I also want to add that my back seat belt receptacles became clogged and I could not unclog them. I used the Tesla App to service service in my driveway where a Tesla Tech came by and replaced all three. I was not cheap ($258.54) but I did not have to drive to the Service Center and wait. We have only one car in the family.
He spent about 2 hours and arrived in a Tesla Model S. On Fri, Jul 18, 2025 at 5:24 PM (-Phil-) via EV <[email protected]> wrote: > > Tesla service is the worst thing about owning a Tesla besides Elon Musk. > > If you go into service mode and pull all the service alerts, I can > interpret them for you and tell you actually what's wrong. The car has > excellent built in diagnostics. Don't trust anything Tesla tells you, > they lie as much as Elon! > > On Fri, Jul 18, 2025 at 1:58 PM jim--- via EV <[email protected]> wrote: > > > That sucks! Can't help you on mush Tesla specific stuff since I don't > > drive one. > > > > Curious, was that the SuperCharger behind the Strasburg Diner (listed on > > PlugShare as Denny's)? That appears to be the only Tesla Supercharger in > > Strasburg, VA - however that is listed as 6 stall (and Google Street View > > confirms that), not 8 as you said. If so, I looked it up on PlugShare and > > the last checkin was 13 July from a Model S, and it worked. The only > > recent report of a failure was a Ford Lightning which would be expected > > since that is a Tesla only SC location. > > > > Jim > > Happy F-150 Lightning driver > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: "Mark Hanson via EV" <[email protected]> > > Sent: Friday, July 18, 2025 13:20 > > To: "Electric List" <[email protected]> > > Cc: "Mark Hanson" <[email protected]> > > Subject: [EVDL] Lack of Tesla Service > > > > Hi Folks > > I stopped at the Strasburg Va supercharger for my Tesla Y and got > > “charging equipment not ready” message on my screen. I googled a customer > > service number 877-798-3752, initially a maddening call tree, then a lady > > came on and said to mash my balls while holding the brake peddle to reset > > the car, then tried 6 more of 8 superchargers. > > She said the car was dead so had to have it towed to a service center in > > Sterling or Charlotte 100ish miles away. They didn’t answer the phone in > > either place just a recording to go on the Tesla app which said I could get > > towed and fixed in 53 days! What the hell is that ? So stuck in a > > parking lot with a boat I’m towing 200 miles from home. > > Luckily a guy stopped next to me and said only 2 of 8 charging stations > > are working(I just tried all the dead ones of course). It’s not your car > > as the Tesla dingbat stated. So what do you do if your Tesla car dies on > > the side of the road? Have it towed home? Then to a far away Tesla > > Service center months later when their iPhone app gets around to notifying > > you to bring it in? There used to be Tesla Rangers (field service) what > > happened to them, Elon laid them off with all the government employees? > > Has anyone had roadside repair help from Tesla or a real phone number > > that’s not just a recording? Luckily I finally got charged but next time > > I’d like to have a better plan… > > Best regards > > Mark > > Sent from my iPhone > > _______________________________________________ > > Address messages to [email protected] > > No other addresses in TO and CC fields > > HELP: http://www.evdl.org/help/ > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Address messages to [email protected] > > 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/20250718/a8986891/attachment.htm> > _______________________________________________ > Address messages to [email protected] > No other addresses in TO and CC fields > HELP: http://www.evdl.org/help/ > _______________________________________________ Address messages to [email protected] No other addresses in TO and CC fields HELP: http://www.evdl.org/help/
