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I've come up with this 18xBC error now on my inverter. Took months and months to diagnose; I originally thought the issue was with the powerwall units themselves, and then the gateway that connects the system to WiFi. They even sent me a new gateway and it was only after I set it up that they...

Love my September 30 P100D... But can't lie that this is a bummer. "Knowing" that this update was coming based on combing through an online forum is not the same as a heads up word from the company to a repeat customer.

It's been nearly four glorious years with my Model S #2647, delivered in December 2012. But I'm waiting on my P100D to come and it's time to finally get all the juicy updates everyone else has been enjoying. The one thing I'm wondering about, however, is out-of-warranty service. My car has...

I called a different service center in Los Angeles, told them the problem all over again, and they came and replaced it the next day. No fuss, no hassle! Tesla pulls through again.

Service center told me to call an electrician. They refuse to look at the unit themselves, even though I was pretty sure it wasn't the wiring. I had two electricians come look at it. One was the company that installed it. The other was some random guy the service center recommended, who I had to...

This problem just happened to me yesterday. I had charged during the day on June 21, drove around in the evening, then came home at night. Dead HPWC. No lights, house breaker is fine, reset button does nothing. Called the 1-800 number, they told me I'd have to wait til Monday for the service...

I wish I had read this yesterday. Yesterday I drove up to Mt Wilson and had the exact same experience; the car locked up and shut down as soon as I got out, as if the key was nowhere near it. Nothing worked, and I didn't have cell service. So I had to walk a little bit to the payphone(!) near...

The TuneIn app on the car works pretty great. But has anyone noticed that certain stations are blocked on the car app that aren't blocked on TuneIn's mobile phone or web apps? 95% of the stations in my favorites list work on all my devices, but TuneIn won't let me listen to a handful in the car...

I think you're probably on to it. My S and my last car, a Mini, both have electric steering. The Mini is not a big car, and had an excellent chassis with great feedback and sharp responses. But it, like the S, always seemed a little bit more affected by freeway crosswind than other cars I've...

Thanks for the tips but my car is blue, I'm not using insurance, and I am using a body shop recommended by Tesla. Still waiting for the hood from Tesla, though!

Hooray! Getting mine replaced today. No more avoiding left turns to avoid the shame of impotent turns.

You're right about the familiarity, although I was a little grumpy when I ranted. I see at least two Model S's a day around LA, plus the other one in my office garage every day. I didn't mean to be so sour, but I bought this car for many reasons--none of which were to shine a spotlight on myself...

I make a point of not acknowledging. I'm going places. I'm driving my car. Stop bothering me. Especially after some crazy Tesla owner lady stood in front of my moving car to get me to stop so we could talk about how great we both were. Give me a break. We want EVs to be commonplace, right? So...

I have turn signal problems myself. The left turn signal (and not the right one) flicks in a completely random rhythm, but only when the headlights are not on. I don't hear any squeaky noise, though.

I feel your pain... I rear-ended someone with my S TWO WEEKS after taking delivery. The hood is deformed and now it won't open, but you can't really tell at first glance. So I don't feel quite so foolish driving around town while I wait (forever?) for the body shop to order a new hood.

Many, many cars do this. You hit defrost, it assumes you're telling it to unleash full blowy power.

An ICE car does not "coast" when you turn off cruise control. You're in the highest gear, usually, and you will get engine braking. In some cars, this will be very dramatic ... this is not a unique-to-Tesla phenomenon.