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My 2015 85D's battery, with only 70k miles, died the day after the warranty expired. $15k to have them out in another refurbished, 8yo battery. And they kept m
by thejazzman 3y ago
My 2015 85D's battery, with only 70k miles, died the day after the warranty expired.
$15k to have them out in another refurbished, 8yo battery. And they kept mine to resell to someone else for $15k.
Any other company I'd say it's a coincidence. But I suspect it was suppressing errors during the warranty period :/
- macintosh-hd 3y agoDon’t you think if there was an intentional conspiracy to do this they would make it a little less obvious by not activating battery self destruct the day after the warranty ended? I’d have made it wait at least a month afterwards…
- thejazzman 3y agoYou'd absolutely think so, but imagine how many times we might say that about Tesla & Co the last ~3 years :/ You've got to admit that a car that mostly sat idle for years (like a literal Sunday driver) had a sudden and catastrophic failure upon entry is bizarre and hard to justify. And of course my only option is to pay Tesla directly or junk the car (only worth about $20k now if the battery is fixed!)