My Tesla Model Y won't drive. I'm stuck at home, with a broken battery and a broken headlight...
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- Опубліковано 6 жов 2024
- Here we go again! My Tesla is broken - completely. I can't drive anywhere and I'm stuck at home.
Before it decided to give up completely I had already blown a headlight, And before Tesla had had chance to come and replace it, the whole car failed!
This time it is the Lithium Ion battery - the 15.5v "low voltage" bit like the 12v battery on every car. EVs seem to eat these and mine just has gone pop.
Sadly my friends at Tesla haven't come to fix it, they can't recover it, and I am stuck with my expensive EV as an ornament on my driveway...
Part 2 - when the car h=gets fixed - is here: • £1,300 to fix my Tesla...
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The complexity of so many modern cars is staggering. You really can’t say any of them are environmentally sound when they are doomed to a early death because they will be uneconomical to keep on the road.
Incredibly economical and low emissions but toast when you can’t get a chip or a sensor anywhere. Or a battery pack! So you need a new one as they are as repairable as televisions or smartphones
Bollocks. Four years with no issues or maintenance.
@@nathansmith7153 four years! That’s fa. My Landy is 60 and I drive 8 k per year
This isn't an issue of modern cars being too complex, it's an issue of modern car manufacturers deliberately denying you the right to repair what you rightfully own!
I drive a Toyota Avensis from 2001. It's always runs.
Trustable that's the word! 😏
I wouldn't mind driving a vintage Toyota. Unfortunately European Emission Standards have put an end to that choice. Anything less than EURO4 petrol cars aren't allowed in the LEZ anymore and I have to drive often in those.
My 2009 Auris was allowed in the LEZ until 2030 but the poor thing put itself out of misery with a faulty gearbox.
If got a old 52 plate petrol Vauxhall zafira love the old girl and I'm still good for ulez at the moment woop woop lol
I've a 2007 Avensis which I use as a daily. Only failures. A battery and a drive shaft. Stay clear of batteries as long as you can.
I also have a BMW and the Toyota has always been there where the bmw let me down.
On my 4th Yaris. Not a single problem. Ever. Since 2001
Exactly, reliability will always win over gimmicks.
Fixing headlights has been very easy to diagnose and fix on normal cars for decades . I wouldn’t want one of these even if I did have loads of money to waste .
EV errrr no thank you
Watch the next episode. This could have happened to any car with LED headlight units. They are not "easy to fix and diagnose". You are thinking of the old halogen lights which most modern cars are ditching. And even then I can promise you a short or break in the wiring loom was not an easy fix. A blown globe was.
@@mondotv4216 Yes I agree completely with that but what that kind of fault wouldn't do on the old 12v ancillary system is have the potential (no pun intended) to cause thermal runaway of a 12volt lead acid battery. So the only 100% safe route with a Lithium ancillary battery is to shut down the whole car until a human can look at it.
You do realise that ICE cars have these lights as well? In fact when Tesla first started the only parts of the car that were original were the batteries and motors. Everything else was from already existing ICE vehicle suppliers.
yes bonkers Tesla
Its easyer to fool someone then convince them they have been fooled. This guy is one of them.
brainwashed mug!!
You've been fooled. The car isn't dead. It's a 12-volt issue. You can restart the car by using a booster to snap charge the 12-volt in less than one minute. If the lights are out then it's probably just a fuse doing what they're supposed to do and blowing when too much charge has gone through it. Or maybe it just blew prematurely because not every part ever made for every car is perfect. Funny that.
brainwashed mug!!@@trevorberridge6079
@@mkclps they are a common failure and more likely to have thermal runaway like the big battery packs
Just wait until all of the Tesla owners catch wind of the US DOJ's investigation into Tesla lying about the range of their cars and making the software tell you that you have more range than you actually have. They even set up a "customer service" department whose sole aim is to convince customers that they don't need to take their car for an inspection when the range plummets.
Thanks for posting this. You’ve convinced me to stick with my V6 gas guzzler and to avoid EV’s.
Great. Cos the government needs the tax income from someone, nice volunteering 😂
When a lot more of us have electric cars where do you think the shortfall in tax revenue is going to come from - electricity of course.
You’re saving the environment
brainwashed mug!!@@rogerfinch7651
@@rogerfinch7651and what makes you think that EV’s won’t be taxed? 😊
I love the way everything is a conspiracy theory when most conspiracy theories come true 👍
Indeed. The Luton Fire was an EV. Then we see it was an old Range Rover. A diesel. Then it must be a hybrid cos diesel doesn't burn. Then the factual exposure of the number plate showing a V6 diesel was a government cover-up. Now the same people who said it was a hybrid and dangerous are on here selling the merits of a diesel hybrid being better than an EV.
Its very funny!
Said the man with one of the most expensive broken garden ornaments 😂 oh and there is still time for a different truth than the one you stated to come out about the RR in Luton. That's how these things work 🎉
Lithium batteries burning like the depths of hell isn't a conspiracy.
Yeah, a few million iPhones have those batteries, and they are always blowing up. Oh there goes another one 🔥, and another. Geez, so many on fire right now, 😂😂😂😂
@@rogerfinch7651 I'm impartial on the EV vs ICE argument but you seem to have forgotten the Samsung debacle a few years ago.
And people keep telling me EVs are the future, they are so simple and there is so little to go wrong, go wrong, go wrong, go wrong.
The many battery cells are the non-moving break point. Other than that, EVs could be simpler. Batteries are mounted nearest the pavement where debris and curbs can damage them.
I have a Honda Jazz. Bought new. Now it's five years old 130 000 km. Not a single problem. Very happy!
Honda are the best!
