Service History for 2013 Tesla Model S
Background
I purchased my 2013 Tesla Model S P85+ used with ~63,000 miles in late 2017. This was my first experience buying a car: #1 sight unseen, #2 online, and #3 from Tesla. All three of those things made for quite the experence! I had been following along cloesly online with how the process would go and therefore none of this was surprising to me in any way. I was immediatly alerted when a Tesla for sale listing hit my specific criteria using my trusty Tesla price scraper EV-CPO Hunter. I got the alert about my unicorn vehicle being available on the drive home from a barbeque. I immediatly pulled over into a Wendy’s parking lot, stared at the listing for 2-3 minutes on my phone, and then clicked the buy button!
Then the wait started… almost exactly at the 12 week mark I picked up my S at my local-ish Tesla Service Center!
The higher milage and vehicle age really healped keep the sale price reasonable for meeting my criteria to purchase. Compared to what the vehicle cost new, I was getting a REALLY good deal. Luckilly Tesla had just rolled out selling higher milage cars (50k+) as Certified Pre-Owned (CPO) that carried a 2 year warranty (as opposed to the lower milage 4 year CPO waranty). In the CPO program, the vehicles were subjected to a detailed inspection process that was later phased out over the years in favor of a less detailed “Tesla Used” certification process. I can attest to this level of detail as I was able to get information (one way or another) that the drive unit was replaced. Further, it was obvious that at least the hood of the vehicle was re-painted as there was quite a bit of overspray on some nuts.
The “CPO” 2 year Warranty WELL worth it for a 2013 Model S! Since 2013 was an early production model year for the Model S many problems surfaced. Items such as the door handles needed to be repaired multiple times to fix long standing issues while parts were being re-designed.
Service History
Covered under CPO warranty
- Previous owner - that I know about
- Battery
- Titanium shield
- CPO
- Drive Unit
- Assuming paint - obviously overspray nuts under hood
- 2017
- Replaced Driver Door handle
- Adjusted all door handles ( bad gaps when received)
- ReSeated passenger mirror due to squeek
- Replaced broken door sills ( broken clips when received)
- 1/17/2018
- Replaced passenger door handle
- Replaced driver door handle (x2)
- Replaced steering control module unit ( codes - Regen/traction disabled)
- Replaced left scroll wheel
- 4/25/2018
- 12v battery replaced due to warning
- Passenger Airbag replacement - recall
- 12k 2yr service
- 7/12/2018
- Right rear door handle assembly ( random door pop open) •
- 12/17/2018
- Full 8yr service
- Replace: Shaft - Steering Column - Intermediate ( hard turn steering )
- Replace RH headlight assembly ( randomly turn off)
- 4/10/2019
- 4 baolong TPMS sensors
- 8/2019
- Front Right upper suspension ( bad bearing clunking noise)
- Touch screen replacement ( glue melting at top )
After CPO Warranty expired (8/2019)
- 9/2019
- Replace: Master charger due to failure ($2508)