll get their cars sorted fast and without messing around.
This was when almost every comment was saying he should stop and they hope Tesla sue him etc.
But Tesla got sneaky and .... Will they sell you any parts yet? Or does one need to have a Tesla salvage yard?
Seriously think they're onto a winner. Tesla grows massively, they cash in. Tesla goes bust, there will be millions of Teslas out there that need expert servicing.
zagan1 it will be hard to fix them. When they can’t get the parts.
@@PD-we8vf How do you think vintage cars running on electric get fixed?
There's multiple companies making brakes, eletric motors, etc. But probably will not be stock, that's true!
And that’s why mechanical ratchet operated handbrakes should be mandatory.
Can’t stand electric handbrakes, they don’t seem like as much of a failsafe as a mechanical one.
Totally agree, safety is being sacrificed in favour of some bullshit wizardry.
I don't know much about electric cars, but I wondered as much. A mechanical break should be mandatory.
@Donovan Campbell I knew that to be the answer, but something has to be done.
@@Pentiumboots Even some non electric cars have an electric / push button handbrake now. Usually the fancier cars, but it will probably trickle down to 'ordinary' cars in the coming years as a 'feature' like power mirrors / windows etc...
@@bosstowndynamics5488 couldn't agree more. Most 'automations' are harmless and/or useful but I'll take a traditional hand brake any day. This video demonstrates exactly why. Almost seemed like you thought I supported this stupidity.
I think these guys add value to the product and suggest Tesla work with the to deliver service to the customer.
You guy are great. Proof that you can’t stop knowledge from getting out there.
If I had a Tesla, I’d sure use your expertise. Amazing how especially Rick worked to become so capable of repairing Tesla. And the electronics guy, great competency.
I really like that Primer Gray Paint job. I was so ahead of my time when I was a teenager in the 80's
Hey I copied you in the 90s!
I copied you with my 2005 Honda Civic EX. For about a week. Then it I cleared it and wrapped it blue. I didn't want a top notch paint job to worry about on a crappy little Civic that I drove hard and worked on every weekend. Just wanted to be able to rewrap it any time it got bad enough to need it. I think what we know as paint nowadays will soon be a thing of the past. It's just not durable enough and there are much better alternatives out there for covering your vehicle, something that WILL see abuse no matter how you baby it in something so brittle.
Maybe its because I'm old school (80s guy), but I never have seen the attractiveness in "matte" finishes. As alluded to here, it makes the car look old, or like a completely primed car ready for the paint booth, or both. Whatever "cool" look it may have is only on a particular picture, at a particular angle. In real life, when you can see the car up close it almost always looks inferior to paint. I did a PPF, clear, glossy wrap on my Tesla Model 3 Performance, and it looks so much better in my opinion.
In my case making the car look old was literally the point. I lived in a rough neighborhood and it would have been stoled within weeks of purchase if I didn't get it with a matte finish and no hubcaps.
@@rayhend100 see, that's funny. I don't get why glossy is attractive. Glossy only looks "cool" in a particular picture, at a particular angle. To me, it has fairly severe effects on accentuating the body lines and features. Matte makes them rather clear or subtle contrary to glossy, which will blow them out or completely divert the shape.
PS. I also dont get how it makes it look old. After all, its not the matte that makes old cars look old, but the splotchyness and scratches, paired with tacky chrome pieces. A purpose matte finish has a rather silk texture feel; quite the opposite from old or unfinished. That is of course, if we're talking anything but his particular shade of grey, which is obviously reminiscent of primer, but that has its own charme as well.
4:54 now I see why he can afford to fix all these wrecks.
Rich movin’ Bricks.
😅😅😅😅😅💀💀💀
Haha had me like “wtf was that”...✌️
LMAOO
😂 I thot the same
I don't get it
Rich, I might not be able to afford a brand new model 3 but Ive seen some decently priced older 2013-2014 model S's, you should make a video on what to look for in a used Tesla and things to check as more and more start to show up for sale...
From what I can tell, if you're interested in a used Tesla the first thing you should check is to see if Rich or Chad are your neighbors.
Surprised you didn't put the whole car in a ziploc bag with some dry rice...
