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The 7 seat non-folding isn't a bench, it is 3 individual pedestals. Even the bench is a 60/40 and is two pieces. The difference with the 5 seat versus the 7 seat in folding bench is that the 7 seat has an additional slide mechanism under the legs and electrical release for the back (folding) and...

It is definitely possible, and I know I'm not the only one that has done it. Not all of the holes lined up however, but a couple did to start with. The "right" way to do it would be to drill the new hole locations and install rivet-nuts that lock into the location with a stronger fastener than...

Make sure to get a QUALITY alignment done after, and get the numbers from them before and after. I had an S with Macsboost arms get an alignment and I thought I got good numbers from them (but didn't get them on paper) and 8k miles later the BRAND NEW 60k mile Crossclimate2 tires were SHREDDED...

How do you know the SC staff are lying to you? They are. Doesn't matter how, they just are.

You "should" get the pricing discount, but then see the above quote. They will do whatever they think will make Elon appear and pat them on the head for making him even more money.

Regen seems to max out at 50 kW, while drive power can be up to 6 times that. I don't think it will contribute much to heating based on the time-of-use and the lower power level... Unless you are regularly coasting downhill from Donner Summit - 47 miles all downhill at a significant grade.

How do you plan to get the drive unit back from Tesla exactly? They don't like handing back old parts even though they are supposed to, and the LDU isn't exactly lightweight enough to just toss in the back.

Well I'm officially scared off of ever attempting this in my own home shop.....

Oh I agree completely - but by the same token, when I have caught them in their obvious lies and called them out on it... There's about a 70% chance that they will fold like a cheap suit and do what they SHOULD have just done originally that would be normal customer service anywhere else. I...

Get them to prove it in writing with a stated policy that a TSB can only be applied once, especially since THIS particular TSB didn't exist 2 years ago (with these updated parts) when it may have been under warranty. They don't like being asked to produce things in writing, b/c that opens them...

No, That has nothing to do with the version of MCU that is in the car.

Put it on the 30 miles scale instead of the 5 mile and you’ll get a much more accurate number.

"has adjusted the seam so it is no longer applying that pressure" Translation: He got a hammer and a grinder and cleaned it flat like it SHOULD have been from the start. Good luck, here's hoping. You definitely had a defect happening that it kept breaking at the same exact spot. I haven't tried...

It’s nonsense. They are charging extra simply because they can. There’s no sway control, what there is is it automatically disabled everything other than basic cruise control. No auto pilot, no extended auto pilot, no highway auto pilot, nothing. It turns on another switch option in the menu...

I do not know about changing the configurations from the captains chairs, because I replaced seven seat pedestals with 7 seat folding bench. But yes. Very much possible. If you make the physical change first and then everything works, do not touch any buttons on the screens for possibly moving...

Sorry for not replying with details but it really would not be very informative because I positioned the chairs and marked and drilled based on where the bench was located. One or a couple of the factory holes did line right up on the initial positioning. But I used a Step bit and attack which...

Yes - you will need to open up the gearbox and cable reel that is attached to the first cable switch that you opened, and release the tension on the cable reel. When it tightens up it pulls the latch up so the seat can move. By moving the metal block (but not the cable) on that cable switch, you...

It is unlikely that the car will change configuration just by reloading the software, it obeys everything in the onboard configuration and if there is a discrepancy, it will obey what it is told from the server. Mine has a 72 amp charger and one of the three cards has failed, so it gives me an...

Looking at the damage, it seems to be along the exact edge of the heat wires. The crack started in the middle and has now spread in both directions on the windshield so there was no impact obvious that started this.

My windshield spontaneously cracked through the camera mount point about 3 weeks ago. It happened without the sunshade installed and while the car was parked at home. There are definitely issues with these windows if this is happening.

My 2016 X developed a crack centered right through the camera / sensor point in the middle of the windshield about 3 weeks ago. There was no impact, this seems to have happened spontaneously while parked at home in CT and there is nothing to feel on the outside of the glass. Can't feel it on...

There are people who firmly believe that the world is flat too. Doesn't make them right.

The alignment will definitely chew up tires if it is wrong - my sister is not a hard driver and a BRAND NEW set of 60k mile Michelin Crossclimate2 tires were trashed in 8k miles because the rear was so far out of spec. I've got over 20k each on the same tires on two other Teslas (X and S) and...

The noise profile is far more affected by the tread pattern than anything else. That foam crap is a gimmick and offers no appreciable difference in the noise level from the tire. Source: I'm a professional sound engineer and had that crap in my tires until I got a huge BOLT in one and the tire...

Does anyone know if there are separate fuses or anything for the turn signals? I was pulling a trailer recently and got the red indicator on the dash that there was something electrically wrong with the trailer. I don’t know if this was the case before this point but I noticed tonight that...

More rubber sidewall is always going to soak up the road lumps better than stiff metal rims.

Looks like the compressor in my sister's X has failed now, unless there's somehow a fuse issue or it is being commanded off by a coolant valve issue. The only service alerts are: THC_d0007_valveRadBypass THC_d0011_presSnsDis THC_w0138_rfrgDisTempRange I still find it very suspicious that two...

