Inverter Recall - potentially 3 months downtime

[TrueRoadWarrior]

My Cybertruck is my primary and only vehicle. The inverter recall poses a serious risk, especially when driving on highways.

The soonest I can get a service appointment is 2 months out at any Tesla Dealer in South Florida not to mention that with Tesla’s track record, it may be a few more weeks before even get it back, potentially limiting my ability to drive it by 3 months. This will be the second time I’ve been through this process with the Cybertruck as I had a bad converter in March and was without my CyberTruck for 3 weeks.

I am trying to figure out what my options are as I need my truck for work, which requires extensive driving. This recall really puts me in a bind. The only options I see are either having to buy another car because my new Cybertruck that I paid $100K for is unreliable or spend thousand more paying for a rental car. Either way, this isn’t what I signed up for.

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[Celiboy]

When my inverter failed, I scheduled my service appointment and the earliest date they had was about 3 weeks away. I took it in two days later and they added me to their list. They were also able to give me a MX loaner because like you, it’s my daily driver. The wait to get it back was about a week and a half but the repair itself took about a half a day.

I would take it in now because it’s a safety hazard and see if they can provide you with a loaner while it’s being serviced. Good luck.

 

[TrueRoadWarrior]

Thanks, yeah well it’s also that there are several other recalls on the truck as well as the tires need to be replaced. So I expect it would take forever. Where are you that the wait time is only 3 weeks for an appointment?

 

[Celiboy]

I’m in central California and that was a couple of months ago when my inverter failed. While it was there they took care of the recall issues. Are they replacing your tires?

I’m now waiting for my spare tire and wheel covers to be installed. I’ve already had one service appointment pushed back and my next is Monday. They haven’t canceled yet but I wouldn’t be surprised.

 

[jf64k]

My Cybertruck is my primary and only vehicle. The inverter recall poses a serious risk, especially when driving on highways.

The soonest I can get a service appointment is 2 months out at any Tesla Dealer in South Florida not to mention that with Tesla’s track record, it may be a few more weeks before even get it back, potentially limiting my ability to drive it by 3 months. This will be the second time I’ve been through this process with the Cybertruck as I had a bad converter in March and was without my CyberTruck for 3 weeks.

I am trying to figure out what my options are as I need my truck for work, which requires extensive driving. This recall really puts me in a bind. The only options I see are either having to buy another car because my new Cybertruck that I paid $100K for is unreliable or spend thousand more paying for a rental car. Either way, this isn’t what I signed up for.

They don’t give loaners in South Florida?

 

[Art138]

Thanks, yeah well it’s also that there are several other recalls on the truck as well as the tires need to be replaced. So I expect it would take forever. Where are you that the wait time is only 3 weeks for an appointment?

Fort Lauderdalel SC is over saturated. Too many vehicles and lately CTs. The SC was build up to handle mainly the sedans. I bought my YP in Miami Springs and is a larger facility. You might try there to see if you can get an earlier appointment.

 

[TrueRoadWarrior]

I’m sure they do, but they didn’t offer me one last time. And to be honest I have a pretty bad knack for dinging the rims of the other Tesla’s so I’d probably pick up extra charges for replacement rims (which they’d charge full price for). The only vehicle it hasn’t been a problem with has been the CyberTruck. So either way, I’m still paying thousand out of pocket.

 

[TrueRoadWarrior]

Fort Lauderdalel SC is over saturated. Too many vehicles and lately CTs. The SC was build up to handle mainly the sedans. I bought my YP in Miami Springs and is a larger facility. You might try there to see if you can get an earlier appointment.

so I tried everywhere in South Florida and honestly there’s nothing sooner. I’d have to drive 400-500 miles to Georgia where they are accepting appointments in December

 

[jf64k]

I’m sure they do, but they didn’t offer me one last time. And to be honest I have a pretty bad knack for dinging the rims of the other Tesla’s so I’d probably pick up extra charges for replacement rims (which they’d charge full price for). The only vehicle it hasn’t been a problem with has been the CyberTruck. So either way, I’m still paying thousand out of pocket.

I get a loaner (here in SoCal) any time they even *think* it will be over one day in service (I got a Model S loaner with free supercharging when I brought my CT in for tire rotation and alignment check last week).

The loaners are always a bit beat up, they aren’t checking for curb rash, haha!!