Lol
Mr. Ree 😂😂😂😂
Lol
Or even just get rid of the car and buy a new one
Really 😒
I don't understand how electronic parking brakes are legal. The whole point is to have a direct mechanical linkage that will always work, regardless of whether or not the hydraulic brake system or any electrical components are working. It's supposed to be a redundancy. An electronic parking brake simply has a vastly higher potential of failure than a braided steel cable does.
...it's because someone, at some point, forgot that this primarily is (was) an emergency brake, and not just a parking brake.
I can't argue, but there has to be some way to keep the handle out of the way of the minimalistic design of teslas.
@@lintonfr there is. It's called a pedal. The Prius had one for that exact reason.
@@AlexandarHullRichter Elon Musk is beyond foot pedals! How dare you ask him to use such a dated system! He's going to reinvent the wheel so that it's triangular, and it'll save the environment!
@@ghost2021a do it on a vehicle I'm not trusting with my life, which is also banned from roads I'm trusting with my safety.
We have a Chad.
Nobody else has a Chad, Not even Tesla.
Well played sir, well played
But is he a hanging Chad?
@@ttystikkrocks1042 Nope. That Chad knows what it's supposed to do.
Hahahahahhaahha
You have a hulk, we have a Chad!
Tesla buys chad
"We have a Chad now!" Congratulations on your new Chad, Rich. May your Chad give you years of reliable service.
Love your videos, Rich, keep 'em coming!
Electrified Garage assemble.
OMFG, pause the video at 1:37 right when the suspension is at max....this thing would look AWESOME as a lifted tesla!
wangmauler definitely! Way more aggressive
You’re right it would look weird on a roadster which you would expect to be lifted because it’s a sports car. But this would look so cool lifted like that
Not really it would look better dropped
Thanks Rich. I always imagined that the design of the car incorporated various redundancies to preclude the necessity of a Kill Switch. This sounds like an opportunity. The issue is not the water damage. The issue is that a single point of failure could cause a dangerous situation like this.
Yeah i dont like it
With this little faults learned and fixed Tesla is going to come out tops. Rich is the first individual to undertake this initiatives, and taking them on professionally with his buddies. This guy is sharp and he's to me a Tesla expert outside of Tesla garages. What a guy. BIG BIG UP!
So happy to see your business growing. Can't wait to see the electric garage brand all over the country
Running a HVAC pipe on top of computers and other electric stuff? Great design Tesla!
"Elon shrugs shoulders"
Tought the same.
That is just lazy.
That's what drip trays are for.
Its easy to criticize after the fact, you don't know any of the other design restraints or reasons they put it there.
2:04 the subtitles think the forklift beeping is applauding lmao
And music rolling into the garage… xD
Richard it's the brilliant that you are do what you are doing brother. True man of intelligent and you are helping people as well as yourself.
Rich, it is like you are a mind reader. Thanks to you I finally bought a Model S P85 used. Less than a month later, my MCU screen has started to bubble along the top, I have looked through some old videos to find exactly this one, time to pull my MCU. Thanks for the amazing videos!!
This may have been a blessing in disguise. It's one more situation you all are prepared to handle. 🔧
Apparently quite a common issue as well.
Hopefully chad isn’t as lazy as rich and puts all the parts back after taking them out so you wouldn’t be running into problems like these.
So just because he's black he's lazy huh? Wow.
Lol?
@@MindzEnt bro stop trolling lol. His race has nothing to do with it. And rich isnt even lazy so the comment ur responding to was invalid anyways lol.
I prefer to be called Saltine Canadian, eh?
@@MindzEnt interesting.
I'd get the extended warranty for Chad. He's worth keeping around.
Where can I get myself a Chad?
@@zandermcnabb7779 ask your girlfriend she knows a couples Chads and Tyrones
@@infotechsailor OH YOU DIDNT JUST GO THERE!! lol
The database of all the issues, solutions, and installations would be so RICH! Way to go Electrified Garage...it will be the primary source of all aftermarket Tesla in future. Wishing you all the best.
Bravo! Increíble hermanos! Estos manes trabajan una nave espacial en un tallersito con cartones y mucha desenvoltura! Y logran y van mucho más allá que los talleres originales del Muskito este... Dios mío, ahora si estoy mas que nunca convencido que se puede abrir un taller de reparación de carros eléctricos como los Tesla en cualquier ciudad y hueco de America Latina!
