Undrivable. Possessed Seat. Water..

[akenis]

Flood escape truck was ready to evac. But surge came quick and we wasted time trying to save property. Then we decided to stay.

Had about 1" of water on floor at peak.

Truck works and have used bed outlets. Have alerts for restraint system (driver and passenger) and towing limited.

Driver seat is possessed and/or unresponsive to control input. Moves full forward, so I can't get in to drive.

Tesla could arrange a tow, but they would probably figure out water was involved and not cover it. They actually said they are not accepting flooded cars now.

Maybe Ashley could drive it...she's petite. But seat could start moving by itself.

Thinking about removing seat and drying connector. Doesn't look too bad:

https://service.tesla.com/docs/Cybe...UID-3D275EB4-0894-41D7-A709-125A36EE8491.html

Just disconnect MV...

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[Stinky10r]

This is an insurance claim.

 

[thech0zen1]

Have you tried putting it in a bag of rice? Turning it off and on again? Talking to it in a stern voice?

 

[Crissa]

Yeah, definitely take the seat switch apart.

-Crissa

 

[Ivessm]

Put a fan on the inside, turn it on and let it run for a day. BIG FAN! That should dry out the inside. Leave the windows open so the moisture has some place to go.

 

[MARCSPSD]

I have used a home dehumidifier to dry out a wet truck or car interior.

Put unit in truck, plug in and your car will be very dry in a few hours!

I use a home unit from GE purchased in Home Depot. I normally use it to control humidity in my garage. The same unit has been working 24 hours a day for years in my garage.

Easy solution to a wet interior. Fans will work as well. Especially if it is not too humid outside.

Dehumidifiers work much better in hot climates. Do not work well below 65 degrees.

 

[RickJ19Zeta8]

Flood escape truck was ready to evac. But surge came quick and we wasted time trying to save property. Then we decided to stay.

Had about 1" of water on floor at peak.

Truck works and have used bed outlets. Have alerts for restraint system (driver and passenger) and towing limited.

Driver seat is possessed and/or unresponsive to control input. Moves full forward, so I can't get in to drive.

Tesla could arrange a tow, but they would probably figure out water was involved and not cover it. They actually said they are not accepting flooded cars now.

Maybe Ashley could drive it...she's petite. But seat could start moving by itself.

Thinking about removing seat and drying connector. Doesn't look too bad:

https://service.tesla.com/docs/Cybe...UID-3D275EB4-0894-41D7-A709-125A36EE8491.html

Just disconnect MV...

If you haven't done so, and the truck is out of the water, I suggest putting it into off road mode and then pressurizing the battery using "wade mode". 1" of water on the floor is a bad deal. That means all of the battery vents were submerged for a fairly long time.

As the battery pack changes temperatures, that cooling effect and create a vacuum and pull water into the pack. There is a large empty volume on the bottom of the pack, which helps, but your truck should be inspected by Tesla. And they will likely replace the moisture activated vents. (Activated by moisture internal to the pack).

Truck should be parked outside, away from buildings until you have that inspection completed.

 

[Woodrick]

Flood escape truck was ready to evac. But surge came quick and we wasted time trying to save property. Then we decided to stay.

Had about 1" of water on floor at peak.

Truck works and have used bed outlets. Have alerts for restraint system (driver and passenger) and towing limited.

Driver seat is possessed and/or unresponsive to control input. Moves full forward, so I can't get in to drive.

Tesla could arrange a tow, but they would probably figure out water was involved and not cover it. They actually said they are not accepting flooded cars now.

Maybe Ashley could drive it...she's petite. But seat could start moving by itself.

Thinking about removing seat and drying connector. Doesn't look too bad:

https://service.tesla.com/docs/Cybe...UID-3D275EB4-0894-41D7-A709-125A36EE8491.html

Just disconnect MV...

Honestly, the seat motor is the last thing that you have to worry about right now. There's a lot of other things, specifically the battery that has been under water. Move the vehicle away from any structures and just let it dry out.

Saltwater leakage into the battery can cause battery runaway.

And yes, Tesla will have a few hundred/thousand vehicles waiting for service. Just like ICE service shops.

You don't evac at the last minute.

 

[akenis]

This is an insurance claim.

