![]() ![]() Katainen didn’t like the value proposition considering used 2013 Model S vehicles go for about 35,000 euros in Finland and he didn’t have access to a third-party shop to fix the pack. Now we learn of a similar case in Finland where Tuomas Katainen, a 2013 Tesla Model S owner, had a battery pack that was out of warranty fail, and Tesla asked for the equivalent of $22,000 USD for a battery pack replacement. But Rich's team disagree and they claim that made a similar module swap 2 years ago that is still working fine.- Fred Lambert September 15, 2021 Yeah I mean that's another point and I added Jason's insights, which I respect, in the article. That wasn’t really an option since it’s basically equivalent to the value of the vehicle.įortunately, the owner managed to find a third-party repair shop the fix the battery pack for a fraction of the cost – though the fix is somewhat controversial in the Tesla repair community. We recently reported on a case where a Model S owner was told by Tesla that he needed a $22,500 battery replacement. However, even if the problem is not necessarily battery degradation, the battery packs simply fail sometimes, and it’s expensive to replace those early packs. I have a Tesla Model X that had a battery pack last for more than 300,000 miles. That’s a lot of money, but the good news is that Tesla’s battery packs have been known to last a long time. We have seen quotes from Tesla for battery pack replacements between $20,000 and $30,000. With Model S production starting in 2012 and higher volumes not coming until 2014, only recently have those vehicles started to come off their powertrain warranty. It’s a hard question to answer since the vast majority of Tesla battery replacements have been done under warranty.Įarly on, Tesla offered eight-year unlimited mileage powertrain warranties for Model S and Model X. There’s not a lot of information about how much an electric car, or especially Tesla vehicle, battery replacement costs. ![]() A Tesla Model S owner in Finland decided to blow up his electric car with dynamite after it needed a battery replacement, which Tesla said was going to cost $22,000. ![]()
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