I've got a Honda Civic. My Mum bought it new, 25 years ago. It's got 92,000km on it. I bought from my mum when it has 88k on it. It needed new swing arm bushes for roadworthy.
First repair in 25 years!
Good choice !
I will keep driving my 2 German convertibles, they have been to the south of France several times and are a joy to drive, they are both diesel so no range anxiety and look way more classy inside than the EVs I've seen with their cheap scratchy plastics
I’m not an EV fan boy but the insides of some EVs look great.
I'll never own an EV.
Please don't use Telsa as a measurement for the quality of EV cars. The main brands EV cars are pretty good..... for a reason.
2.1 diesel, why bother with electric. Its for idiots!
@@briankorfitzmiehs126 Have you seen all the Tesla fires? Thermal runaway is a big issue. So dangerous, so clean and green.
Only to be expected.
EV is a solution to a problem that doesn’t exist😂
The problem of needing transport?
@@justgetateslaThat is not a problem, other better transport option exist. Like ICE cars.
Correction, the EV is a massive non solution problematic scam that is supposed to be a solution to a problem that doesn’t exist.
It's the result of putting ideology above actual real world practicality.
Yet! I know people like sticking their heads in the sand but petrol getting more expensive is not a new thing and is only going to get worse. We could replace it with bio fuel except that means we are replacing growing food for growing fuel, not smart. Drilling for oil is already getting more difficult and those who have the oil are getting less friendly, all of which makes petrol more expensive. Filling the tank is not a problem yet but it’ll probably be a good idea to sort out a solution before it is. Forget the environment, I want them to be able to carry on delivering food to the supermarket in the future. I like food and with out it I’d probably die. If you have a better idea on how to provide a renewable power source so we can carry on having cars into the twenty second century. Then it might be a good idea to develop it.
PS: The rocket fuel Hydrogen comes with its own set of explosive problems.
Another perfect example indicating that the EV is a dead end.
Mate, I had a headgasket failure. Perfect example of ICE cars being a dead end.
an EV could be the best vehicle, if manufacturers weren't money-hungry. but it is an expensive market to get into, and as such manufacturers will nickel and dime you for everything. as such, the only way to really control this Is with government regulation.
@@mramg6038yep ICE cars have been dead ends for over 100 years with Millions built..😂
@@mramg6038Deluded
So 12v batteries never fail on internal combustion cars? Or do they?
I do recovery and they are a nightmare. I done a recovery the other day. A four hour recovery due to the battery.
Owner said the computer said 20 miles left then went to zero and shut down a mile from a charger.
The recovery only took an hour if that. The rest of the time was getting it to charge.
The AA left them so long the 12v battery died as well.
Recovered it to a petrol station after connecting a pack and getting it rolling which on most doesn’t work and they completely lock up.
So at the petrol station the charger can’t connect and start charging because the computers can’t talk to each other because everything is dead. I connect the pack which lets it start.
But due to the safety features it turns the pack off after 30 seconds and there’s literally no room to put cables on and get the truck to the battery.
After moving the car backwards and forwards I don’t know how many times.
We finally got enough room to get the truck over to connect jumper cables and had the truck running to charge the 12v so the computers could now communicate.
This is all during the recent storm pouring with rain and wind.
They really are bad this is for motorists, mechanics and recovery operators.
Stick a boost pack on a stranded car and it should be able to shunt. Then a trickle charge into the traction battery for a few hours to pull it off absolute zero and it will charge normally
Welcome to the World of EV's. It will stop working at any time and since you won't be able to work on it yourself it will be a months salary to get it fixed.
So glad you are getting the full Tesla experience to enjoy. My question is, if it was your money involved in the purchase and maintenance, would you have bought a Tesla or EV, knowing what you not know? What else might you have considered?
It was my money. I own the company.
Looks like you're going to have a low-tax year! ;)@@justgetatesla
@@pompeymonkey3271 Yes claim everything on business expenses
@@justgetateslaYour company, how fortunate to gain tax relief at other tax payers expense.
Should be called a model WHY !
No call itW T F.😡
My insurance broker refuses to insure Teslas.
Mine doesn't. What's your point?
@@justgetateslathat Teslas are crap
EVs are not the furure😂 EVs are really a solution to a problem that doesn’t exist. There is no problem . iCE is there and perfectly good with modern tech massive range 900 miles plus on clean MHEV diesel .who wants a measly 350 mile range!? only an opinion 😂
My Toyota's been 100% reliable never has even been to the dealership
Surely you must have had it serviced …?
@@justgetatesla I do a oil change every 5,000 miles I put spark plugs in it once I've rotated the tires a few times replace a few tires but I do it all by myself the car's been very reliable Toyotas hold up I do like electric vehicles but right now they're just too damn expensive for me
All EVs will be bricks after 20 years.
Unlikely. Whatever guff the right wing media have told you isn’t actually true
@@justgetatesla do you fancy a little bet on that? The phrase beyond economical repair will be used frequently...
Lithium powered cars will be.
@justgetatesla who is going to make replacement batteries for them? Who is going to pay $20k for a battery to revive a 20 year old car from an era when people treat cars like appliances? Current cars are built with pointlessly complex electronics intended to sabotage any efforts to repair by customers or mechanics. The decision to repair older cars is based their value vs cost and difficulty to repair. An extra $20k battery on top of the rest of the failing parts is not going to make anyone think they are worth fixing. Sometimes people really like a car enough to restore it despite it being unlikely to be valuable enough to recover the costs. Current EVs won't be that desirable in the future. There may be some kid that wants one now but can't afford one. When he gets old enough to have the disposable money to restore one, he will likely find the most economical way to do it is to put an LS in it.
