I purchased a Black/Black, 2013 Model S 85kwh (vin...6021) from a broker that had bought it from the tesla factory in North CAL. It is a salvage title. The previous owner drove it for 3 weeks and hit a pole. it has +- 1500 miles. My intention is to repair the car and drive it. n insurance company through Copart with intention to finish this out and get this back on the road. It has a California Salvage Title.
As you can see from the photos, the car was hit on the drivers front side of the vehicle. The exterior of the car was repaired with all OEM parts. Van Nuys Tesla refused to sell me parts because they said that because the car was salvaged they would not be able to. I later found out that some pf the service stations would sell parts.
Drivers steering wheel and knee airbag deployed, and I have not replaced them yet. The car had the pyro fuse replaced(disables car when airbags deploy, and the 12v battery changed.
The air bag and accident faults are the only ones on the screen.
Car is fully optioned glass panaoramic room, 21" wheels (painted), grey nappa leather, wood interior matte decor, active air suspension etc... with MSRP of 105K.
My issue is that I have been unable to get the car charged and it sits at 0 miles. The charging door will not release automatically (tried all possible screen inputs). We preyed it open (gently) and attempted to connect the charging cable but there is a pin in the car port that prevents from plugging it in. I gather that the car does not recognize that the door is open , so it will not release the pin. We manually kept the pin down and were able to plug in. The car would message "starting to charge", but within a minute would indicate that the "cable was unlatched".
When I called the tesla service on the phone they said I needed to bring the car in for service, but when i attempted to do that the Van Nuys (Los Angeles) service station initially said to bring it in, but then researched it further and called me to tell me they would not work on it because it is salvaged, and would not help me any further. I called a couple of other service stations, some would sell me parts, but would not service it. I understand that the car is out of warranty because of the salvage title, but to my knowledge all manufacturers will work on the car if you are prepared to pay for it.
I wanted to reach out to the forum and see if anyone would be able to assist me in getting this beautiful car on the road again.
Thank you in advance.
Ps: I will be posting pictures shortly.
As you can see from the photos, the car was hit on the drivers front side of the vehicle. The exterior of the car was repaired with all OEM parts. Van Nuys Tesla refused to sell me parts because they said that because the car was salvaged they would not be able to. I later found out that some pf the service stations would sell parts.
Drivers steering wheel and knee airbag deployed, and I have not replaced them yet. The car had the pyro fuse replaced(disables car when airbags deploy, and the 12v battery changed.
The air bag and accident faults are the only ones on the screen.
Car is fully optioned glass panaoramic room, 21" wheels (painted), grey nappa leather, wood interior matte decor, active air suspension etc... with MSRP of 105K.
My issue is that I have been unable to get the car charged and it sits at 0 miles. The charging door will not release automatically (tried all possible screen inputs). We preyed it open (gently) and attempted to connect the charging cable but there is a pin in the car port that prevents from plugging it in. I gather that the car does not recognize that the door is open , so it will not release the pin. We manually kept the pin down and were able to plug in. The car would message "starting to charge", but within a minute would indicate that the "cable was unlatched".
When I called the tesla service on the phone they said I needed to bring the car in for service, but when i attempted to do that the Van Nuys (Los Angeles) service station initially said to bring it in, but then researched it further and called me to tell me they would not work on it because it is salvaged, and would not help me any further. I called a couple of other service stations, some would sell me parts, but would not service it. I understand that the car is out of warranty because of the salvage title, but to my knowledge all manufacturers will work on the car if you are prepared to pay for it.
I wanted to reach out to the forum and see if anyone would be able to assist me in getting this beautiful car on the road again.
Thank you in advance.
Ps: I will be posting pictures shortly.
