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I’ve consistently only gotten about 80% of what my mileage counter reports as available. And that figure drops significantly as the battery approaches lower per

I’ve consistently only gotten about 80% of what my mileage counter reports as available. And that figure drops significantly as the battery approaches lower percentages. It’s as if the battery starts “collapsing” below 60 miles remaining.

millzlane 3y ago
I wonder if this is normal behavior for them. I'm just curious and I have no skin in the game. But have you reached out to tesla about this? Is there some sort of battery diagnostic that you or they can run on the car?
- sockaddr 3y ago
  At this point I’m worn out, owning this thing has been a complete nightmare and a mistake. An underperforming battery is the least of my problems so far. Also there’s no point because Tesla routinely lies about repairs on my car. It’s been in the shop for many months for dozens of mechanical and software issues over the years, I’ve been lied to too many times. The value of the car has depreciated too much for selling it to make sense and there is some convenience and value to it so I keep it. I’ve tried the lemon law angle but since they “fix” issues with software that introduces new issues and “fix” their “fixes” it’s a moving target so I can’t qualify. Tesla, never again.
  - heattemp99 3y ago
    Even worse, the cars are so smart you can't force a lemon law without getting caught. I had a friend who had two transmission burn up in his new diesel f250 10+ years ago. The second one, they gave him a remanufactured transmission even though the truck was only 1 years old or so. He put on a huge tow hitch, backed up against a huge parking structure wall, and put it in reverse for 30+ minutes until the transmission overheated and melted down. Got the truck bought back.
    - sidewndr46 3y ago
      how would leaving the truck in reverse burn up the transmission?
- hulitu 3y ago
  It is a normal behavior of the battery. As the charge decreases, the internal resistance is rising.

millzlane 3y ago

I wonder if this is normal behavior for them. I'm just curious and I have no skin in the game. But have you reached out to tesla about this? Is there some sort of battery diagnostic that you or they can run on the car?

sockaddr 3y ago
At this point I’m worn out, owning this thing has been a complete nightmare and a mistake. An underperforming battery is the least of my problems so far. Also there’s no point because Tesla routinely lies about repairs on my car. It’s been in the shop for many months for dozens of mechanical and software issues over the years, I’ve been lied to too many times. The value of the car has depreciated too much for selling it to make sense and there is some convenience and value to it so I keep it. I’ve tried the lemon law angle but since they “fix” issues with software that introduces new issues and “fix” their “fixes” it’s a moving target so I can’t qualify. Tesla, never again.
- heattemp99 3y ago
  Even worse, the cars are so smart you can't force a lemon law without getting caught. I had a friend who had two transmission burn up in his new diesel f250 10+ years ago. The second one, they gave him a remanufactured transmission even though the truck was only 1 years old or so. He put on a huge tow hitch, backed up against a huge parking structure wall, and put it in reverse for 30+ minutes until the transmission overheated and melted down. Got the truck bought back.
  - sidewndr46 3y ago
    how would leaving the truck in reverse burn up the transmission?
hulitu 3y ago
It is a normal behavior of the battery. As the charge decreases, the internal resistance is rising.