It’s getting hot here in interior California and I’ve been noticing my Dec 2016 Model S is not coping particularly well. It’s been north of 100 degrees the past week and I’m noticing relatively poor AC performance, along with fairly regular errors stating “cabin AC temporarily reduced, vehicle systems being cooled”.
Additionally if I start charging my car at home on my wall connector shortly after driving, the fans start running full blast in what I can only interpret as an attempt to cool the car/battery while charging. This never happened before.
I scheduled an appointment with Tesla and they want nearly $400 to do basic diagnostics and evac/refill the refrigerant as a first step. I had the desiccant bag replaced less than a year ago, which includes a refrigerant evac/refill, and there was no noticeable difference in output/performance, so I’m reluctant to give them a bunch of money to do the same thing again. I got frustrated and just cancelled the appointment.
Recently recalled there was a thermal test in service mode so I decided to give it a try. It looks like the left and right radiator shutters failed, which seems like it could explain a lot of my issues. I’ll probably try and replace those myself or see if I can just direct Tesla to do that work without all the other diagnostic BS.
Main question I have is there was one other failure for “temperature sensors”. Does anyone know what exactly this is or what it might entail to address? Appreciate any insight.
Additionally if I start charging my car at home on my wall connector shortly after driving, the fans start running full blast in what I can only interpret as an attempt to cool the car/battery while charging. This never happened before.
I scheduled an appointment with Tesla and they want nearly $400 to do basic diagnostics and evac/refill the refrigerant as a first step. I had the desiccant bag replaced less than a year ago, which includes a refrigerant evac/refill, and there was no noticeable difference in output/performance, so I’m reluctant to give them a bunch of money to do the same thing again. I got frustrated and just cancelled the appointment.
Recently recalled there was a thermal test in service mode so I decided to give it a try. It looks like the left and right radiator shutters failed, which seems like it could explain a lot of my issues. I’ll probably try and replace those myself or see if I can just direct Tesla to do that work without all the other diagnostic BS.
Main question I have is there was one other failure for “temperature sensors”. Does anyone know what exactly this is or what it might entail to address? Appreciate any insight.
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