In case anyone is looking for or interested in a step-by-step guide to disassembling the pre-refresh dual motor Model S frunk... well, I put together a little video over the weekend that shows the whole process:
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great video, thanks for posting it. (btw excellent choice of car & colour!)
The open view of everything under the bin is nice to see, I previously thought the 12V battery was harder to access
not directly related to your video, but speaking of 12V battery... does this vintage of D still have the 12V battery posts hidden behind the nosecone? I've seen mention of them for older (ie large-frunk) D models, but not of this more recent but pre-refresh D
The open view of everything under the bin is nice to see, I previously thought the 12V battery was harder to access
not directly related to your video, but speaking of 12V battery... does this vintage of D still have the 12V battery posts hidden behind the nosecone? I've seen mention of them for older (ie large-frunk) D models, but not of this more recent but pre-refresh D
Thanks
It's a lot harder to access in the early RWD cars, but Tesla apparently learned their lesson and relocated it to someplace sane.
My car is a Nov. 2015 car and it does not have the battery posts behind the nosecone--they're up by the main fuse box... which is curious because I also haven't noticed an obvious way to open the frunk from behind the nosecone in the event of 12V battery failure.
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Thanks for confirming that.
According to Tesla's Emergency Responder guides the method to open the frunk without power varies depending on the model year. Looks like my 70D is just a couple weeks newer than yours - according the the guide for 2015 D Model S, you can pry open the nosecone and access 2 release levers to open the frunk. (This is different than the recently publicized hidden cable release in the front wheel well for refresh Model S)
See, there's my problem... I was looking for a release pull or lever or something that didn't involve directly manipulating the hood latch. The guide basically describes manually popping the latch by directly manipulating the latching mechanism.
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