Some Teslas has a resistive defroster in the front windshield where the wipers rest to help with this problem: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/rnoIKk2qqqk
I'm not sure if it would have helped in the exact situation, though. The details matter, and I wasn't there. I thought I would mention it because this didn't seem to be part of the thread. Defrosting the car while attached to the charger really does seem to be The Tesla Way to deal with every cold-weather problem. How well it works, of course, depends on the details of the situation. Several of the cute Tesla quirks (like the frameless windows and flush door handles) have reminded me why the conventional designs became conventional. -Luke On Sun, Feb 2, 2025 at 11:34 AM Mark Hanson via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: > Hi Folks, > > Thought I'd mention that when it dropped to 8F degrees here in Roanoke VA > with snow/ice the Tesla Y 2021 door handles froze close, recessed wipers > could *not* be tilted up and had to be chopped out to free and Frunk lid > froze shut. > > The 2020 Bolt and 2013 Leaf were parked nearby and did *not* have any > issues, wipers were tilted up and *normal* protruding wipers were tilted up > prior to icing, no front hood problems. > > On the Tesla, after pouring hot water into the frunk lid and getting it > open, I sprayed mucho WD-40 in the mechanism that freed it up. Hot water > on > the door handles got them operating again. Wish Tesla did *not* have the > wipers recessed to collect snow/ice and jam. The California 20-something > design engineers need to visit a *cold* climate. Hopefully future vehicles > will be corrected to at least match the (cheaper) competition. > > > Have a renewable energy day, > > Mark > > Mark E. Hanson > 184 Vista Lane > Fincastle, VA 24090 > 540-473-1248 phone & FAX, 540-816-0812 cell > REEVA: community service RE & EV project club > Website: www.REEVAdiy.org (See Project Gallery) > UL Certified PV Installer > My RE&EV Circuits: www.EVDL.org/lib/mh > REEVA Demo: http://youtu.be/4kqWn2H-rA0 > Fincastle Solar Weather Station > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org > No other addresses in TO and CC fields > HELP: http://www.evdl.org/help/ > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20250203/a00b743b/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org No other addresses in TO and CC fields HELP: http://www.evdl.org/help/