I have arrived at the same conclusion. I'm divided by asking State Farm for the tow or Tesla for the tow to the shop. And then if Tesla is even accepting vehicles. I don't know if there's extensive damage or if there is a Tesla protocol rectify things like this.

 

[akenis]

Yeah, definitely take the seat switch apart.

-Crissa

Using the Tesla service manual, it was not too difficult to remove the switches on the side of the seat. Everything in there was perfectly dry.

I was able to gain entry via the touch screen options to recalibrate driver, steering wheel and seat calibration. After that which took several attempts, I was able to sit in the driver seats. Everything worked well except for the recline would come full forward..

At that point I was confronted with multiple alerts for driver and passenger restraint system, several VC left faults... Etc. When attempting to drive everything was flashing, rear steering disabled. Today I drove at 4 mph in limp mode to get it out of my driveway.

When I got the truck on high ground. I enabled off-road app and started Wade mode. Stupid me. If I had done that in the first place I would be good up to 27 in. Anyway, Wade mode takes up to 10 minutes to activate, and I have seen people on videos where it takes 10 seconds. Activating Wade mode took a long time and there was water dripping out from the truck.

I will check on her tomorrow. Maybe if things dry out it will work for a bit? But like everything in my house..washer, dryer refrigerator, garbage disposal, electric outlets pool pump, etc.. Anything that is electrical that has been underneath saltwater is toast.

Not sure how Tesla and State Farm insurance are going to handle this, but I am kind of hoping that it is totaled due to possible and redundant failures going forward. I'm sure Tesla has a protocol to deal with these types of issues but they are probably very expensive.

 

[akenis]

Put a fan on the inside, turn it on and let it run for a day. BIG FAN! That should dry out the inside. Leave the windows open so the moisture has some place to go.

I had it plugged in with the air conditioning running for 2 days straight. It's pretty dry inside right now. In the mornings there was a lot of condensate on the windows which I dried up and then left the AC running all day long.

I did have a fan blowing in it for a while, but then I came to the conclusion that it was better just to run the air conditioning with a temperature set very low. It's very dry inside.

 

[akenis]

I have used a home dehumidifier to dry out a wet truck or car interior.

Put unit in truck, plug in and your car will be very dry in a few hours!

I use a home unit from GE purchased in Home Depot. I normally use it to control humidity in my garage. The same unit has been working 24 hours a day for years in my garage.

Easy solution to a wet interior. Fans will work as well. Especially if it is not too humid outside.

Dehumidifiers work much better in hot climates. Do not work well below 65 degrees.

I responded to this in a previous thread... I tried that Windows open fan running for the first day or 2. Then came to the collusion that it's best to do the same thing I am doing in the house which was under 3 ft of water... Keep the air conditioning running full time which acts as a awesome dehumidifier. So the truck has had the air conditioner on for the last 2 days. It is very dry inside.

 

[akenis]

If you haven't done so, and the truck is out of the water, I suggest putting it into off road mode and then pressurizing the battery using "wade mode". 1" of water on the floor is a bad deal. That means all of the battery vents were submerged for a fairly long time.

As the battery pack changes temperatures, that cooling effect and create a vacuum and pull water into the pack. There is a large empty volume on the bottom of the pack, which helps, but your truck should be inspected by Tesla. And they will likely replace the moisture activated vents. (Activated by moisture internal to the pack).

Truck should be parked outside, away from buildings until you have that inspection completed.

 

[akenis]

Exactly. I drove it in limp mode... Which is 4 mph up the hill on the other side of the street. When I got there I engaged Wade mode and it took every bit of 10 minutes to be fully activated. During that process there was water draining from the vehicle.

Stupid me. I could have done that during the hurricane reactivating every hour. But it was a shit show surge was coming in and we were distracted trying to salvage personal belongings. And then it got to the point where we could not leave.

We should have stuck to the original game plan which was.... If water starts coming into the house we get in the truck and go to the end of the street which ironically is not a flood zone.

 

[Crissa]

There are multiple points of signals that could be interfering with the seat controls, glad you kept good spirits, akenis!

Wade mode only lasts for a short while, though, so it wouldn't be helpful for getting stuck for hours in water.

-Crissa

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