Felicidades a Rich y a todo el equipo del taller Electrified Garage!
Not only are you DBZ savvy, but also bumpin' the Summertime Shootout mixtape... you're like the older brother I never had LoL
Lmao and he said coming together to form up like Voltron
@@randalllawkin Lol sure did!
@Chris Topher's Perspective In a prior video - Tesla Hacker Highlights Major Issue
Just put Dolores in Rice 😅
That's a @samcrac solution right there.
🤣😂
Basmati has the most magic
BEST COMMENT ALL DAY!!!
Lmao, 👍🏾👊🏾✌🏾🇳🇬🇺🇸
We all need a friend with a giant forklift!
I do wonder if it is safe to shove such a forklift spoons under a Tesla, the batteries being so close.
@@pear7777 feel like it wouldnt be road legal if it couldnt support its own weight from the bottom
What is a friend?
It's an interesting situation, an enthusiast who is nevertheless unflinchingly critical of the assorted shortcomings. I love the frank and honest way in which Rich identifies, enumerates and addresses the car's various weak points. Where Tesla is pretty closed-mouthed about its products in terms of repairs and service, Rich is pulling back the curtains to provide the kind of knowledge that invested owners want in order to be able to take better care of their cars.
3:00 "this stuff is gross" that's one of the cleanest wheel wells I've seen in a long time
Are we sure giant forklifts are the right tool to handle a Tesla? 🤔
Of course, he is professional. )))))))
Nothing says junk yard car like a huge fork lift underneath it.
Personally,I don't think it's the right tool,but underneath car is flat,it would not cause any damage.
That and a crusher...
Of course of course you kidding me right it says it on the side of the forklift in fine print, "THE OFFICIAL TESLA MOVER "!!!, 💥 LOLO 😂 😁 😀
Soon all Tesla techs will be made to sign a "Non Compete" clause because of Chad.
Except that non-competes are illegal in California....
@@ckm-mkc easily solved by not employing california techs
@@tim9680 ....make em sign it in a different state. An inebriated state.
I doubt it. Tesla isnt concerned with mechanical repairs as much as data theft, IP loss, and talent poaching. Mechanics and Maintainers can be very skilled, but are not individually valuable. As a collective whole they are very important, but people change jobs all the time, even moreso in the tech industry.
What a sneaky way to start up a second tier repair chain without endorsing it
When you think about it Elon might be right behind it, and provided a tech to do it
Now if he gets taken to court he can say there are others who do repairs other than Tesla
What a Genius he is, now all he has to do is supply some parts (through the back door) and all is done
4:54 Whats in the suspicious looking and rather well hidden baggy? ;-)
the insallation is missing between the 2 computers, he replaced them with that bag and then with the folded cardboard.
I know I know ;-)
thelukastate i dont how this car is running with cardboards and jb weld ?
"Power off Disabled"
elon is on another level
The Corrupted Guest
"Power off Disabled", what if someone shuts it off on the freeway, unable to get out?
Is it save to junk reverse engineer this??? guess NOT!!!!!!!!
@@lucasrem your reply makes 0 senese
neither does disabling the option to power off
There should have to be on off switch accessible to the driver at all times.
What if you get a runaway throttle, like Toyota, BMW, Subaru and a few others have?
@@AlexandarHullRichter put the bitch in neutral.
@@aliabdallah102 in an electronically operated gearbox, the chances of neutral being available when controlled by the same faulty powertrain control module that is already giving you a runaway throttle is low, or non existent.
I accidentally shut my garage door on my bumper. The shop says it is $1000. Ugh. You've inspired me to try to fix it myself with touch up paint. Rock on, Rich! You are very inspiring. Subscribed.
I love to see a professional mechanic using a socket wrench from Harbor Freight!
I am a diesel/industrial mechanic, and some tools from Harbor Freight I have I prefer to the name brands, and for a fraction the price.
And often made in the same factory.
@@ke6gwf Yeah, I don't understand the infatuation with expensive tools. Companies like Snap-On are really able to capitalize on the convenience and financing. I know a mechanic who has at least $30,000 in Snap-On tools, including a $10,000 toolbox. I understand that you MIGHT want to buy "the best" for socket wrenches, pneumatic tools, or other tools with moving parts, but a wrench is a wrench and a screwdriver is a screwdriver, and I might rather have a full set in every size of socket rather than just a small set of 3/8" sockets for the same price.
