I saw your response from 3 days ago. I really hope for the rest of us Tesla owners you will keep updating if you get any battery warnings or issues and we all hope your battery just keeps working great!
The battery works again. I just don’t trust that it was a real issue. I think it was a bug or teslas new update sent a false error because it’s been a few weeks and still no error message again
@@The-life-of-zGet an odblink mx + interface cable for the diagnostic port and scanmytesla app. Then dig into the battery details down to the module voltage and find out any issues before it happens again. Getting stranded can get very expensive at the wrong location.
@@The-life-of-z You are one of the smart ones. But whoever buys your car is completely screwed. It will fail because that's what old batteries do, they fail. 10 years is the expected life. Is that just me saying it? No, Franz, the Chief Designer for Tesla, literally said on video that they last 10 years to Jay Leno on Leno Garage. If you don't believe him, there is no hope for you.
How much did u pay for it originally and how many miles did it have? How many miles did u add and in what time frame? And im assuming u mainly supercharged it right?
It's an old car (first gen Model S) with 140k+ miles and a need for a fix. Dude bought a cheap luxury car, and those don't actually exist. Sometimes the price is only apparent later.
Well it is old car out of warranty. This what you buy in of you buy old electric car. $14k is cheap for new battery still. Some charge that for small plugin hybrid batteries.
People who don't have the money to buy a new battery and motors should not buying it. It's like buying a used Mercedes classe it cost money 💰. Tesla isn't toyota 😂😂
@zanderlucerophoto I hear you, I was hoping to do something similar to you, but your experience is exactly what I fear. I'd say EVs are reliable when new but as they age its uncertain how long they will last. I'd say a hybrid would be a good middle ground for now. Best of luck to man, keep us updated on what you end up doing.
@@Nicholas-f5 was at a loss at this point. The car lost so much value from the day of purchase. I still owed 19k but the bank let me settle at 9k because of the battery issue. So I made no money when selling it. Now I live in Hawaii doing a homestead. Road life was amazing but very exhausting
This right here is one of the many reason after I decided to buy a Tesla that I would tell people that "If I spend 5 figures on a car, I had better be the one that puts the comma in the odometer field..." I've bought far too many used cars and have spent gobs of money trying to keep them running... My next car will have a warranty, plain and simple. Interesting story: I rented a Y from a car rental company and the low voltage system decided to flick off overnight, causing me to have it and I being towed back to the rental location. Strangest thing is, they tell me later in the day that the car decided to behave itself again... It's weird...
Yeah highly recommend only getting one if it’s under warranty. Seems like they send out ota updates and shortly after older models have “bad batteries”
Amazing that comments claim this is an "old" car. I drive a 2005 Toyota Hilux and it's fine. Other than a house, a car is the next most expensive item most people will purchase. How many people would be happy with having their house fall down after 10 years while they're asleep? We need to look beyond the current disposable society's attitude if our poor planet has even the slightest hope of surviving.
Very sad that this is thought to be “old” I used to drive a 2006 Subaru before that and a 2003 350z before that and a 1997 jeep wrangler before that. The wrangler was definitely “old” I wish more people had a better understanding that our planet isn’t a infinite source of supplies
Ok, let's think the new thing out. Buy a new Tesla, get a warranty, but get completely hosed with depreciation. Buy a used Tesla, and the greedy bastards at Tesla service will feast on your carcass after sending you some over the air update failures. Want to keep your money for yourself? Buy a Toyota with a gas engine and no hybrid system.
I saw your response from 3 days ago. I really hope for the rest of us Tesla owners you will keep updating if you get any battery warnings or issues and we all hope your battery just keeps working great!
Thanks for this video
We see the pros & cons but this was all the way raw and this is valuable information
Talk to Gruber Motors. They diagnose & repair Tesla batteries just like yours for a fraction of the Tesla replacement cost.
The battery works again. I just don’t trust that it was a real issue. I think it was a bug or teslas new update sent a false error because it’s been a few weeks and still no error message again
@@The-life-of-zGet an odblink mx + interface cable for the diagnostic port and scanmytesla app. Then dig into the battery details down to the module voltage and find out any issues before it happens again. Getting stranded can get very expensive at the wrong location.
@@minghiy I sold it before it failed on me
@@The-life-of-z You are one of the smart ones. But whoever buys your car is completely screwed. It will fail because that's what old batteries do, they fail. 10 years is the expected life. Is that just me saying it? No, Franz, the Chief Designer for Tesla, literally said on video that they last 10 years to Jay Leno on Leno Garage. If you don't believe him, there is no hope for you.
will tesla charge for that if you could had a warranty? Thanks for that video, i have same problem but I am not in usa and warranty doesn't work here
If it was in the limited year warranty time window tesla would of covered the battery replacement but it was out of warranty
How much did u pay for it originally and how many miles did it have? How many miles did u add and in what time frame? And im assuming u mainly supercharged it right?