Bricks in 20 months maybe
I drive amongst other things a 2005 Citroen C15 by choice as I have newer vehicles. I can't tell you how much pleasure I get from seeing expensive new vehicles broken down as I trundle past.
Let me guess, you get endless jibes from German car owners about French electrics as well?
@@Mikeb1001 I actually get lots of people laughing or smiling not sure which. It gets a lot of attention from people everywhere, usually positive.
Just by a petrol or diesel ❤
Just get a Lexus
As a family we are on our 7th Lexus in 20 years and never ever had an issue, including a 15 year old 120,000 mile is250 which has never even failed an MoT.
Incredible reliability and amazing customer service in fact voted best customer service in the last 7 years.
I borrowed an NX300h from work for a bit. Very good car let down by its 1980s interior. I believe that Lexus have now made big strides to modernise, though the ES I looked at buying was still very user unfriendly in how the big screen worked. Looked amazing though...!
@@justgetatesla
Hi yes you’re not wrong regarding the operating system not very logical and frustrating but you do get used to it, I have a new RX now vastly improved and drives beautifully a real mile muncher.
I have to say my number one priority with any vehicle is reliability, I’ve had two brand new vehicles from the JLR group in the past and never again, gear box problems, door handles failing and steering problems and the most horrendous customer care, had to take them to a small claims court to replace a broken gearbox with 19,000 miles on it.
Anyway I hope you don’t have anymore issues with the Tesla.
All the best,
D
@@davidmarriott1377 At least they have real buttons, and not just a useless ipad stuck to the dash, which requires you to take your eyes off the road and dive through a dozen menus to operate something basic like a heater.
I have a 1997 Toyota RAV4 . About two years ago I had to buy a side light bulb which had stopped working. I went to my local motor factors and they charged me nearly a whole £ for a replacement. I then had to spend at least five minutes fitting it. I hate unreliable motors.
EVS are not for everyone.
Sane people will avoid them for as long as possible.
Many people say the same about Audi
Why Audi?
I'm curious, maybe I give the whiff of an Audi driver.
I cycle or walk everywhere I need to go so maybe you are confusing it with smelly active human?
@@justgetateslavery odd comment
Only if you're a country bumpkin. In a city, they're fine.
Your complaint is like saying a fiat 500 is no good because its not really suitable for 1000 mile GT trips.
@@TheJase8566 aye I quite like it out here in the stix.
Modern MHEV Diesel D300 800 mile range unbeatable. Torque 660 to 700 nm power can be tuned to over 400 bhp!! Doesn’t depreciate as much as an EV .
What a poor range an EV has then 2 plus hours to charge up!
1. You lot were all insisting the Luton fire was a hybrid diesel. And thus bad
2. You lot now singing the praises of the same hybrid diesel. As being good
Make up your minds!!!
You have to love the way Tesla drivers still talk enthusiastically about there wonderful car, even when it won't move! 6 days OTR because the LV battery breaks! Its a real plus you can watch TV when it breaks though! The truth is they have the build quality of a 1970's Austin Allegro, are useless on long journeys and everyone driving a real car just looks at you and thinks "what a tool" Such fun to watch! Tesla owners, the gift that keeps on giving!🤣 Nearly as embarrassing as driving a Range Rover! (but not quite)
I did mention the storm which cut us off. I didn’t drive anywhere that weekend in the Hyundai either - nowhere to go. Otherwise they would have recovered it the following day and given me Uber vouchers (which I declined - no Uber here)
These are flying bombs, which garage will dare to take one on, The MOT will be a potential death trap!
Ill stick with my old diesel Rover. Coming up to 19 yrs old & keeps going whenever needed
That's why I stick with Toyotas cars
Me too!
more and more and more to come, the truth can't be buried - just get a real car
More and more what?
ahh well, at least it doesn't need to move to Virtue Signal !
serves you right for buying an EV
The pinnacle of the car industry
.. Unable to drive!
And yet, my good old diesel keeps going whatever we throw at it.
Keep up the beta testing! I'll be getting a few more🍿🍿🍿🍿
My diesel mini (Nelly) has still got at least another 20 years in her, I've brought her second hand 4 years ago and I've not had one problem, she runs like a dream , good old Nelly 10 years old
I still miss my Mini!
Have a look at Macmaster and his Porsche. Yes i know he lays it on a bit but in reality he has lost more on that car in depreciation than most people earn in two years😮
80 grand he's lost in 2 years, he had his car valued at WBAC £40,500 and it cost over £120,000.
Should be cheaper to buy - it's not
Should be cheaper to fuel - its not
Should be cheaper to fix - it's not
Should be safer - it's not
Should be easier to fix - it's not
Should be more greener - it's not
All EVs are lemons.
They're categorically cheaper to fuel - who told you otherwise? Go watch my Tesla vs Outlander video
Safer? Model Y is the safest car in the world. According to EuroNCAP and the American equivalent. Safest car they have ever scored.
You can have opinions. But when your opinions are contradicted by fact they make you look a bit silly.
@@justgetateslatalk to the mac master definitely not cheaper to run!!
@@justgetatesla facts are EVs aren’t safe look at the videos!
His car isn't. He bought a £120k car - do you know any that don't lose most of their value rapidly? - and charges it at rip off motorway chargers. I don't have his problems. His car costs twice as much as mine, and costs twice as much to charge as mine. His costs are not my costs. You lot talk like all EVs cost the same. Do all petrol cars cost the same? A RR V12 the same on fuel and servicing as a 4-pot Ford?