To contrast, I also know a contractor who swears by Harbor Freight compressors. He says that when you're hauling them around in the back of a truck and running them all day long 300+ days a year none of them last, not even the name brands, so why pay 3 or 4 times the price?
At 4:54 looked like you pulled out a bag of coke lol
Kevin Wiltshire lmao he’s a mule
Tesla: Where should we place these two computers, that could literally go anywhere?
Also Tesla: Under a water line.
To be fair they "literally can't go anywhere". The reason they are in that particular location is to shorten the length of a bunch of cables. Also it needs to be inside the interior of the car for access to AC- did you see that fan?. So with the requirements of "needs to have lots of cable access" and "lots of space" that spot is a pretty good one. But yes, they could have designed it better - to be easier to remove and swap, to not be hard to reinstall the drip tray that protects them, to not have a drain hose that is so vulnerable to failure. In a Toyota, while they might have done a similar design layout, the screen probably would have been genuine automotive grade and not leaked, and the drain hose probably wouldn't have failed.
@@GeraldMMonroe note: Toyota knows how to build cars. Tesla is just a small startup with a single factory.
That is why the drip tray is there... Rich is a cheap bastard and decided to not replace it.
Drip tray is a cheap bandaid to help make a stupid design work. They shouldve redesigned the drain and had it moved to a location not directly above electronics if the electronics absolutely had to be there.
The drip tray is a safeguard in case the condensate drain tube becomes clogged. A safeguard that Rich chose to not install.
In my 1985 M-B 300D, the designers used a short foam tube for the climate drain, which falls apart to soak the carpet and rust the floors. "Exquisite German engineering" but perhaps too many beers. Owners substitute a dishwasher adapter tube from Home Depot to fix 'er. The 300SD were even worse with long foam tubes along the tranny hump. That Tesla drain hose looks solid, but somebody (Rich?) cracked the drain nipple. In other climate drain issues, my 1996 Voyager was soaking the carpet which I first thought was the heater core but turned out to be overflowing condensate. I pushed a stiff wire up the drain tube (from lower engine bay), felt something like a float pop open and about a gallon of water poured out. First I heard of a Liquid Crystal Display leaking out the liquid. A search finds those are strong solvents (benzene and phenyls). Hope you washed your hands well before lunch.
Morale of the story. Don't half ass jobs or you will have water leaking on your pure electric car modules.
Morale of the story. Don't buy a Tesla.
Bazanji What an ignorant and presumptuous statement. You must not be very smart if that’s what you take away with from this video. Oof. Delete yourself from the internet. 🤦🏻♂️
That isn't morale. Morale is the general feeling of motivation to participate in achieving a goal that's related to job satisfaction. You want to say moral, not morale.
@@benjaminr8229 well what i take away from the video is ... EV has a electrical problem and you have no car. at least ICE you can use them even if you have no battery.
Elon Musk: "We have an army."
Rich Rebuilds: "We have a Chad."
**Chad roars into action**
AND The army takes 6 months to repair a door handle...
Nice
Elon musk:we send him to fix yo car lol
My daughter has a Chad can we trade .....
Always a great feeling when you go to fix something and fix like 4 other things in the process.
Manual transmission and mechanical hand brake says hi.
My horse and buggy say, "hello," in return!
@@Stilg1301 I'm sorry, I don't speak English through an online translator. Please go back to your country of origin and post there. Thank you!
@@davidnelson7719 so your only argument is being a native English speaker? well atleast you have something positive i guess...LOL
@@MrHBSoftware Do I need an argument for the guy who is gunning for low tech? I thought my race to the bottom was quite definitive.
@@MrHBSoftware Manufacturers can do what ever they want and you can choose to buy, or to take your horse and buggy and go home. The end =)
my tesla had exactly the same issue, a leaking screen. Oh, also a bad door handle, a broken window module, and most recently a bad drive unit! (along with at least 6 tires popped because of the 21' turbine wheels) I think altogether I've spend like 10k in repairs? What a nightmare!
Is the cardboard bracket an official Tesla part?!? LOL
@Thomas Foley Thats not hot rodding, that's just their shitty factories desperatly trying to make things work, lol.
