The Power Converter System (PCS2) FAILED!

[petercyber]

Same situation as you, never owned an EV before. Jumped in with the cyberbeast, lots of lessons learned, lots of things to fix.

I think the perspective is the issue.
* Foundation basically equals Beta Tester.
* A 7k lbs truck was never going to get the kind of mileage a car would. 300miles just like car MPG is a best case scenario.
* The cyberbeast is more like a high end sports car and range isn't one of the primary features.

As far as all the problems go, Tesla hasn't really been proactive (frustrating) but they have taken care of the problems. A few people on here have the right to complain about Tesla due to true lemons and their lack of response.

I can agree with you 280 miles is a stretch for the cyberbeast even at 100% charge. Honestly though, you should be able to go 3/4 of the trip and charge back to 40% then let it finish at home overnight.

One more thing, we see he hype in the embarrrasing attempt to make it "off road",. the 400miles something and the Rubicon fiasco. Cybertruck never will be an off road vehicle, the heavy battery that weights the same charged or uncharged is a drag for anything off road, and nothing will make change my mind. Maybe in a few decades when the battery is the size of a suitcase and weights 40lb and charges in a minute and gives you real 400 miles, then will be useful.

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[mongo]

Well, good luck. I went throug it. I have to say, I've never owned an EV and the Cyberbeast Foundation Series (so you are aware I went all out) is my first electric vehicle. I embraced every comment about Tesla how good they are etc, but it seem like the typical Tesla owner is a little bit bias when come to a logical rational opinion. What I went with the CT from the get go, I think it is a shit show. They are not talking about the fake range and the fucked up rule that you only should charge to 80%, that is never talked about, is like "of course this is how it is!". I drive an average of 140+ miles daily. If I leave the house with 80% I MUST stop by to charge the truck, so to go out I need to charge it and to come back i need to charge it, that makes it 2 times a day I need to charge the truck, here in California is around $35 per charge, so daily it cost me $70 to drive the CT. My other IC cars I drive for 3 days straight the same distance without the need to refuel it, and the price is almost tha same. For the time being, my next car is going to be internal combustion, 20 + year old, totally restored and mechanical, minimal to 0 computer in it.

Using scheduled charging set to your departure time with a 100% charge limit along with scheduled preconditioning will boost your round trip performance while minimizing time the pack lingers at high SOC.
Even at highway speeds, 140+ shouldn't be an issue. I'm typically under 600Wh/mile Beast, no wheel covers, freeway which is >200 mile range. If you set destination to a Supercharger then power usage will go up due to pack heating.

 

[btcrealm]

We are in the same page, I might sound like I'm complaining and being mean, but I think what caught me off guard is all the hype, I agree with all you said, I do treat the truck more as a performance vehicle now, after last month PCS failure and had to pay out of pocked because I put over 53k miles in less than 2 years, I put the brakes on the usage of the truck. I am dissapointed because the truck was advertised as tough and ready to work etc etc etc, I am only putting miles and it sucks. But I do really like my truck. Make sense? To my friends I always tell them the ugly part first, so when they buy one they are more satisfied. My experience was the opposite, a lot of hype, happy people opinoin, and then the reality hit me like a train. That's all.

Did you just say you paid for the PCS failure out of pocket? If that is the case then yes you have a valid complaint against Tesla over this. Any of these kind of failures that are wide spread on the Foundation cybertrucks should be covered by Tesla as they are identified issues.

One more thing, we see he hype in the embarrrasing attempt to make it "off road",. the 400miles something and the Rubicon fiasco. Cybertruck never will be an off road vehicle, the heavy battery that weights the same charged or uncharged is a drag for anything off road, and nothing will make change my mind. Maybe in a few decades when the battery is the size of a suitcase and weights 40lb and charges in a minute and gives you real 400 miles, then will be useful.

I've actually been surprised how well it does off road. Granted it will never be an off road or baja monster but compared to many lifted and over wheeled trucks it does amazingly well. Obviously nothing like a jeep or small pickup.

 

[Hookalakupua]

We are in the same page, I might sound like I'm complaining and being mean, but I think what caught me off guard is all the hype, I agree with all you said, I do treat the truck more as a performance vehicle now, after last month PCS failure and had to pay out of pocked because I put over 53k miles in less than 2 years, I put the brakes on the usage of the truck. I am dissapointed because the truck was advertised as tough and ready to work etc etc etc, I am only putting miles and it sucks. But I do really like my truck. Make sense? To my friends I always tell them the ugly part first, so when they buy one they are more satisfied. My experience was the opposite, a lot of hype, happy people opinoin, and then the reality hit me like a train. That's all.

Would you mind posting your service center receipt for the PCS as I’m nearing 50K as well. I’m shocked that they didn’t cover it after being 3K over. Thanks

 

[SCTesla]

Would you mind posting your service center receipt for the PCS as I’m nearing 50K as well. I’m shocked that they didn’t cover it after being 3K over. Thanks

Tesla refused to cover my door handle that broke in my Model S that was 10 miles over warranty. "The system won't let me", but the real answer is that it depends on your SC. That was $1,400.

edit: Warranty period is black and white, but I put the service ticket in before I hit the mileage. I was not happy.

 

[btcrealm]

Tesla refused to cover my door handle that broke in my Model S that was 10 miles over warranty. "The system won't let me", but the real answer is that it depends on your SC. That was $1,400.

edit: Warranty period is black and white, but I put the service ticket in before I hit the mileage. I was not happy.

My argument isn't about warranty period. It is about defective products. If 1/3 of the Model S of that year or series came back with that door handle broken then its a manufactures defect. The same is starting to become true with the PCS failures like it was becoming an issue with the cantrails.

