My Tesla Model Y Is On Its Third Battery - Here's The Story

Tollak joins the channel to give an update on his high-mileage rideshare Tesla Model Y and how he has had two battery replacements (luckily under warranty) in his two years of ownership. Learn what the warranty, service, and battery replacement experience is like and hear some of his concerns for owners out of warranty! Battery failures are rare, but a new pack is no small cost to consider.

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0:00 Welcome
0:52 How I Got Here
1:49 First Battery Failure
4:38 Service Visit
5:52 Not Quite New Replacements
7:15 Second Battery Failure
10:06 Current Status
11:17 Out of Warranty Fears
13:06 Wrap-Up

#tesla #modely #battery

[maszkalman]

Finally an ev fan who don't lie about problems that might (not necessary with everyone) will happen and buyers should know...

[accountability]

Perfect example of why we need right to repair laws. Tesla has no interest in doing the right thing here; they just want you to buy a new car, like any corporation. What we need is more competition so consumers could buy third party batteries.

[Avenger]

This video might be the tipping point for me. I don’t think I can afford to afford a car that’s 1) expensive to begin with, 2) expensive to repair, 3) unreliable, and 4) more difficult and expensive to service than gasoline engines, requiring even more specialized electrical “mechanics.”

[christiangutti]

2016 Tesla Model S, with over 101, 000 miles…. So far no issues with the battery. Drove cross country once and many times to Mexico.

[gregstewart]

Fantastic and fair video.I had no idea they were doing this with the battery packs.

[alexzahnd]

Great video thanks for sharing your experience! I have a Model 3 Performance and after 8 months and 6'000 miles (9'000 km as drive in Switzerland) my BMS showed BMS_a029, which is about the same as your note. They also gave me a "new" battery pack after 4 weeks. I use an OBD and with the OBD you can "see" how many DC and AC charged kWh have been put into the "new" / replaced refurbished battery pack. In my case, considering the average kWh/ km or mile I had so far, the OBD data showed that the "new", refurbished battery pack had at LEAST already around 25'000 km, or 15'500 miles on it BEFORE it was installed in my Model 3 P which had at that time only 6'000 miles or around 9'000 km. thus, the refurbished, or "new" battery pack was NOT quite "comparable" in regards to the mileage to my initial battery pack but had about 2.5 as many miles on it!! Now, without installing an OBD (on board diagnostic) tool i would have NEVER found out! What do you think of that?

[ZooTrekkerChronicles]

I've been following your discussion about changing the battery three times under warranty, and now that you're almost out of warranty, it's the main reason I'm holding off on buying a Tesla. The thought of having to replace the battery for $25, 000 if it stops working has been a concern. However, I've recently discovered that they don't install entirely new batteries; instead, they rebuild them, which adds another layer of consideration for me.

[setbewx]

I know a parts guy that works at a Honda dealership. He told me that all the replacement packs in cars, even under new car warranty, are rebuilt packs. As the gentleman stated, they salvage good cells from bad batteries and assemble a used pack that has all good cells. Of course, you never know when the rebuilt pack might fail. Could be a year, a month or a week. There is no way to tell. So, make sure you buy the extended warranty and then get rid of the car once the original pack fails.

[TheRealMerchyBautista]

I've been doing Lyft on my mach-e and already put on 20, 000+ miles since starting 6 months ago, now I may get a bit nervous how durable and reliable the mach-e battery pack is. Thanks for sharing your story!

[kertamo]

Your review is actually super helpful. Thank you so much for sharing!

[stevewatts]

Thanks for the great video and reinforced why I won’t buy an EV anytime soon, my Prius will have 400k miles and still be on the original battery, you are helping people Wise Up, thanks again !!

[wjburke]

My family has six teslas, a six year old model 3, three model Y's about 3 years old and newer X. The model 3 needed a battery replaced at around 80, 000 miles. It was under warrenty. It took five days including the weekend to fix. They gave me my choice of Uber or loaner. It still runs like a new car. Other than that we haven't had hardly any problems. My model Y has almost 100, 00 miles and also runs like a new car. With over 5 million teslas on the road your going to get some that need fixing. They are the ones that you hear about. The money we save on maintenance and gas savings versus charging at home far out weighs by thousands of dollars over the few hundred dollars that we spent over the years. If and when I need a new battery, I am willing to take that chance because of not only the savings in money but also the time savings as well by not having to get service or go to wait in line at Costco for cheap gas. I'll never go back to gas.

[kylecordes]

It seems to me that Tesla (and other makers) should provide a long warranty on reman battery packs, regardless of whether provided as part of warranty service or paid with cash.

[TechgameTony]

This is sad. I have a 2007 Lexus 400h with 200k miles and haven’t had any issues only tires and oil changes. I do upwards of 200 miles a day doing deliveries. It’s an amazing how my 16 year old vehicle is holding up better than a new Tesla.

[StevenMillward]

as a Nio owner with a rented & swappable battery (it swaps in ~4 minutes at a battery-swap station, costing just the same as a full fast-charging session), this Model Y scenario shows how swappable batteries make sense in the long-run.

[joeespiritu]

I got a brand new model x about 3 weeks ago. At under 500 miles was plugged into a supercharger and battery died. Model x is still in the service center on our 6th day. Supposed to be done and replaced in 2 days, fingers crossed. Everyone I have talked to says I just had bad luck and this isn’t very common. Hoping no more issues since the model x was my dream vehicle. Good info and thanks for the video

[leslarson]

Personally, I would like to see the packs to be manufactured to be maintainable. Munro's dissection of some Tesla packs demonstrate that maintainability, by Tesla or a 3rd party is not a goal. Matching cells within a battery leads to the longest pack life practicable. I am not sure the balancers can offset poor cell matching. Good luck with your goal.

[marcelreijnen]

I have a model 3 LR RWD from 2019 and had the same problem this spring after 98.0000 km. Battery was replaced under warranty. The new pack had the same range as when my car was new: 525 km (523 km new). It is now at 117.000 km and still has a range of 518km. This is normal degradation. I asume my pack is new and not refurbished.
My original pack had a degradation of about 7% when the problem occured.
I charge on AC most of the time. Only on long trips 2 or 3x a year I charge on DC. In the beginning I charged to 90%, later only to 80%. Verry seldom to 100%.

[mgist]

We have had Teslas in our family for 9 years and never had any battery problems with a Model S, 2 Model Ys, and a Model 3. Best cars we have ever owned and I have owned Mercedes, BMWs, Audis, Ferraris, and Aston Martins. I think there are too many people commenting here who are uninformed or just plain making it up.

[cessealbeach]

Interesting video, I use to have a model Y performance, had it for three years on lease, at 40K miles replaced 2 sets of tires, normal driving, followed charging to the T, one battery pack replaced under warranty, second one started to degrade at 86% just before 3 years was up, had rear power drive unit replaced under warranty, had to drive a rental car for almost a month because tesla had parts shortages, Every charge was on DC fast charging, very bumpy uncomfortable ride compared to my Audi A6. Glad I am done with EV's. Dodged the massive repair bills. Now I got Camry Hybrid XSE, I could go anywhere, No More RANGE ANXIETY and much comfortable than Model Y or any Tesla