Tyler Em, dude you’re an idiot lol. Tesla did not put that in.. Richy did. Literally watch the video before commenting
Man Rich you're doin the damn thing! Glad you've got a Chad now!
"removes important drip plate that keeps water off of extremely fragile components"
"water gets all over extremely fragile components and car breaks down"
Rich: *how the-*
Pro tip, if you ever give your car to the electrified garage, have everybody work on it, except rich...😁
Looks like things are looking up for you. You deserve it, but I hope you don't stop making these videos if the business gets rough. I really enjoy them.
Keep a telescoping hood prop rod under your driver's seat. If you are ever in this situation again you can wedge it against the seat and the brake pedal to hold the brakes and prevent it from rolling.
I would love to get a service like that in Estonia in that amount of time on ANY car 🇪🇪
Nothing wrong with using a little cardboard and duct tape, we've all done it :-)
Nothing like some good CAD.
Fire hazard maybe?
Rich, you need a Luis Rossman. Buy now, don't delay.
Chad is such a game changer. Anyone who knows anything about silicon can be there within half of an hour telling you what Tesla want you to hear, but Chris, someone who has been inside Tesla, can *actually* tell you what you need to know. Often, guys like Chris (even if he's awesome) has a bunch of information he will forget to tell you
Ayeeee finally someone that gets it, 8mph over is the legal sweet spot 🙌🏻
Well, Rich,
I admire all the work you put in fixing up Teslas. However, I would never let you work on anything I own. I would constantly worry I would be left stranded on the side of the road by one of your repairs.
Doing work on your own car in comparison to a customer is different, well usually it is or should.
I work on my own car. My policy is to make a repair as though you are doing the work for someone else. No half measures, no shortcuts, no "that will be good enough."
Doing work for myself or for a customer, it doesn't matter. You do the best you can and if you can, leave it like it just left the factory.
@@ImNotThatGuy you are free to experiment on your car. Customer service is another story.
Pier Giorgio
Yes you are. However, when I work on a car, any car be it mine or someone else’s, I do my best to leave it as factory looking as possible. Meaning, all panels go back, all screws are replaced. I wan’t anything I do to a car to look and function like it what I did was done by a professional not just a DIYer. Call it taking a sense of pride in my work. The finished product is my signature.
T B
That’s actually my point. I don’t take shortcuts. I do not consider taking a “risk” acceptable. If It’s my car, I’m not going to take a “shortcut” or do something that compromises reliability. Rich decided to leave off a part of the car that cased this problem and required hours of extra work to resolve. That’s why I don’t take shortcuts.
Do it correctly now so you don’t have to do it over or fix it later.
I think... Chad is a double-agent. Do not give him the passwords!
Those Radio Display connectors look just like FCA connectors.
They are.
Many problems can arise in fuel cars, but in electric cars there are endless errors (which cost capital to repair and in due course ... shelf aging, just think of capacitors that dry out over time and lose capacity)
i could see this car locking up completely and saying "GOOD-BYE MR.BOND!"
I don't have a Tesla ,but Damn I live this channel!!!😁
tesla is gay
beautoxxbeautoxx same here, in fact I own two diesel trucks but rich is a cool guy and it’s interesting to watch!
4:55 rich removes a kilo of an unknown substance...😂😂😂...youtube and fixing teslas are not your only hustle eh.lol
Saw it and immediately checked the comments section!!
O.O
Ya I'd take this shit down quick! Whats he thinking. Now I know why he Rambles on and on
4:53 lil better
4:54
Wow, how much would this repair cost without your own personal Chad?
Less than with a chad
Probably less than hiring him full time
DIY and buying parts probably around 1k usd. You can't buy just the screen, that I am aware of. Have to buy the whole unit and then take the screen off.
If you ask you can’t afford it
@@l.b.5376 The screen is a Innolux G170J1-LE1
Love it. That forklift work was brilliant.
By far, best channel on TH-cam
Cardboard man? Surely you have access to a goodwill. Get some plastic DVD cases for cheap.
She is beautiful being gray🙀
Primer* 😉
4:54 the drugs he was planing to get across the boarder lmao jk
A Tesla service shop must be a surreal place to work with different tools, different smells, sounds, you name it.