Get a loaner and get your CT fixed.

 

[Alto]

My Cybertruck is my primary and only vehicle. The inverter recall poses a serious risk, especially when driving on highways.

The soonest I can get a service appointment is 2 months out at any Tesla Dealer in South Florida not to mention that with Tesla’s track record, it may be a few more weeks before even get it back, potentially limiting my ability to drive it by 3 months. This will be the second time I’ve been through this process with the Cybertruck as I had a bad converter in March and was without my CyberTruck for 3 weeks.

I am trying to figure out what my options are as I need my truck for work, which requires extensive driving. This recall really puts me in a bind. The only options I see are either having to buy another car because my new Cybertruck that I paid $100K for is unreliable or spend thousand more paying for a rental car. Either way, this isn’t what I signed up for.

Take a look at the service instructions for this repair. In my opinion such extensive disassembly in a service center depreciates the vehicle as a collision would. https://service.tesla.com/docs/Cybe...UID-36C3682B-85A2-4D8D-A35E-0DB6205952CA.html

 

[mongo]

My Cybertruck is my primary and only vehicle. The inverter recall poses a serious risk, especially when driving on highways.

The soonest I can get a service appointment is 2 months out at any Tesla Dealer in South Florida not to mention that with Tesla’s track record, it may be a few more weeks before even get it back, potentially limiting my ability to drive it by 3 months. This will be the second time I’ve been through this process with the Cybertruck as I had a bad converter in March and was without my CyberTruck for 3 weeks.

I am trying to figure out what my options are as I need my truck for work, which requires extensive driving. This recall really puts me in a bind. The only options I see are either having to buy another car because my new Cybertruck that I paid $100K for is unreliable or spend thousand more paying for a rental car. Either way, this isn’t what I signed up for.

The inverter is a "may fail" situation, not "will fail" with 1% of tte 2,431 vehicles recalled likely impacted (per recall paperwork).
The truck may still drive if one inverter fails.
The replacement labor time is under four hours for the rear and under three for the front so it could be a same day turn around.
https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/rcl/2024/RMISC-24V832-5095.pdf

 

[Gundo]

I wouldn't want the Tesla tech learning this procedure on my truck. Maybe best to wait a little bit rather than push to be first?

From what i can see, it certainly is a rather well documented procedure, but contains quite a few rather tricky looking steps.

To balance this though, and in comparison, I seem to regularly see super complex 25 hour plus repairs happening on modern ICE vehicles given how ridiculously overcomplicated they've bcome.

As stated above, 1% failure rate would be worth rolling the dice all day long

 

[Alto]

The inverter is a "may fail" situation, not "will fail" with 1% of tte 2,431 vehicles recalled likely impacted (per recall paperwork).
The truck may still drive if one inverter fails.
The replacement labor time is under four hours for the rear and under three for the front so it could be a same day turn around.
https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/rcl/2024/RMISC-24V832-5095.pdf

Just to make tings interesting, where I live they run high speed rail straight through urban areas. This has resulted in the highest rail fatality rate in the nation. It is bad to stop on the tracks.

Thanks for sharing the additional information about the recall. The MOFETs meter voltage to the motor, I’m guessing this acts as a throttle. There are multiple MOFETs on each inverter. I’m wondering how the MOFETs are failing? Is it in reaction to the gate current, or regulating flow between the source and drain terminals? Do the replacement inverters still use MOFETs or is it of a different design entirely? If using just a different lot of MOFETs, how is the QA more reliable?

When a critical component began to fail in other aircraft landing gear, that was similar to mine, replacement of the part was mandatory. The new parts were dumped into a bin with the old prematurely failing part and distributed for replacement. Trust can be a dangerous thing.

 

[Deleted member 17810]

Get a lawyer to write heavy handed letter asking them to cover your loner for the time frame.

Says you're in real estate, I bet you know plenty of those.

 

[cybergriz]

I've seen a few posts saying that this is a safety issue but my Tesla service center said it was not. It went against my instinct.

Currently my CT shakes like it's on a dirt road, but only when under acceleration between 70 and 90 mph. My Tesla service center told me that it was the inverter recall, and that the truck was perfectly safe to drive even with the shaking of the steering wheel, seat, and whole truck.

I have a 8 hr (16 hours both ways) road trip coming up, why should I be concerned? Thank you so much in advance if anyone can help.

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