@@justgetatesla yes
The biggest advantage peddled with EVs is that they don't have complicated engines with tonnes of moving parts that can break or malfunction like ICE vehicles do. What nobody seems to mention is that ICEs have a development heritage behind them of over 120 years in which they were improved and improved and even more improved. EVs are more or less at the beginning of this development. They are there where the ICE was maybe 100 years ago.
Can't wait for electric aircraft . Ladies and gentlemen . Don't panic . Our port engine has failed. The emergency services have been notified . Luckily we are still on the ground as we have never got this plane to fly !! 😂
@@davidlewis4399
You can't seriously call the milk float, that had a primitive speed regulator offering a choice of either 5 or 15 M/h max, took 12 hours to charge and had a range of 20 miles the beginnings of today's EV technology.
You can fix 100 year old ICE car, even mill or turn new parts for it. But fixing a DC converter will probably be quite different story. So far I haven't heard that fixing todays IC's is something one can do in a shed. Either replace whole component/module or give up. Well, there were some guys who tried to produce DIY IC's but...
@@SeersantLoom Yep, the electronics in modern vehicles are difficult to repair. Usually, it's easier to just source a replacement from another vehicle. It often doesn't even have to be from the same model as long as it's the same engine type.
All the "improvements" on ICE vehicles haven't really been improvements, the cars from 10 to 15 years ago have proven to be far more reliable than the latest ones, there are too many examples to list.
I'm very interested in the other faults you've experienced with the vehicle. You may indeed have a "lemon". Although the passenger side headlight seems to be a common failure (which is weird)? I also wonder if you've tried a reset on the car. That will sometimes clear a fault if it's temporary. If it were me I'd definitely be checking the LV battery with a multimeter at least to try and determine if the battery is faulty. I'd also disconnect, wait 10 mins and reconnect the LV battery if it's still ready a reasonable voltage. Remember the difference between your 15V battery and a 12V lead acid is the LiIon battery actually contains communication software and a BMS. If that communication software fails then the Tesla will throw an error message. The fault on the Ionic is not related. That fault is well known and relates to a software bug where the vehicle doesn't "got to sleep" properly. It's just a flat battery and can be remedied with a jump pack but it's indeed a nuisance.
All the above is wonderful & I come from a aircraft background & so fault tracing is not a problem for me, The point you are missing is that NO owner/user of a singing & dancing E.V should have to take the actions your suggesting. Its not just a bulb or bad earth connection anymore. I grasp your psudo tech talk. Most people would not. Think about it.
@@richjones5432 What's your point Rich? Most people wouldn't know how to fix their ICE cars either. I was merely mentioning a couple of really basic checks anyone can do. As it turned out if he'd checked the battery with a multimeter he could have determined that the battery didn't need replacing (and that was the cause of the delay). The headlight unit was causing all the problems from water ingress due to a stone strike punching a hole through it. There was a short in the headlight unit which caused the battery to disconnect to protect itself and avoid a fire. If he'd known the battery was good then Tesla could have effected the repair earlier as they were waiting on a battery replacement that was delayed due to the massive storm that closed half of Britain. You really need to watch the next episode in this saga. "Psudo technical talk" - why pseudo? That means fake? I'd be offended if you could actually spell it correctly!
Trying to offer useful advice is no longer acceptable!!
And yes, @richjones5432 sometimes I can't fix my ICE ( usually nowadays the symptoms end up with a faulty sensor telling the icu to stop the car 🤔) but any advice is greatly appreciated.
Perhaps I should buy an ev so I can become entitled to expect an everlasting unbreakable car, so when it does break I can blame the government.
@@johnnichol9412 Not really for LiIon. Unlike a lead acid there is virtually no voltage sag under load - only at the very top of the charge and the bottom.
If the left-hand headlight is recurring failure in the population, that’s definitely weird, there’s no question about it
That's the new plan....buy a Tesla and a spare car for when the Tesla has a sulk.....
I have a 2014 Vauxhall Ampera with 81,000 miles on the clock, it has a standard 12 volt battery and have never had this problem, the car seems to manage this perfectly, perhaps Tesla needs to look at this system.
And Hyundai. See a previous video
My 2013 Ampera battery failed after 4 years and the second after just 2, the first was the original AC Delco and the second a high quality Bosch. Guess you have been lucky. Ampera best car I've ever owned 👍
98% of the time where you have these strange multiple errors it is the 12V battery.
Had the problem on my 24 kWh Leaf - never happened on my Model 3 (fingers crossed).
Seen the very same on my brothers Ioniq PHEV.
A booster pack will get you going and in my cases the 12V could be recharged.
thank you for elping people to decide not to buy a car no one can fix.
But they did fix it...
Buy complex vehicles and you get complex problems.
I live in Northern Ontario, Canada and my daily driver is a 1969 LandRover Diesel, it is very rare it gives me problems with proper maintenance.
At least it didn't go up in flames!
Of course! It wasn’t a Range Rover diesel!
@@justgetatesla You're deluded, data by Honeywell Safety and Productivity Solutions which shows that between July 2022 and June 2023, UK fire services recorded 239 fires linked to EVs. A massive amount more than ANY diesel car fires. I guess facts don't matter to an agenda pushing EVangelist like you.
Tesla is a pain ,but wait tell you get the price fix one
I had a flat battery in my car. I found that if you push it down a hill and put it into gear it will start. Opp's that's right I have a car that runs on fossil fuel. Not a car that is charged by fossil fuels. never mind. I am sorry about your situation just the same. Good luck mate.
If your Tesla gets to 50K miles before it bursts into flames and if they are built in China I wouldn’t touch one with a barge pole!
