After reaching a bit over the 50,000 mile mark and returning home from National Plug In Day, my underside was punctured by some object on 101. My battery started decreasing range and I had an annual service scheduled for late October but I was able to schedule it a little earlier due to the rapid range loss. While I was waiting for the service, I tried rebalancing the battery but looks like the puncture fried something (no fires though!) and nothing worked. A video taken by Tesla of my underside is here: [video]https://plus.google.com/117988036691160667450/posts/avPsLrZLYVe[/video]
At first I thought they could just replace a battery sheet and I'd be on my way but looks like they won't be able to get the battery out and they don't really have the expertise of aluminum cutting/welding so the car has been declared a total loss. :crying::crying::crying:
So except for the hand brake and battery (now only holds 18 miles charge, down from 174 before in ~30 days) the car is perfectly fine so it felt weird to just give it to the salvage yard. I've decided to keep it as a spare for parts so I guess it's not really dead yet...
At first I thought they could just replace a battery sheet and I'd be on my way but looks like they won't be able to get the battery out and they don't really have the expertise of aluminum cutting/welding so the car has been declared a total loss. :crying::crying::crying:
So except for the hand brake and battery (now only holds 18 miles charge, down from 174 before in ~30 days) the car is perfectly fine so it felt weird to just give it to the salvage yard. I've decided to keep it as a spare for parts so I guess it's not really dead yet...