Oh Dolores, at it again. She's a great content machine
why are tesla screens (the early ones) failing in that matter? ive never seen an LCD fail like that even on 25yr old laptops
The heat. Its not automotive grade.
Your car was left on overnight and still had battery power left when you got to it...I can't even do that with my phone! MAGIC!
Initially I prefered the black paint over the primer colour, but it's growing on me now. There's probably some firmware setting to change the color on the dashboard car icon as well!
These videos make me love my 8 cylinder trucks even more. Over 200k on my f150 and it’s still going strong.
Design a drain tube directly over two critical modules for the car.
Then design a drip tray to go over it for when the tube fails. A part that exists purely because another part is badly designed.
Thats such rubbish >
In the real world the situation isn't usually ideal, you do what you have to do to reach the goal.
when your car is actually windows 10
And you're in the middle trying to fix it and it updates.
More like Apple. Same lock-in, same shitty software.
Archibald Tuttle It’s clear that you never owned a Mac. Just shut it if you don’t have brain cells.
@@HollywoodTv2013 you're big mad! Lmao
But at least Windows won't disable the Shutdown function...
Elon made the call - nothing gets done without "BIG E'S" approval.
cool last name.
I can only see Elon as a genius socially uncomfortable mob boss reading this, and I refuse to envision him any other way now.
Terry Price gosh now you just made me picture him like when Timmy and Jimmy joined the crips
We should totally do a lock in!
What a sneaky way to start up a second tier repair chain without endorsing it
When you think about it Elon might be right behind it, and provided a tech to do it
Now if he gets taken to court he can say there are others who do repairs other than Tesla
What a Genius he is, now all he has to do is supply some parts (through the back door) and all is done
Whoa. Big ass forklifts sounds pretty sweet through a decent surround sound system 🤣👍
Thanks for covering the screen issue Rich. I really wish we could grab the ear of Elon on this issue as it has happened to many of us silent Tesla 'beta' testers. My screen also delaminated and dripped goo everywhere. Many owners have footed the bill themselves out of frustration. Holding out until Tesla will acknowledge this was a major manufacturing defect to early Model S cars and recall but at this point feels like I'll be holding my breath on this one.
Love your channel Rich. I don’t even own a Tesla
Nobody:
Dolores: Dude, I'm straight up not having a good time
Note the front suspension seems a bit low after Delores was picked up.
i noticed the same thing, he mentions the air suspension was messing up, so maybe that's why?
tirken eowin that’s the problem even many older vehicles with electronic airbags have, its a safety thing Im assuming. You have to turn on the emergency lights and slightly leave the door open to even lift a vehicle that has airbags. Some manufacturers have different methods, but it’s inconvenient nonetheless to a person who wouldn’t even think about disabling the airbags before lifting it.
Great Job Young Timers. The perfect team
I own a computer repair shop in MN, seen that screen issue on dell laptops too. The fix is to break the screen down and remove the optic gel and reassemble. Not super fun!
Looking forward to that video on EV conversions you keep saying is on the way..
Glad to know you didn't hit that rare MR-2.
🤣
@@shepdgc.og.soldier7732 For REAL, right *LOL*. I rarely see those old things anymore.
I wish Chad would make a video talking about engineering of Tesla versus BMW.
Ironically, that parking brake module on the back of the caliper appears identical to the one on the BMW X series. I got the same error and found a crack in the plastic housing that allowed the gear to disengage and not spin the caliper closed properly.
I love that you named her Deloris, as a WestWorld Easter Egg... You've leverage multimedia platforms beautifully. Tesla will come around to fully value you in time...
You need to pay that man on the fork lift more...that was some AMAZING fork action
did you end up putting the drip pan back in or did you do something else?
Seems like the ground was probably the root cause of the issue.
No he didn't thus the carbboard. Got to love his repairs going to kill some one, Remember Daisy the toy car fire ?
I don’t know why they didn’t put the drip tray back in but would love to find out from them
Did he even have a drip pan still?
I thought about getting a Tesla, now I'm changing my mind!!
Shut up you broke
Damn think how much a repair like this wold cost if you did not have your own garage and skills / parts from donations and salvage.....
~$8k
love the way Dolores looks
vaseline (petroil jelly?) on ground screws. isolates from moisture but when metal is thighted it makes electrical contacts :D
Man I love that colour. Not as big of a fan of the roof rack rails though