Unless you are driving the Mercedes AA Class sedan. Be sure to watch the whole thing to learn how Mercedes' engineers solved this problem with the unique location of the 9,648 batteries and the "ribbon release auto-dump feature."
Posted on 10/16/2023 8:36:51 PM PDT by lowbridge
According to the Scottish news outlet EdinburbghLive, the owner of a Tesla has been asked by the company to fork over the equivalent of more than $20,000 for repairs to a battery that was reportedly damaged by rain while it was parked on a street in the Scottish capital last week.
Sound like it might be a problem? The owner sure thought so.
According to the report, the vehicle belongs to Johnny Bacigalupo and Rob Hussey, a gay couple living in the Edinburgh suburbs. On Oct. 7, they drove into the city for dinner without any problem, but they found the car wouldn’t start afterward.
They waited for hours for Tesla roadside assistance, EdinburghLive reported, which only resulted in the vehicle being hauled away.
But that was only the beginning of the trouble.
“After complaints from me, we received a call at 5:30 p.m. on the Wednesday, saying the battery was damaged due to water ingress and it was unfortunately not covered by the battery’s 8-year warranty, and so the repair would be around £17,500 [$21,351],” Bacigalupo said, according to the report.
“Did I wish to proceed? I was flabbergasted and couldn’t really find my words.”
The report, unfortunately, did not specify the make or model year of the Tesla in question, but a $20,000 car repair bill would leave just about anybody “flabbergasted.”
And the company’s excuse — that the electric vehicle was disabled by a rainstorm — would have left a resident of the traditionally wet Britain even more so.
“After finally getting to speak to a manager, he told me it had water in it due to the fact the weather in Scotland has been so bad,” Bacigalupo told EdinburghLive.
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Bad weather in the Britsh Isles?
The weather has run amok.
Sounds peculiar. How did water get under the hood? Is that happening in Oregon and Washington where it rains a lot, too?
Too hot? Battery amp-hours derated 30%
Too cold? Battery amp-hours derated 30%
Too wet? Battery amp-hours derated 100%
Sign me up!!
They just had to mention that, didn’t they?
Sounds like it got flooded, not simply rained on.
“Sounds peculiar. How did water get under the hood? Is that happening in Oregon and Washington where it rains a lot, too?”
There was a house on the gulf coast of Florida that survived last year’s hurricane intact but there was a Tesla that was parked nearby. The batteries got wet and shorted and ignited and then proceeded to burn the house to the ground.
I’m especially fond of EV porn.
So, do not drive near any puddles. Be sure to purchase the large Tesla Umbrella attachment accessory in case of rain.
IOW, climate change is homophobic.
Unless you are driving the Mercedes AA Class sedan. Be sure to watch the whole thing to learn how Mercedes' engineers solved this problem with the unique location of the 9,648 batteries and the "ribbon release auto-dump feature."
It’s so weird how I have left ice vehicles sitting in the rain for days/weeks and have never had this happen to them.
What a scam.
It’s not a bug, it’s a feature.
There’s an easy solution: drive on sunny days. Park in a garage or under a tarp and use other options if you need to travel.
I read about this on a few different sites.
Since this is the first I have heard about this happening and I think the anti EV guys would have made it likely for me hear about it..
Either guy drove it through really deep water, and there should be wet carpets in the car
Or there was a water leak into the battery pan and the drain (if there is one?) was clogged. In this case it could be a manufacturing defect, or a very minor fender bender.
I have chased lots of water leaks into cars, bad welds, ‘no visible damage’ accidents, lose trunk spoiler all were hard to find.
If guy knows he did not drive through deap water he needs to find where the leak is
Why do they bother to mention that the owners of the broken Tesla are H O M O S E X U A L S?
What does that have to do with the story?
It must be MAN MADE global warming.
I sell raincoats for Tesla’s. Only $10,000. Lot less than a new battery.
When I lived in Australia, decades ago, I drove an Austin 1800 by British Leyland. I named the car: “Rain Lover”, because every time it rained (in particular the November rainy season), the car would stall. It was useless driving through puddles. I guess there’s been little improvement in the auto industry in this regard.
I am thinking there has to be more to the story than this....
The battery is supposed to be sealed against water intrusion so “it rained a lot” is suspect.
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