Makes them cheaper for me then
I think you should get in touch with the macmaster and have a right good discussion about your cars as both of you are having problems with electric vehicles,be nice to watch your discussion with him,good luck getting your tesla fixed
Has Lee actually had issues with his car?
Turned out to be Taycans 12V battery being flat@@MrLeadb1
Well if you will buy a milk float what do you expect. Get a diesel and you will be fine. You can insure it it won't go on fire and you won't have to get charging anxiety and you know you are not poluting the environment with old batteries.
Say hi to the bot everyone
@@justgetatesla whenever someone does not agree with the church of EV and sees through the mind control and the midwits they are a bot. Seems about as much understand of YT as Evs.
You sure you’re not a bot? You said “get a diesel, it won’t go on fire”. Only weeks after a diesel went on fire, burned down a car park and shut down an airport
@@justgetatesla not correct the fire that caused the destruction was caused by thermal runaway by a tesla parked next to it. You really must do some research before making statements. I know the EV church hypnotises people but try and do some research and think.
@@justgetatesla incidentally the cognitive dissonance in your videos was unbelieveable. I don't know many proper cars that would stop working when a headlight cover smashes. Did you know the moon is made of cheese... 🙄
I’m just guessing but that left headlight that went out might’ve been shorting out the low-voltage system and that is why the battery went dead. I wonder if you were to unplug the left headlight to see if that temporarily allow the car to drive.
I suspect the same
Maybe water ingest in the headlight that caused the fault?
I’m no mechanic and certainly not an electrician but it sure sounds like a loose connection on the low voltage battery or left headlight. I might get electrocuted but I’d be jiggling some wires before I waited 5 days.
Please stop, you are making sense. You can't do that 😂
Just change the bulb ffs , good to go . Lol . I think I would be parking it a bit away from my house till it gets sorted .
I feel the pain. I bought mine one month ago, only used a rapid charger once, sale day as picking up, then used gone charger for the last four weeks . Anyway last weekend went on a road trip and it would not charge from either a Tesla or non Tesla.CCS charger. Had to recover home. Got home, charged fine on Type 2. Booked into Tesla Edinburgh for a fix
How odd! The way I see it is that it’s not that much different to a car with a misfire. Or a faulty lambda sensor as I had with Blue Midget
I have one of the first model Y imported i can happily say that I have had no issues with it, simply the best car I have ever driven that gets better with every OTA free update.
The OTA updates are brilliant. New features pushed out. Bugs fixed. No having to go to the dealership to have a laptop physically plugged in like on previous cars
I have driven various Honda ICE cars for years and quite honestly I have never had a failure yet. Perhaps saying that is tempting fate! I think a lot of people are letting these new 'elasticity' vehicles bed in for a few years so that all these problems can hopefully be ironed out a bit more.
I think you're kind of right. This electrickery in powertrains is a pretty young technology at the moment, so there are bound to be bugs and glitches. Just like with ice when you had to buy your petrol from the chemist!
Personally, I'll stay ice until the massive investment in infrastructure and generation have made the network stable enough to support massed fleets of milk-floats! 😜 OR, as I suspect, a better solution comes along!
We live in hope!😉👍@@PercyPruneMHDOIFandBars
Had a CRZ for 8 years with no issues whatsoever. Changed it for a 10,000 mile Civic a month ago which has been back 3 times. ( under warranty) . More tech equals more issues.
That sounds like really bad luck so I am sorry to hear that. I would agree the more complex things are the more chances there are of something blinking out! I was at my dealers last Monday and I know them very well. One of the engineers actually mentioned that he thought that the Civic range was excellent. I changed models when the Accord was discontinued in the UK. I hope that your teething troubles have now been sorted out for you, fingers crossed!😉@@williamfence566
Our family has had 4 Hondas, from 1985 to today. I've still got my Mum's 98 Civic. Total failures in that time and about 750k all up. A dirty carburettor in Dad's '85 Accord, and I had to replace the swing arm bushes in mums old 98 Civic when I purchased it from her, last year.
Love my 64 plate Toyota Yaris diesel, 194K miles on the clock and never broke down on me the 7 years i have owned it.
My Mercedes 300Diesel is 38 years old.
In the last 14 years of my ownership, it has broken down exactly once....
Obviously, your leccy car is poorly designed with regards to the low voltage charging system....
Got to love the advert that popped up, "if something isn't working for you anymore perhaps it's time to switch"
HI ..it looks like my Model Y just had the exact same issue as yours over this part weekend. I’m in Spokane, Washington, USA. Went to drive on Friday, October 20, and was unable to. I had the same active VCFRONT alerts: a479, a402, a528 as well as D1_a174. I had the car towed from my house to the nearby Tesla Service center. I did not notice my left front headlight being out earlier but when the car was being towed I noticed that the left headlight was not lit whereas the right headlight was. So my left headlight had had a failure. The car sat at the service center over the weekend and it was just fixed yesterday/today. I spoke to the technician and he replaced the 15 volt Li-ion battery per the alerts. This did not correct the inability to drive but he said it brought up more alerts related to the failure of the left headlight. He disconnected the left headlight and the alerts cleared. He then changed the headlight and all was good. He surmised that the root cause of the issue was the failed headlight and probably nothing was wrong with the 15v Li-ion battery. The headlight communicates to the car’s controller via a one wire LIN communication bus. This fault on the LIN bus created the errors which prevented driving. He said this was not something he had seen before and that he would send the failed headlight back to Tesla Engineering for further investigation on what went wrong and how to prevent it from occurring to others. He also implied that disconnecting the failed headlight may have cleared the alarms and allowed driving …but without a working left headlight. I hope this is helpful to others and would be interested in learning if others have had such an issue and if my understanding of the issue is correct. Scott
ill second this, mainly because i had faults when the left headlight was out due to the LIN. my brand new car had the whole front harness replaced due to it being pinched at the factory. havent had an issue since. my car was usable tho, but i lost all comms, headlight wouldnt turn off, and wipers stopped working. regardless, its a LIN issue is the point. depending on where its shorting out, etc will of course vary.
