As I sit waiting for roadside assistance, I can tell you that I now know that very loud "clunk" that precedes an entire car shutdown.
Tonight, as the light turned green on my way home, I accelerated and +BAM+ it felt like I got rear ended. The car immediately fell flat acceleration-wise, the direction/gear indicator turned red, and messages started popping up... "PULL OVER SAFELY... car is shutting down", "car needs service", "car may not restart", and eventually "12v battery low - car may not restart". I pulled over on the hill I was on and guided it to a side street, where we pushed it into a parking lot. After sitting for a few moments the car powered back up, Tesla advised me no current alerts were on the car and that I should be able to drive. At the next light, CLUNK again as I tried accelerating.
Luckily I was with some other owners at a local meet up event. They took the wife and kids home for me, and another driver stayed behind to take me home, I'll head there after we get it loaded and headed to the st Louis service center.
As I understand it from reports here, it sounds like I am due for a bit of major surgery with this one.
More to come...
Tonight, as the light turned green on my way home, I accelerated and +BAM+ it felt like I got rear ended. The car immediately fell flat acceleration-wise, the direction/gear indicator turned red, and messages started popping up... "PULL OVER SAFELY... car is shutting down", "car needs service", "car may not restart", and eventually "12v battery low - car may not restart". I pulled over on the hill I was on and guided it to a side street, where we pushed it into a parking lot. After sitting for a few moments the car powered back up, Tesla advised me no current alerts were on the car and that I should be able to drive. At the next light, CLUNK again as I tried accelerating.
Luckily I was with some other owners at a local meet up event. They took the wife and kids home for me, and another driver stayed behind to take me home, I'll head there after we get it loaded and headed to the st Louis service center.
As I understand it from reports here, it sounds like I am due for a bit of major surgery with this one.
More to come...