Tesla Quotes $16,000 To Repair Model 3, Independent Shop Did It For $700
July 16th, 2021Would it be possible to place the battery coolant hose in a more vulnerable position?
And then, cover that mess up with a plastic belly pan.
This is an UNBELIEVABLE situation.
Via: Jalopnik:
Repairability is a big deal, and one that Tesla seems to be ignoring, at least in the case of this new Model 3 that had a problem with its battery pack. A problem that Tesla wanted a sphincter-straining $16,000 to fix, but which an independent shop managed for $700.
The whole story is told in this Rich Rebuilds video. The hapless Tesla Model 3 owner, a Radio City Music Hall engineer named Donald, drove over some road debris, which punctured the plastic front belly pan of the car and impacted a coolant line port to the battery, breaking it.
When the owner took the car, as he was supposed to, to an official Tesla repair center, he was told that to repair the coolant port, the entire battery pack would need to be replaced, for a gut-wrenching total of $16,000, close to half the entire cost of the car.