Can’t believe people still believe EV’s are the future, the tide will turn .
They’re ok if ,still in warranty ,its possible to charge at home, and you’re not bothered about big depreciation,anything outside those perimeters, and the better buy is ICE
Depreciation>? ICE? Like my diesel Volvo which lost two thirds of its value in less than 3 years?
Im going to keep my LR Discovery 3 ruuning for a long time. It so easy to maintain. Heck, you can remove the headlight with no tools, just two clips. Second hand one cost me £80 😅 its designed to be serviceable in a desert!!
I must say though that how EVs are so uncool a real cardigan and slippers image 😂 only an opinion
I have done 86,000 miles in an electric Kona (Company car). Least reliable car I have ever had and left me stranded 5 times. Its had 2 12V battery replacements, motor mounts replaced, air con fixed and only 3 years old.
Not a patch on any old diesel I have every had fiesta, Fabian and RAV 4 or any petrol car, too many to mention or even for that matter any diesel van over a nearly 30 year period.
The Tesla problem is very simple to solve do not buy one or any EV. Buy a very nice petrol or diesel car and you will have a very pleasant car ownership experience. Cheap to run and has a fantastic range.
If I called my spouse 'Wifey" my V8 Holden wouldn't be able to be driven until the doctor had removed it's key from my personal parts.
Current value of this Tesla is probably less than £10k now ! So much depreciation 😂
Doesn't look like it -a choice of cars a similar age and mileage at £40k. tinyurl.com/yfaed4zt
@@justgetateslano 😂
@@digitalglass6856comments like yours are an example of why some people should have no Internet or devices to connect to it. 10k for a Tesla? You didn't even have the sense to spend 2 mins checking before posting? And, no, I don't have a Tesla or the desire to have one.
I have a Toyota Corolla 71 plate no problems great mpg and a wonderful drive go get one it will make you much happier
Change title to Just Don't Get a Tesla.
Used to be you knew a headlight wasn't working because it wasn't working.
And it was almost always easy to fix. Blown fuse, blown bulb, bad earth... pretty simple and cheap to fix DIY stuff.
Now we have a computer and digital display to tell us the bleeding obvious. A headlight doesn't work.
And now, it could quite easily be CAUSED by the computer which tells us it isn't working. And it could cost hundreds or even thousands to fix. As for DIY...
This is progress right?
Seems to be. Manufacturers fitting LEDs to practically everything because of consumer demand
I think your vid has given an insight as to why EV’s are causing people to show concern over resale value and the cost of running one bought used. I’m keen to get into a full EV vehicle but the tales of woe I’m hearing from from some friends and colleagues is seriously putting me off buying one at this stage.
But resale values are high…
@@justgetatesla they may be, but am I going to jump from a 7 year old Kia Sportage that I’ve had from new that’s just clicked 140,000 miles of fault free travel, into a car that has had non starting issues after 22,000 miles. I accept the Kia’s boring as hell and has zero street cred but at least it’s got both headlamps working…
No no, I like Hyundai / Kia. Have had 5 of them including the current (2009) i30
@@ratty383 It's totally up to you. But at 140,000 miles it's probably getting to the point where something major will go wrong and it won't be worth repairing. Real world experience of most EV owners is that they very rarely give trouble. But when they do, like most modern cars, it can be complicated and expensive.
@@justgetatesla Personally, I hated the wife's old 2008 i30. It was a petrol guzzler that never got anywhere near it's advertised economy, the plastic interior started to peel and crack around 50,000 kilometres - never anything major and it drove well but I was glad to offload it at 100,000 kms. The timing chain would have needed replacing in about 10,000 - 20,000K (it was already showing signs of wear) and that's about $2KAUD at least, I had to replace all the interior handles, window regulators twice on the driver's door and gearstick due to the chrome peeling off and cutting fingers, the steering wheel needed a leather refurb (I didn't bother), central locking playing up so I had to pick the childproof lock on the rear passenger door (nightmare, but doable after about a thousand tries and lots of swearing), headlight's dying (fortunately only halo's), bush on the power steering needed replacing (well known issue - not an expensive part but a lot of labour), windscreen washer tank split - just a litany of little things. PS the OP will almost certainly need a timing chain replacement soon.
How fortunate you are to have a company car and warranty cover for all those expensive repairs, sadly not everyone has such benefits so an EV would bankrupt them. They might not show such enthusiastic love for their EV, Tesla or otherwise.
Plenty of people buy cars that cost a lot more than this. And plenty of cars much cheaper than this have LED headlight units that cost a lot more to replace than this. So apart from “I have EVs because reasons” what is your point?
My point! Summed up in another comment I read on another channel, it reflects the way I and many others feel, proven by the likes ratio. Copied below, it sums up Evangelists precisely.
"EV's are great for those who have extra money, don't mind hanging out at sketchy charging stations, drive short distances, accept the risk of a major fire, are OK with replacing batteries eventually, love changing tires, are willing to drive long distances for servicing, pay higher insurance, put up with low resale value, are OK with current mining practices, think electricity all comes from green sources, like to be distracted from driving using a touch screen, are OK with electric door handles and windows, don't like having cheap repairs and don't worry about where and how their vehicle gets scrapped.
