Tesla's $22,000 Battery Replacement | What You Need To Know

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[pierrearnoldiii]

I purchased a Model S that needed a new battery. Purchased a wrecked car for the battery for $10k. Sold the modules from the old car for $12500, did the swap myself with some help with the config change (upgraded to a 100 battery), also sold other parts from the wrecked car. All in all, the upgrade from a bad 85 battery to a 100 pack with 20k miles made me $8k :)

[Volcomsd]

Still rocking my original 85kw battery in my 2013 model S. It has 139k miles and the range is 242 miles at 100% charge. Not much degradation from it’s original 265 miles. Thanks for the vid Ryan. I asked Carlsbad service center last month about battery cost. At the time they quoted me 13k for a used 90kw battery and 22k for a brand new 90kw pack.

[Autuber]

Reporting in: 2018 M3 LRRWD 80, 729 miles. Original range 310, now 282. No brake pad change to date, minimal maintenance. Love it - the best car I ever had. She’s a keeper.

[TSLAaddict]

My ‘16 MX P90D now with 246k+ miles has lost only 13% of the battery and still haven’t replaced the brakes. Never driven a car putting on with this amount of miles. LOVE IT!

[fearsomebeard]

My business partner bought a new Model S in 2013. He’s still driving it, loves it and has no plans to replace it. It’s the original battery and he still has plenty of range. His experience is why I took delivery of a new 2022 model X last summer and plan to drive through at least 2032 and probably longer.

[motoarzan]

IF A BATTERY COSTS $20k retail and on average of about 1% fail. Then the manufacturers should simply add $200 to every vehicle and guarantee all batteries for the life of the vehicle. I'd gladly pay $200 for this.

[TeslaRyan]

My 2014 Model S P85D's battery is still going strong nearly 10 years later and has never been replaced!
According to Recurrent, I've got 246-247mi when the EPA rated range was 242mi brand new lol

[frankcoffey]

Even if the cost of a battery drops that doesn’t mean service centers will drop the price. We need aftermarket batteries for true competition.

[WaseemM]

Let's say in the next 8 years the cost of battery goes down by 50% and it will cost you $7500 to replace battery on a car say 10 years old. That is money you have to come up with right away and most middle class folks can't come up with it with out taking a loan or putting it on high interest credit card. If only 1.5 - 2 % cars need battery replacement after 8 years then why not simply cover it by supplemental battery insurance. If anything EV makers should be offering this as an option. If they have confidence in their battery a $5.99 to 9.99 /month battery replacement insurance is something every one should be able to stomach (refurbished batteries would do). There won't be any stress buying used EVs otherwise there is always going to be anxiety and controversy.

[frankcoffey]

When a battery degrades you can still use the car you just get less range. If a engine or transmission fails your range drops to zero until you fix it.

[frankcoffey]

Lead acid car batteries are recycled at about 90% that’s why we don’t have lead mines everywhere. EV batteries will be the same. Fun fact some of the lead in your ICE car battery may be from the 1950s when recycling batteries started.

[Aspen.]

I just drove 500 miles to San Diego from the Flagstaff area. One 5 minute stop at 300 miles for gas in my paid off Chrysler Aspen. Absolutely LOVE IT!!

[downix]

Another thing to consider: Many times when a battery is suffering from a significant degrading of range, it is not the whole pack which is at fault, but a single cell within it. I know that is what happened with my 2016 Kia Soul EV, where one cell began to fail, causing the battery to lose 67% of its factory range. In my case Kia replaced the entire pack under warranty (which gave me 135% of my factory range, as the new battery was a third larger) but had I needed to replace the battery module holding the faulty cell outside of warranty, I was looking at around $2k out the door.

[johngerraughty]

Tesla parts guy here. One thing nobody ever mentions in these videos is the fact that the cost of a replacement HV pack can be much less than people think, especially on the older S and X models. This is because most packs that fail are refurbished by Tesla and are made available for replacements. If you have a vehicle that needs a pack replacement out of warranty, you will initially be quoted the cost of a new pack which can be around 20k depending on the model. Parts can request a quote on a replacement and if a refurbished pack is available we will get an exact price for the customer. I have seen a pack replacement for an older S be as "cheap" as 9k. The cost of the pack depends on how much of it is new cells. In the case of the 9k replacement, the customer went ahead of it because they love their car and they felt is was worth that to keep it on the road. I would also ask everyone who is making a big deal about the cost of a replacement pack to go price what it would cost to replace the engine in their ICE car if it were to fail outside of warranty. Maybe cheaper than a battery, but maybe not depending on what you are driving.

[MrOktsx]

I find it interesting that at least 2 Youtubers that I follow (you and Everyday Chris) have had your battery packs replaced. Maybe Tesla owners are more likely to produce content for You Tube, I don't know. I'm not sure what to think about that. But, if I was interested in any other (ICE) car and was following a few people on YouTube about their experiences with that vehicle, and they just happened to have the engines replaced, it would definitely give me pause.

[cb-]

I would disagree that the replacements are "rare".
You have had your Model Y battery replaced. I have my 2021 Model Y HV battery replaced last January. My co-worker also had his 2020 model Y battery replaced. You can go to any of the Tesla forums and see how many people it is happening to. Yes, I know that this is not a true sample as there are thousands of happy owners, but this is a failure equal to almost 1/2 the cost the car itself. It should be way more "rare", almost never. Also, the failures may not be due to typical degradation, these replacements can be due to battery cooling system failures, BMS, etc.

[wdbldr]

2018 RWD M3 100, 000 miles. I have found that charging to different intervals regularly is great. Probably most of my charging is 90% but to do 70 and 80% on work days, waiting a couple days to plug in and charge to 90 for the weekend this has by far been the best practice. My current on screen range at 100% is 298/310 so a 4% drop.

[SWTrailsAndWheels]

My local Chevy dealer is quoting over $25, 000 to replace the relatively small gen1 Chevy Volt battery. When the vehicle was in production, costs were under $5k. GM clearly wants you to just scrap Gen1 Volts instead of supporting them.

[magsteel]

Any comment on the high cost of accidents and insurance? I'm told insurance cost is very high because companies total EV's due to potential battery damage. Even when they don't the repair cost is very high.

[david]

My friend and I both got new electric cars last year. I got a model y LR and he got a bmw i4. I charge at home with level 2 30amp (normally have it set lower at 16amp overnight). My friend lives in a condo where home charging isn’t possible, he fast charges his car on Saturdays using electrify America chargers. I wish they were both exact same make and model to compare battery degradation evenly, time will tell on how degradation does us. So far, I haven’t noticed any degradation, I also never supercharge and constantly change charging limit between 50, 60, 70, 80 and few times to 90 percent. (I’m at 10k miles)
Thanks for sharing! 🍻 ✌️