I just bought a used 2020 Model 3 with only 21k miles on it. It obviously wasn't driven a lot, but I can tell a lot has not been touched. Do you have any recommendations on a maintenance rotation for it.
Drive it. Wash it. Charge it. Get new tires when needed.
Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.... have you checked the owner's manual?
Check the suspension , I’ve done control arms every couple of years on my 2018 . Personally I’d schedule changing the high voltage contactor as it’s quite the pain when it goes.
Cabin air filters just to be safe.
Oh yeah. Forgot those.
Now with that age, who knows about the stupid suspension. That is a common failure point. Ive seen people get bills from Tesla for just under $2k for this.
Does preemptively changing the contactor have any benefit? It shouldn't fail catastrophically, so I don't see why you wouldn't wait until it actually fails?
I’ve got a control arm that needs replaced on my 2020 that I bought with 25k on it. It now has 50k.
I guess different people have different thresholds. I consider it a bit more than a mild inconvenience getting stuck at a supercharger on a winter roadtrip during a holiday weekend. I’m not sure how frequent of an issue it is on model 3s but for me it was 7 years into ownership and it meant a 300$ tow and losing a day of a 4 day weekend. Tesla service was great , putting me up in a loaner while they waited for a part and serviced the car but I imagine it’s not always possible.
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