Yes for those people, I hope the bubble continues to grow!! 😀"
ua-cam.com/video/MbUEv5YISFw/v-deo.html
Lets do these a point at a time:
"who have extra money". Partially true - there is a big mark up on some cars for the electric version vs the ICE. 208 vs e208 being a prime example. Otherwise they are hardly unique at costing what they do - plenty of ICE cars cost the same.
"hanging out at sketchy charging stations". Partially true. Most are motorway services and a few nice hotels - I've seen the odd one which is dodgy, but the same is true with filling stations
"drive short distances". Not me - I drive the length of the country in mine without any issus
"accept the risk of a major fire" - a lie. Thatcham Research proves diesel fires 11x more likely than EV fires. Thats the official UK insurance industry figure. Anyone claiming anything else is simply wrong.
"ok with replacing batteries eventually" - this remains something endlessly talked about. We don't yet know is the simple truth as we don't have enough old EVs to have quantitative data. Anecdotally there are plenty of mega mile Tesla Model S cars in use and I see old Nissan Leafs driving round here
"love changing tyres" - based on what? Weight? EVs are no ore heavy than other vehicles and plenty of us run a set of tyres for long distances. I'm on 27k with plenty of tred left. Its another fact-free fact I'm afraid
"willing to drive long distances for servicing" - my car doesn't need servicing, so...
"pay higher insurance" - possibly. Though my increase was in line with the insurance industry average, as quick Google would show you
"put up with low resale value" - perhaps. The worst depreciating car I ever had was a Volvo diesel, lets see if this is worse
"ok with current mining practices" - I'm not. But are you happy with current oil practices? There have been enormous damaging oil spills we can talk about if you like. There is no clean option - the idea that petrol or diesel are clean is pitiful
"think all electricity comes from green sources" - where do you think all that power needed to crack heavy oil into road fuels comes from? Your electricity needs are as great as mine
"like to be distracted with a touch screen" - my Volvo S90 Diesel had all the controls on a touch screen
"ok with electric door handles and windows" - my car has mechanical door locks. Are you against electric windows?
"don't like having cheap repairs" - as always it depends on the damage. Most of the £12k repair cost on my Volvo diesel was the extortionate daily charge for the hire car.
"don't worry about where and how their vehicle gets scrapped" - and yet EVs get scrapped now like any other vehicle.
You would be better to spend your time googling these points rather than watching flat-earthers playing to your lack of knowledge for clicks...
I always thought EV's were boat anchors....here's why 😮
Probably should check the comment above yours under which it is revealed that the problem was just a fuse. Something that has often been a problem in ICE cars as well.
PS: Don’t use EV’s as a boat anchor they don’t do well with water. Just check Tavarish’s P1.
@@psibug565 a fuse that immobilised it for 6 days....
Tesla being Tesla, no surprises here.
Watch the video that follows. Wasn’t Tesla’s fault
Heard 3 stories this week of Tesla's breaking down.. Unbelievable! Live in Ireland.. Not looking good now
Waste of money, stick with ICE
@@nortoncommando770 ice?
@@irishman9877 internal combustion engine
Oh wow, 3 whole breakdowns. Luckily ICE never breaks down LOL
Sounds like your electric Jesus left you hanging 😂
Elon can use timed obsolescence to kill the cars anytime he likes. Good business strategy.
In Denmark this is called a "Monday car" and it happens in all brands. My colleagues Yaris hybrid also lost its 12v battery while parked at the airport. In a combustion car you usually get a warning before the battery goes out because the engine turns over more slowly when you start it.
And yet, with all this new tech, why have we no indication of the status of the 12V battery? When my ICE died I got no warning, but instead of turning slowly the starter just went click-click-click. Same with my borrow EV (ICE has been in the shop for 240+ days, not joking), can't see a way to read 12V status.
Yeah, Tesla built quality is not the best, in fact, it's bloody awful, but hey, cheer up you're helping to save the planet🙃
All electric vehicle are bad
I do believe that low voltage battery may operate the CONTACTORS RELAY for the main battery as a safety feature, ¿¿¿¿
Maintainability is an important factor even if a car is under warranty. Teslas in particular do seem to struggle with that.
Not just Tesla. Renault have several headlights that you can't get at to change a bulb - they force you to go back to the dealers. Which is what all the legacy car manufacturers want.
@@justgetatesla yeah, absolutely and if you've got a German car every last thing needs to be "coded in". Still it's unusual for a car to be immobilised because of a headlight fault. I assume the car detected a short and disconnected the battery to protect it. Probably not something that would happen on a car with a conventional battery.
It has fewer parts but you can’t buy them from anywhere but the dealer and they cost a fortune to replace. This is fine while they are under warranty but this is one of the reasons nobody wants a secondhand one which is killing used prices, can’t see that changing anytime soon. Possibly until you just rent them and even Hertz have decided to stop renting them out because they are too expensive to run. It’s a shame really because I would quite like to try one but I’m not prepared to take the financial risk.
Thing is, this was an LED headlight. Which are fitted to practically anything these days regardless of powertrain. So buy a diesel and you’re still getting LED headlights
I’ll be sticking to my RANGE ROVER………. Thank you.
But thank you for an entertaining video !
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Hope it isn't an exploding diesel...!
@@justgetatesla diesel doesn’t explode …… it produces a thick black acrid smoke. The below is from the source of the fire.!
You may find the Fire Brigade report into the Liverpool Arena fire to be enlightening. Walls and rivers of fire as burst fuel tanks disgorged petrol and diesel into the inferno
www.bafsa.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/bsk-pdf-manager/2018/12/Merseyside-FRS-Car-Park-Report.pdf
Indeed, the whole fire that destroyed the airport car park was absolutely devastating……. Started by a BATTERY PACK ON HYBRID DIESEL RANGE ROVER .
