I took my 2014 P85+ to Tesla in West Palm Beach to reinstate supercharging. (it has a rebuilt title so supercharging had been disabled by Tesla). I’m not throwing shade, because they are chronically understaffed, but it took nearly a week just to do the high voltage tests & certify it for supercharging. The car passed the high-voltage inspection. But it took a further 3 weeks and numerous calls & messages to get the supercharging started.
First of all, they told me that supercharging had been enabled centrally from Tesla in California.
Then they told me the Gen 2 master charger is good for level 2 charging, but that it will need a new charger ($2000) for supercharging to start.
A week later they said the main battery pack developed an “isolation fault,” after it had passed their safety inspection. “Just a coincidence,” they said- “unfortunately, these things happen” in older cars. They told me It wouldn’t supercharge unless they fit a Tesla-certified used battery for $14,000.
I took my car home & did none of all that. There were no errors on the dash initially.
Then a few days later I got the "no regen" message. Then later "car may not start" & "speed & acceleration have been limited".
All messages cleared suddenly after 3 days & the 19th of October, I took it to a supercharging station and it supercharged just fine.
Last week, all the error messages came back... Now what should I do?
I want to sell it, but is it a lemon now??
It still drives fine and charges at home.
First of all, they told me that supercharging had been enabled centrally from Tesla in California.
Then they told me the Gen 2 master charger is good for level 2 charging, but that it will need a new charger ($2000) for supercharging to start.
A week later they said the main battery pack developed an “isolation fault,” after it had passed their safety inspection. “Just a coincidence,” they said- “unfortunately, these things happen” in older cars. They told me It wouldn’t supercharge unless they fit a Tesla-certified used battery for $14,000.
I took my car home & did none of all that. There were no errors on the dash initially.
Then a few days later I got the "no regen" message. Then later "car may not start" & "speed & acceleration have been limited".
All messages cleared suddenly after 3 days & the 19th of October, I took it to a supercharging station and it supercharged just fine.
Last week, all the error messages came back... Now what should I do?
I want to sell it, but is it a lemon now??
It still drives fine and charges at home.