Home Charging Power Drop

[Jhodgesatmb]

PCS, submit service request and gain a few months of free supercharging while you wait for parts to arrive.

I was under the impression that Tesla would have to do an update to allow supercharging with the PCS failure. As I have mentioned before, Tesla told me to try supercharging but it didn’t/wouldn’t work. Luckily I had enough charge to get home and back to the service center (but no more).

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[Jhodgesatmb]

Had a roadtrip planned, think it’s safe to go ahead with it?

Go try supercharging locally and be sure to turn off any scheduled charging rules beforehand.

 

[mongo]

I was under the impression that Tesla would have to do an update to allow supercharging with the PCS failure. As I have mentioned before, Tesla told me to try supercharging but it didn’t/wouldn’t work. Luckily I had enough charge to get home and back to the service center (but no more).

Some PCS failures lock out DC charging, that's what the update covers. Others have no AC, but DC still worked.
Free supercharging is a flag/setting on Tesla's side. No update needed for that.

 

[JawlessZombie]

Joined the 2 times club this morning, 11 months after the first time the PCS failed

 

[Jhodgesatmb]

Joined the 2 times club this morning, 11 months after the first time the PCS failed

NHTSA has to require a recall on the PCS if it is happening multiple times. It is a design flaw and needs to be fixed ... and THEN replaced.

 

[mongo]

NHTSA has to require a recall on the PCS if it is happening multiple times. It is a design flaw and needs to be fixed ... and THEN replaced.

It's not a highway safety issue and it's not a regulatory non-compliance so it's not in NHTSA's sphere of influence.

 

[JawlessZombie]

NHTSA has to require a recall on the PCS if it is happening multiple times. It is a design flaw and needs to be fixed ... and THEN replaced.

This is a $7000 ticking time bomb for those trucks out of warranty.

 

[mongo]

This is a $7000 ticking time bomb for those trucks out of warranty.

Last report said $1k if out of warranty .

 

[CyberGus]

Joined the 2 times club this morning

 

[Jhodgesatmb]

It's not a highway safety issue and it's not a regulatory non-compliance so it's not in NHTSA's sphere of influence.

Here is a perfectly viable scenario: you are driving through the middle of Wyoming and you get the PCS error and yours is one of those trucks, like mine, that refused to charge at a supercharger. Maybe you make it to a city, and maybe you are one of those people that drives into the single digits and you make it to a charger, or maybe you don’t make it. One way or another, if you are one of those people, you and your family are stranded, maybe hundreds of miles from a Tesla Service center. That makes it a safety issue. All this because Tesla designed a part that fails for a large percentage of vehicles. I say it is a safety issue, and I think that the NHTSA will figure that out. I’ve seen the NHTSA issue recalls for things I consider much less of a safety issue than this. Time will tell but it isn’t cut and dry.

i don’t claim to know anything about compliance but I would hazard a guess that a car that can get stranded, anywhere, would violate some regulation.

 

[mongo]

Here is a perfectly viable scenario: you are driving through the middle of Wyoming and you get the PCS error and yours is one of those trucks, like mine, that refused to charge at a supercharger. Maybe you make it to a city, and maybe you are one of those people that drives into the single digits and you make it to a charger, or maybe you don’t make it. One way or another, if you are one of those people, you and your family are stranded, maybe hundreds of miles from a Tesla Service center. That makes it a safety issue. All this because Tesla designed a part that fails for a large percentage of vehicles. I say it is a safety issue, and I think that the NHTSA will figure that out. I’ve seen the NHTSA issue recalls for things I consider much less of a safety issue than this. Time will tell but it isn’t cut and dry.

i don’t claim to know anything about compliance but I would hazard a guess that a car that can get stranded, anywhere, would violate some regulation.

If your SOC reading worked, it's not a "highway safety" issue. Just like NHTSA doesn't deal with the ability to run out of gas.

Consumer protection and fit for purpose laws are more in line for a vehicle that stops being able to refuel.

 

[REM]

Congratulations, you have graduated from "PCS University"

at this point I think we need to batch order fabric patches for the whole forum.

 

[JFD361]

Do you need to use a super charger or will one of the other public charging stations work? My nearest supercharger is 30-35 miles away. There are some public charging stations much closer to me. I have the adapters.

 

[UberNoob]

Do you need to use a super charger or will one of the other public charging stations work? My nearest supercharger is 30-35 miles away. There are some public charging stations much closer to me. I have the adapters.

DC fast chargers is what you need, the wall chargers are AC and those will not work with a pcs failure.

 

[Friday]

My Foundation Cyberbeast v# 31xxx 24k miles just started L2 charging maxed at 24A. Log shows "PCS2_a103_IsoTempSensorIrrational DCAC2 AC2 temp N" temperature anomaly error May 7th, I normally charge in the middle of the night so I haven't noticed the reduced charging. Just happened to charge during the day today and noticed capped out at 24A. I tested at a local Supercharger and can successfully charge there. Put in svc request and May 20th is soonest. Since others have said no new gen PCS parts expected until June/July, not sure what they can do. I do need my lightbar recall done and I added that to the request since I did get the letter saying bring it in whenever.

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