From the video, you can see the flame off and flare from the nearside front underside of the vehicle ….. which is exactly where the battery pack for that type of hybrid vehicle is located. Diesel cars in them cells do not provide that kind of explosion.
Definatly don't want an ev. I was considering it but I've seen way to many problems I'll stick with ic.
Thanks for sharing, important to warn people about the reality of early adoption of this technology. It’s not a consumer good you can discard and replace it’s a significant investment and potentially lives are at stake. EVs have been rushed out, the cars are poor, the infrastructure insufficient and an honest cost benefit analysis hasn’t been performed.
Well so I have been told by Audi and BMw drivers on here, my headlight was cheap compared to theirs
@@davidlewis4399 Our electric milk float only had 3-wheels and were very reliable. Hum perhaps all EV's should have 3-wheels and carry milk 🤣
As someone who is bupolar stop staeling my Lithium I need it for mood stabilisation. 😮
Hey, it still holds true to Elon’s promise that you’ll never have to stop at a gas station.
Have stopped at plenty in my Tesla - to buy snacks!
5 min at a gas station or 45 min at an e-pump ,that may not work ,or work poorly. Genius !
No only wait for 45 to 60 minims to charge where a ICe takes 10 minutes to fill up your tank.
Elon musk is a liar. Surely the diesel tow trucks need to stop a a gas station ?
Geoff buys cars and The MacMaster would love this content.
Haven’t half of you come here from Lee’s channel?
@@justgetatesla Actually UA-cam suggested me this video lol. At least it's extra views for you 😎
I've got to say that even the one lighter seemed alright when you compare it to what we had to put up with in the past
I know - way more light that my old Hyundai puts out!
@@justgetatesla Not a fair comparison, if you had a 'modern' Hyundai, the lights would be just as bright as any Tesla.
AND it would cost a third of the price, be easier and cheaper to repair, and you wouldn't have to stand in the rain trying to set a charging station going, because you could refuel in 5 minutes under a canopy and be on your way.
Who would have EVER thought that an ‘EV’ could EVER be a ‘lemon’, I guess…there is a first for everything lol! 😄😁😆😅🤣😂
Never gat any sort of battery powered environment damaging vehicle ❤
6.52. 'Happy ending' from Tesla. That is gold! hahaha
Serves you right for buying one of those.. 😂
most of the Tesla owners i know, changed for a Korean EV, they're not going back to Tesla.
I'm a fan of Hyundai - we're on our 5th one. Would have gone for one of theirs but the charging network for non-Tesla is awful
EV range 350 miles at the most , ICE diesel MHEV range 900 miles no brainer😂 only an opinion!😂
What are you bots all pushing diesel MHEVs suddenly? A few weeks ago you were all trying to make out the v6 Diesel Range River which burned out Luton Airport was a MhEV
@@justgetateslafake news. Only an opinion 😂
Seriously MHEV D300 superb smooth v high torque 650 to 700 nm , super clean and incredible range😂
@@digitalglass6856 Not sure why he's calling you a 'bot' when it's obvious you are a real human being.
I guess the limp-wristed, wimpy lefty only has one defence, to lie.
Not really sure if it has far fewer parts, it has 7,000 cells in the battery plus the battery monitoring system and if one of them fails you have to replace the whole battery.
Very expensive.
Would be expensive if "if one of them fails you have to replace the whole battery." was true.
But it isn't.
@@justgetatesla ok, please put links to that information cos as s far as I know it is true.
EV s are so cheap
Now this Tesla is probably around £10 k if that second hand market not there as who wants a second hand EV let alone a new one
Prices are tumbling
iCE (Diesel and Petrol) remain steady
That's not good! Another name change incoming? One-eyed Jack? Python Parrot? Maybe the car heard Elon's earnings call and got depressed. Or the weather forecast and had a panic attack.
My model S does not have these issue. the low voltage battery is a good old lead acid battery AGM, and it has never failed in 8 years. I had it checked by Tesla, and they stated it is still in good condition but it will be replaced next service. The only thing I had to do was the door handles. The driver's door handle stated to have issues about 2 years ago, so I purchased 4 repair kits from EV Tuning which actually fixes the issue permanently, So I replaced all 4 door handle cogs and micro switches. The battery and motor warranty expired earlier this year, but I'm not worried at all. The car is just awesome.
Glad to hear it!
Sorry to hear that. How many miles did it make before the low voltage battery went - asking for a friend. 8-)
I suspect the fault in the left light unit has a path to earth that completely drained the LV battery.
Yes I suspect the same
On a serious note though, I drive a 43 year old Mercedes 280CE with 300,000km. Yes, it runs on dinosaur juice. Starts on the button, and drives beautifully, and looks very stylish and elegant as a bonus.
For those old enough, it would be interesting if some of the viewers can add up the number of new cars that they have bought over that 43 year period of time.....I would think that I'd be making a smaller carbon footprint than most. Yes, I may consume 15l/100km but......, just saying...
Only fools bought a Tesla and will now be paying the price for their foolishness. sad
I had a couple of Beemers. Loved the E91. F10 was soft and wallowy. Unbelievable service costs. What is your take on the new gopping great grill they seem to slap on half their new cars? And I’ve been told on here that when a Beemer LED headlight fails it’s twice the cost of mine plus extra £ for coding. Regardless of what the drive train is.
@@justgetatesla The grill is hideous and designed for Chinese tastes, not Euro or American. And you are correct the costs of ownership are beyond reason. That is why I now own a Lexus.
How many old phones do we have in a draw?
Need a bigger drawer for EVs