Price was around 30k at 102k miles. Had it at 126k when this happened I believe and did that in a little less than a year. But yes 90% supercharged
@@The-life-of-zscary. I almost bought a 2013 and got a 2018. It has 26 months left on the warranty and i payed 26k just a week ago
I’d highly recommend trading in before warranty expires but glad you didn’t get a 2013 and end up like me lol
Hey @tesla This is not ok, thanks for sharing! Help my man out! Hopefully he can be back on the open road soon!
It's an old car (first gen Model S) with 140k+ miles and a need for a fix. Dude bought a cheap luxury car, and those don't actually exist. Sometimes the price is only apparent later.
Well it is old car out of warranty. This what you buy in of you buy old electric car. $14k is cheap for new battery still. Some charge that for small plugin hybrid batteries.
@@MrRaitzi yes and no, cause if your car is worth less than the replacement battery, it’s not a great trade-off!
It’s a refurbished battery for that price…. You can’t really refurbish a battery
@@The-life-of-z I hear they last like couple years some times only if refurbished(changed cell). Until next cell goes.
No warranty covering your battery?
Nope… warranty was 5 months expired
@@The-life-of-zAfter that incident, the car charging is back to normal as if nothing happened?
@@JD-kf2ki yes it’s very weird
These batteries need lifetime warranty. My model y battery died 50k miles. It's covered till 120k miles. $17k if warranty expired. That's crazy
Yeah no fun at all… It was pretty funny to me that my battery failed after a OTA update and about 1 year after the warranty expired…
People who don't have the money to buy a new battery and motors should not buying it. It's like buying a used Mercedes classe it cost money 💰. Tesla isn't toyota
😂😂
How is your car now?
It didn’t give me any issues after this but I just sold it to a dealership before it does mess up
@@The-life-of-z good call! What you getting next?
@@BFTVCanada probably just an electric motorcycle to get around hawaii where I’ll be living off grid now. video on that coming soon
@@The-life-of-zcurious what you got for it if you can share
All I got was 8.5k which paid off the loan since I still owed debt on it
Hey man thats unfortunate, hopefully you can figure something out.
Knowing what you now, would you still considering a used tesla for your lifestyle?
I don’t think I trust electric cars anymore.
@zanderlucerophoto I hear you, I was hoping to do something similar to you, but your experience is exactly what I fear. I'd say EVs are reliable when new but as they age its uncertain how long they will last. I'd say a hybrid would be a good middle ground for now. Best of luck to man, keep us updated on what you end up doing.
@@The-life-of-zcan sell and use the money towards a van or something
@@Nicholas-f5 was at a loss at this point. The car lost so much value from the day of purchase. I still owed 19k but the bank let me settle at 9k because of the battery issue. So I made no money when selling it. Now I live in Hawaii doing a homestead. Road life was amazing but very exhausting
This right here is one of the many reason after I decided to buy a Tesla that I would tell people that "If I spend 5 figures on a car, I had better be the one that puts the comma in the odometer field..." I've bought far too many used cars and have spent gobs of money trying to keep them running... My next car will have a warranty, plain and simple. Interesting story: I rented a Y from a car rental company and the low voltage system decided to flick off overnight, causing me to have it and I being towed back to the rental location. Strangest thing is, they tell me later in the day that the car decided to behave itself again... It's weird...
Yeah highly recommend only getting one if it’s under warranty. Seems like they send out ota updates and shortly after older models have “bad batteries”
Plenty of telsa fanboys telling people to buy a old used model s over model 3 😂
Bless your heart, poor baby
Do you still have the tesla? I'm in California and a simple update for 200 bucks can fix it
Nope I got rid of it
I have a Tesla with this issue. Can you tell me how to get the update?
@@mikalblackwell7200 are you in California?
@@mikalblackwell7200hybrid re volt sells a reset device
Yes in socal
What year is it?
2014
Glad you sold that Tesla, battery will fail at any moment
No joke!
If you buy an old cheap luxury car, these things are bound to happen, didn't help that its been mainly supercharged
Just wish it happened closer to the 250k mikes tesla claims these cars can get
Wow this looks so scary… I love roadtripping too and hope this is nothing that will happen to me
I hope it never happens to you either
@@The-life-of-zYes hopefully for you the issue is still solved and never happens again…
I was thinking buy a tesla soon I see this I change mi mind 😅😅
Don’t buy a used one without warranty if you do
Amazing that comments claim this is an "old" car. I drive a 2005 Toyota Hilux and it's fine. Other than a house, a car is the next most expensive item most people will purchase. How many people would be happy with having their house fall down after 10 years while they're asleep? We need to look beyond the current disposable society's attitude if our poor planet has even the slightest hope of surviving.
Very sad that this is thought to be “old” I used to drive a 2006 Subaru before that and a 2003 350z before that and a 1997 jeep wrangler before that. The wrangler was definitely “old”
I wish more people had a better understanding that our planet isn’t a infinite source of supplies
U shoukd always buy new
Especially when going with electric
Ok, let's think the new thing out. Buy a new Tesla, get a warranty, but get completely hosed with depreciation. Buy a used Tesla, and the greedy bastards at Tesla service will feast on your carcass after sending you some over the air update failures. Want to keep your money for yourself? Buy a Toyota with a gas engine and no hybrid system.