Large Drive Unit Milling

[NV Ray]

Question, Tesla just randomly made changes to the invoice. The drive unit is missing and they want me to approve this now? Is this a mistake on their end?View attachment 1025673

You can approve, but they'll likely catch it later. Or not, and you got a screaming deal

Oh, see if you can get a pic of the new drive unit, like I did.

 

[FF1379]

Welp, update… I heard the milling noise few days ago and today I woke up to head to work and received the Vehicle May Not Restart warning. Guess I’m an unlucky one, car is going into service on the 12th hopefully the DU is no more than 6k. I’ll update you on what happens, also no I’ve never had to add coolant.

What area do you live in? What service center quoted you $5k? Have a picture? Thanks! Sorry yours went out!

 

[TSLA_maybe]

I got the same 6k quote for new (Base) and 5.2k for reman.

 

[tm1v2]

Question, Tesla just randomly made changes to the invoice. The drive unit is missing and they want me to approve this now? Is this a mistake on their end?View attachment 1025673

@JamesMS13 Only the Tesla service center / advisor who wrote up that invoice can answer that question!

Anything the rest of us post about it here would just be speculation.

 

[JamesMS13]

Yeah this service center I went to was messing with me, first they put just the drive unit then they took it off which made me think I’m getting a good deal. Anyways I approved the actual estimate today. Pretty damn expensive, went the reman route. But they were feeling nice and took off the 255 dollar inspection fee.

 

[NV Ray]

Yeah this service center I went to was messing with me, first they put just the drive unit then they took it off which made me think I’m getting a good deal. Anyways I approved the actual estimate today. Pretty damn expensive, went the reman route. But they were feeling nice and took off the 255 dollar inspection fee.View attachment 1025998

Were you able, or did you want to, keep the old drive unit?

 

[JamesMS13]

Were you able, or did you want to, keep the old drive unit?

I guess since it was never replaced out of warranty tesla owns the part, I could’ve sold it for some but I guess it’s fine.

 

[JamesMS13]

On a side note Tesla is very quick on repairs. I took the car in on Friday, and they’ll be done on Monday! Sucks I couldn’t get a loaner or Uber credits.

 

[BBuxr]

My 2015 P85D LDU failed last week, 8 days out of warranty. Tesla took $1000 off the reman LDU price ($5200 to $4200). Revision U!

 

[NV Ray]

My 2015 P85D LDU failed last week, 8 days out of warranty. Tesla took $1000 off the reman LDU price ($5200 to $4200). Revision U!

8 days out of warranty? 8 year warranty should have run out sometime in 2023 if you have a 2015 car.

 

[BBuxr]

8 days out of warranty? 8 year warranty should have run out sometime in 2023 if you have a 2015 car.

Must be a very late 2015 model! Definitely bought as a 2015, not sure where to look it up now.

 

[NV Ray]

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Must be a very late 2015 model! Definitely bought as a 2015, not sure where to look it up now.

Now you have a 4yr/50k mile warranty on the replaced drive unit.

 

[BBuxr]

Now you have a 4yr/50k mile warranty on the replaced drive unit.

Honestly torn whether to keep it now or not. If the battery goes bad, I’d spend more on a replacement and the DU than what the car is worth now.

 

[JamesMS13]

Honestly torn whether to keep it now or not. If the battery goes bad, I’d spend more on a replacement and the DU than what the car is worth now.

What’s your mileage on the current battery you have and has it ever been changed. At this point I drive a new car my battery pack was replaced in 2022 and now my drive unit was replaced last week. The car drives great with the new drive unit. I love this car too much, it’s everything I’d want in a car and I much rather have spend money on a new battery and DU to make the car bulletproof rather spend 60-70k on a new one.

 

[hydro]

What’s your mileage on the current battery you have and has it ever been changed. At this point I drive a new car my battery pack was replaced in 2022 and now my drive unit was replaced last week. The car drives great with the new drive unit. I love this car too much, it’s everything I’d want in a car and I much rather have spend money on a new battery and DU to make the car bulletproof rather spend 60-70k on a new one. View attachment 1028795

Beautiful car, is that Dolphin Grey?

 

[JamesMS13]

Beautiful car, is that Dolphin Grey?

Appreciate it! It is indeed Dolphin Grey pretty rare color in terms of Tesla since I think it was only on the OG Model S’s.

 

[JamesMS13]

Kind of a bad update, I’ve had my reman DU in for a week at this point. And the drive unit crunch is back It’s very faint and it’s not anywhere near as bad as it used to be. Should I take it back to Tesla service?

 

[JamesMS13]

And could this crunch be something else? I’ve heard something about axle splines needing grease on these cars. This time around the crunch is only present at around 20 mph if I press the pedal or regen. Off a stop there is no noise:

 

[TimT]

What’s your mileage on the current battery you have and has it ever been changed. At this point I drive a new car my battery pack was replaced in 2022 and now my drive unit was replaced last week. The car drives great with the new drive unit. I love this car too much, it’s everything I’d want in a car and I much rather have spend money on a new battery and DU to make the car bulletproof rather spend 60-70k on a new one. View attachment 1028795

Very nice looking car. I enjoy the same wheel style. Thanks for sharing.

 

[maximizese]

And could this crunch be something else? I’ve heard something about axle splines needing grease on these cars. This time around the crunch is only present at around 20 mph if I press the pedal or regen. Off a stop there is no noise:

I would think you'd definitely want to take to Tesla Service and get this documented. I assume they are warranting their work and perhaps the issue may be directly tied to the work you had done or the issue could be something new. It doesn't hurt to ask; hopefully you'll avoid a diagnostic fee since you just had work done.