Get rid of a dead Tesla

[zippymac]

We bought used Tesla and put 10 k miles on it and repair costs and ROI are vacant. Now battery needs replacing according to Tesla Service.
Just want it gone any suggestions. 2014 model S P 85 103k miles. NO warranty and NO snarky responses. Never wrecked clean history. If no decent responses in 3 days calling an auto dismantler for guidance.

Cheers…

 

[jebinc]

Good luck. I dumped my 2021 MS Plaid as it too was a PoS.

 

[NewbyMaybe]

Location? If there's an independent ev shop nearby then they could be interested.

 

[woof]

Donate it to anyone of a number of worthy causes, take a tax deduction. Donation places will tow it away for you.

 

[brainhouston]

or list it/take it to auction...

 

[Redbrick]

I plan to drive mine to the crusher.....soon. Seriously. (I hate this car so much now... 2020 Model 3 LR w/ FSD)

 

[zippymac]

yupp poor choice never again. Making final pay off and done, cheaper than battery. Donate to fire department to use in rescue drills maybe get tax credit.

 

[jebinc]

Lesson learned - especially that FSD scam. Too each....

 

[NV Ray]

We bought used Tesla and put 10 k miles on it and repair costs and ROI are vacant. Now battery needs replacing according to Tesla Service.
Just want it gone any suggestions. 2014 model S P 85 103k miles. NO warranty and NO snarky responses. Never wrecked clean history. If no decent responses in 3 days calling an auto dismantler for guidance.

Cheers…

Looks like you're close to Austin. Contact @Recell They may able to provide replacement at an acceptable cost to you or purchase your car.

 

[NV Ray]

Good luck. I dumped my 2021 MS Plaid as it too was a PoS.

What issues did you have with your Plaid that caused you to dump?

 

[NV Ray]

I plan to drive mine to the crusher.....soon. Seriously. (I hate this car so much now... 2020 Model 3 LR w/ FSD)

What do you hate about it?

 

[Nosken]

Couldn’t someone purchase this car, and transfer free supercharging to a new vehicle?

 

[NV Ray]

Couldn’t someone purchase this car, and transfer free supercharging to a new vehicle?

Good point. However, not clear it has FUSC4LIFE...

 

[Nosken]

All cars ordered before January 15, 2017, and delivered by April 15, 2017 had free supercharging for the life of the car. The exception would be if at some point it was purchased back by Tesla as a trade-in and they stripped free supercharging from the car. After that, there was a period where free supercharging was only granted for the original owner, and would not follow the car. The other exception was very early Model S with smaller batteries had supercharging as an option.

 

[NV Ray]

All cars ordered before January 15, 2017, and delivered by April 15, 2017 had free supercharging for the life of the car. The exception would be if at some point it was purchased back by Tesla as a trade-in and they stripped free supercharging from the car. After that, there was a period where free supercharging was only granted for the original owner, and would not follow the car. The other exception was very early Model S with smaller batteries had supercharging as an option.

You're right. To add another, FUSC4LIFE may have been stripped if previous owner took advantage of any of the 3 recent Tesla supercharging transfer offers.

 

[jebinc]

What issues did you have with your Plaid that caused you to dump?

Front end vibration (not under full acceleration). Widely reported on TMC.

 

[Seattle]

See if you had free supercharging on FSD as a start. Batteries can be recycled at redwood materials and other companies, there's battery value just as a "crusher vehicle". Also there are battery repair shops in California that know how to fix a few bad batteries (that Tesla won't fix). And now you can re-qualify battery packs for superchargers after repairs. At least consider that.

 

[fhteagle]

Local auto shop or technical school program that could use it to train kids on?

Otherwise if you're dead set on junking the thing there's got to be people who would love to harvest the battery modules from it first. I know I'd be there in a minute to do so if I was closer.

 

[AMPd]

Sell it to copart, they’ll come get it.

 

[Aubreylsimpson]

We bought used Tesla and put 10 k miles on it and repair costs and ROI are vacant. Now battery needs replacing according to Tesla Service.
Just want it gone any suggestions. 2014 model S P 85 103k miles. NO warranty and NO snarky responses. Never wrecked clean history. If no decent responses in 3 days calling an auto dismantler for guidance.

Cheers…

Are you willing to part it out?