 

[btcrealm]

Would you mind posting your service center receipt for the PCS as I’m nearing 50K as well. I’m shocked that they didn’t cover it after being 3K over. Thanks

I know this doesn't help you from a price perspective but this is what they replaced on mine.
https://www.cybertruckownersclub.co...-it-just-a-matter-of-time.55072/post-30788453

 

[Vagis9780]

Try to get a Cybertruck loaner…they usually have them now and try to give them to us CT owners. Honestly, I know you weren’t thinking about it at the time but I would have got a CT loaner & put the stuff in the loaner bed and left your CT there…would have saved you a trip. Surprised they didn’t suggest that but no worries. They gave me a CyberBeast loaner! With the way they automatically share your profile with the loaner…the CyberBeast assumed the role of my CT seamlessly down to my seat position and last song I was playing in my actual CT. Teslas are amazing @ that

Yesterday morning, I looked at the status of the battery of my 2024 AWD Cybertruck. It had not changed overnight. I couldn’t get it to start charging from the Tesla app on my iPhone. I went out to my truck and it was giving ERROR CODES PCS2_a094 and PCS2_a095. I tried unplugging the charge cord and plugging it back in. No change. I tried doing a soft re-boot. No change. I tried turning the circuit breaker to Wall Connector off and on again. No change. I then went to GROK my Subject Matter Expert (SME) on everything! GROK said that this is a commonly reported issue on 2024 CyberTrucks. GROK suggested that I create a Service Request and then go to a Supercharger and charge. There is a Supercharger station about one mile from my house. FSD drove me there and parked. I plugged in the Supercharger cord and the Cybertruck would not charge.
My Service appointment is scheduled for April 7th which is over 2 weeks from the incident. I’m at about 39% state-of-charge (SOC). I have put the truck in low power mode. I have more than enough capacity to make to the Tesla Service Center which is 6.7 miles away. Replacement of the PCS was listed on the estimate as $0.00. We’ll see what happens…

I have 2024 Foundation AWD CT (27xxxxx) with 17k on odometer, I have had little to no issues to date. I concerned about all the posts lately referring PCS failures on early models. My question, are there any Pre-Failure symptoms to be on the lookout before waking up to a complete PCS failure? I am assuming from posts that Tesla realizes issues with early PCS units and has since fixed in later models BUT at this time has Yet to decide on a recall. Makes me question how many are really failing.

 

[SCTesla]

My argument isn't about warranty period. It is about defective products. If 1/3 of the Model S of that year or series came back with that door handle broken then its a manufactures defect. The same is starting to become true with the PCS failures like it was becoming an issue with the cantrails.

Model S doors and rear cambers were just as problematic.

That's typically how Tesla operates. They'll fix them as they come in, unless forced to do a recall.

 

[mongo]

I have 2024 Foundation AWD CT (27xxxxx) with 17k on odometer, I have had little to no issues to date. I concerned about all the posts lately referring PCS failures on early models. My question, are there any Pre-Failure symptoms to be on the lookout before waking up to a complete PCS failure? I am assuming from posts that Tesla realizes issues with early PCS units and has since fixed in later models BUT at this time has Yet to decide on a recall. Makes me question how many are really failing.

If it only charges at 24A, the PCS has partly failed.
Other than that you can check for intermittent alerts in service mode.

 

[Kevin Burns]

The HV pack does not need to be removed, but it must be completely disconnected, including the coolant. And the PCS is accessed from the top, so the tonneau, bed floor, and air suspension must all be removed.

https://service.tesla.com/docs/Cybe...UID-8F133FA6-44FC-4D62-9BD3-03C92951B916.html

When I take vehicles in for service, I remove everything. Everything. It can't be lost, broken or misappropriated if you leave it at home.

I had some items in the bed of my truck. The Service Tech recommended that I remove them. I did. He said I didn’t to empty the trunk at the back of my truck where I keep my tow strap, snow chains, snow shovel, etc.

I have 2024 Foundation AWD CT (27xxxxx) with 17k on odometer, I have had little to no issues to date. I concerned about all the posts lately referring PCS failures on early models. My question, are there any Pre-Failure symptoms to be on the lookout before waking up to a complete PCS failure? I am assuming from posts that Tesla realizes issues with early PCS units and has since fixed in later models BUT at this time has Yet to decide on a recall. Makes me question how many are really failing.

I have a Tesla Wall Connector and the Wall Connector is set to a maximum of 48 Amps on a 60 Amp breaker. My CyberTruck is set 48A, but I did notice that sometimes it would be reduced to 24A and then bounce back to 48A. This happened before it completely stopped working.

 

[petercyber]

My argument isn't about warranty period. It is about defective products. If 1/3 of the Model S of that year or series came back with that door handle broken then its a manufactures defect. The same is starting to become true with the PCS failures like it was becoming an issue with the cantrails.

That was my argument, and they still charged me, they give me a discount thou, from 6k to 1,500.00 but I had to pay. Not happy at all, because this is definately an issue, not normal wear and tear, they might of have known something that they didnt include the PCS in the 150k warranty with the battery and powertrains.

 

[Sjohnson20]

I don't think many people here thought the Cybertruck was going to be completely trouble free at first. It's a totally new vehicle and would have some early issues.

Real world range is about what I expected. It's a heavy vehicle. Highway driving speeds eat up EV batteries. It's just a weakness of the current battery technology. One of the drawbacks of EV trucks and other large EV vehicles.

 

[pricedm]

Be nice to the service people and they will take care of you.

^^^ This!

 

[pricedm]

...charged me, they give me a discount thou, from 6k to 1,500.00 but I had to pay...

Pretty sweet deal. Service team taking care of you.

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