Heat transfer in the gearbox, I can see that - and look at the amount of sealant there too on that cover. The water is in and around that casing, but not inside it. The shaft pokes through the lip seal and engages the gearing spline... But isn't wet. What I see on the OTHER end of the drive...

As I understand it (and that's not saying much) the U-revision units that Tesla is installing right now does not circulate any coolant around that area either. So I see two possibilities for that: Tesla are not concerned about the temperature conditions there and the original design was...

Yeah it is a lot better to replace them when they aren't (yet) broken. Usually the indication is a lot higher power usage on home or RV air conditioners, but that's also hard to see unless you are monitoring or they blow the breaker. On something like an EV, if your power usage is suddenly...

Hmm… I didn’t have anything like this difficulty in charging my system. What was the reason you changed the compressor in the first place? I had thought I was having power consumption issues with mine and it turned out that it was working just fine…. I just wonder if you got some sort of...

Brain is right - go with the amounts from the sticker under the frunk lid. I have a 7 pass X, which has the dual systems (it's actually just an additional refrigerant loop from the discharge side with a second evaporator in the rear body) so if you have a 5 pass, then it won't take as much...

At least you have the proper gauge set that reads both sides. This isn't rocket science and you don't actually need service mode for it. Your pressures though show that you don't have anywhere close to enough gas in it - which makes sense if you only got one can into a system that needs 3. The...

Tesla corporate are definitely not thinking any hardware retrofits for the older cars. It is much more valuable to the shareholders to see rising quarterly sale numbers of new cars, and internal features like FSD aren't tracked in the same way in the market. So they will likely continue to...

I'm not a machinist, but I've seen what can happen when you are trying to press-fit parts together and one of them is cast aluminum.... Bang. I'd be surprised if it took that much to press it together at .003, that you will get .006 to fit at all without destroying it. Metal on metal is a...

Either way, that sticker says this is a new pack not a reman - it's missing the R1 suffix.... So why then would they have installed it into an original 90D car? That's bizarre.

It is a replacement pack. Brand new 350v 90kwh pack installed May2022 right at the end of the warranty. They let it out the door as a 90 and then tried to lock it down to 60 after the fact and hold it for ransom. It didn't go well for them. I'm "that guy" that was in the news in July 2022.

Good to know about the Y - the day was pretty windy (the weather was crap actually) on the day that I had it for the drive. So perhaps I thought the resistance to opening was a motor I was fighting, when it was just the wind and a heavy door that I actually had to push myself for the first time...

The auto presenting handles have their own issues.... But I'd put up with those over the nonsense of these powered doors. The Y and the 3 have powered doors too, at least it seemed like that with the loaner I had a couple days ago. Why overcomplicate the cars? Just innovate elsewhere and leave...

Spin balancing the shafts can also help - but that would require Tesla to care about actual diagnostics and might show that the chinesium they are using for shafts is not the best material.

Is this something that requires the drive unit removed to install? I'm guessing the answer is yes... How much (ballpark) would that run? I've got one right now (2013 S P85 RWD) that makes a faint welding type sound when using or generating power, but silent when just coasting in neutral. I have...

The third party dealers don't know what they are talking about with making claims about "cars at auction" and they don't even know anything about normal cars and their history when they come from auction. I've had situations where I KNEW the history of a car (knew the owner and the VIN...

I use the X for road trips where I need to tow and bring along tools either on a small trailer or on a tray on the back, to work on diesel Jeeps. I car-camp with a bed in the back. The X is great for that, but the size difference with the Y makes me think that it would probably work equally as...

They came close to getting me on a new Y today too, giving me one with FSD 12 for a demo drive / loaner. While I was being fleeced for a coolant valve AND a $200 "diagnostic charge" where they had decided prior to the visit that it was the 3 way coolant valve leaking - which had NEVER leaked...

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Fair enough - that plastic strip at the bottom of the FWD could be made of TPU or EPDM foam.... The edges of the front doors could have that same material. I just added a strip of black EPDM foam to the sunroof edge of my S to stop a wind noise and water leak in heavy rain, b/c the forward...

That is so pointless... So it only detects something DIRECTLY in front of the sensor. And can be confused / defeated by sunlight, smash your doors into ceilings or other obstacles all over the place. WHY NOT JUST HAVE NORMAL EFFING DOORS???? Jeez.

You have to understand the thought process. Darth Muskrat doesn't think of himself running a CAR company, he thinks of Tesla as a SOFTWARE company that installs their programs into cars. There is a process that most software companies go through, and Tesla is no exception here. There is a word...

Quite sure. My 2013 and 2014 S are both RWD so they have the deeper frunk, and I've had both apart for repairs. There's no holes in the tub on those like the X that has a large rectangular hole in the front of the tub where the button is. They also both have a manual second latch, so if you...

Yours is nicer than mine, you have at least a recessed button and that large plastic shield might help keep detritus away from the button. Mine in the older X is much more exposed, just a flat surface around the button for an inch or so (I'll try to get a picture tomorrow) and a giant cavity...