Tesla S, how are they acting now they are coming off lease

What has been the reliability reports on the Tesla S now some have up to 5 years of service.

I want to know too! I saw three in traffic on my way home yesterday.

I bet they're still fast!

Short answer - they're not terribly reliable.

The earliest cars were the most failure-prone, and some estimates were that most will need to have the drivetrain replaced. Edmunds had theirs replaced 3 times in 17 months.

Car and Driver recently wrapped up their 2015 long term test. They didn't suffer any horrible reliability problems but each service was quite expensive, and required towing the car hundreds of miles to the Ohio service center.

Each service is going to be at least a few days, and sometimes parts are backordered for months, especially body parts.

Your closest service center is in Columbus, for reference.

In reply to bastomatic:

A buddy who works in a collision shop got one in for a new bumper cover this week. Ordered a new cover Monday and received a new one from Tesla on Tuesday.

In reply to bastomatic:

How do you bend 3 wheels in 40K miles? C&D must have beat their car to E36 M3.

Edmund's car must have been E36 M3. Lots of repairs there.

In reply to Toyman01:

Low profile tires in Michigan

Not to mention the taxpayers subsidizing everyone of them - talk about giving tax breaks to the rich

Oh, for a second there i thought we were talking about every single car that burns petroleum. My mistake. There are plenty of my generation who subsidized access to oil markets with their lives. At least they aren't subsidizing electric cars with their taxes tho amirite?

AngryCorvair wrote: In reply to Toyman01: Low profile tires in Michigan

Combined with idiot drivers who make no attempt to avoid the giant holes in the road and instead just slam the car into them and then wonder why something broke...

Coming up on Tues 9th at my local insurance auction

2016 Tesla X with 3k miles. Current pre-bid is $29k

FIL has owned a P85S since new. He is currently at 130K miles and does a 160 mile round trip commute every day. Maintenance has been minimal; tires are really the only consumable. He also has had less than a 1% loss of battery life during his ownership.

The only complaint would be that the motors tend to start humming after 40-50K miles miles. My FIL has had x2 power-train assemblies replaced under warranty. In both instances the car was returned the same day. Tesla says that the hum will not damage performance, it is just a side effect of age. Both of the services have been at no cost.

Otherwise the car has been bullet proof.

In reply to John Welsh :

da heck happened there?? that wheel split in two? what am I missing?

You still have to have Tesla sell you the car because of the DRM. Not a deal breaker but not a practice I like to encourage.

bluej wrote: In reply to John Welsh : da heck happened there?? that wheel split in two? what am I missing?

My WAG: clipped a curb with the outer part of the tire at high speed, causing catastrophic wheel (and possible suspension) failure with collateral bodywork damage from the separated wheel/tire.

I have many coworkers won daily drive Teslas. We live an hour from Tesla in LA. The only complaints I've seen are range becausr road trips and PCS'ing. But, it seems they're way more reliable than any luxury car in that price range.

I think people want them to be unreliable. Especially old school gearheads. But, they aren't unreliable in my eyes. Maybe I'll go and ask the dozen or so owners I know their millage and maintenance requirements up to this point.

jharry3 wrote: It wouldn't be a bad car if it had an internal combustion engine in it instead of those heavy batteries and no range for cross country trips. Not to mention the taxpayers subsidizing everyone of them - talk about giving tax breaks to the rich - this thing is the poster child.

I literally laughed out loud at this.

Interesting, there is an app for charging stations and surprisingly there is even 2 in my Podunk County seat