Tesla have a fix to rear motor leak for 2024 Highland performance

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> The owners of the refreshed Tesla Model 3 Performance discovered that, in certain circumstances, oil could leak from the rear drive unit. Tesla reluctantly acknowledged the issue in September and has issued a service bulletin instructing service centers how to fix it.

lol garbage writing. “Reluctantly”. According to what?

The article implies that according to an owner’s report, Tesla service centers were blaming it on abuse of a vehicle for taking it to the track. This was before the service bulletin was released.

Classic Tesla

Tesla is notorious for this

Sorry what? I had such a hard time with that website. Can someone summarize? Will owners be notified they have to come in if affected, or should owners just call a service center or submit a service request?

It's just a service bulletin so Tesla will only do something if you go and complain about your leaking oil from the drive unit. May have to reference that service bulletin so a tech could even find the solution.

Gotcha ty

I love how a OTA software update is called a recall and a thing where you actually need to bring the Tesla is a service bulletin. Yes I know it’s not actually a “recall” yet, and why the OTA updates are called a recall, so miss me with the unnecessary reply. It’s still nonsense from a standpoint of basic clear communication.

So many manufactures have this attitude. Toyota and the new GT86 was/is blowing up engines and Toyota has been shady about this Source: I own one.

Is that a recall with the vehicle actually going to service centers???

It's not a recall, while I think they should do it, but looks this oil leak happen only when you take the car to track and over use it

I would expect this behavior for any drivetrain issue from any manufacturer. It's costly, no shit there is going to be some hesitation. and expecting it to be from abuse a track I think is justified. Seems like it's been identified and on the path of being resolved in an unexpectedly quick timeframe, that should be praised.

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Yeah def some bias since Tesla users are more active on the chats. But my comment was purely for Tesla...not relative to other manufacturers

Lmao and this isn't a "recall"? Meanwhile software updates are being called recalls.

Those that want the most reliable HIghland, just wait a couple model years. Every manufacturer goes through this, even in the smallest of refreshes (not to say Highland is a minor refresh). They'll sort out all of the glitches by 2026 prolly

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This isn’t safety related so it’s a service bulletin. That’s how recalls work.

Not a recall. Not safety related.

Look up what a recall is. This isn’t safety related.

This is powertrain related though. And Tesla updates various motors and parts periodically

Article says it could be also be caused by supercharging too. The track use could turn out to be coincidental. Remember that the breather valve part is defective and that is the root problem.

no it shouldn’t. It is scummy behavior that likely only had a bulletin issued under threats of lawsuits

Is this an issue for legacy powertrains? What changed?

>lol garbage writing. i think what you meant to say is "i lack the ability to click the article and read past the headline", because it is explained in the very next paragraph.

That is literally how it works in all aspects of life. Find an example of ANY company being altruistic in spending money. I'll wait... The fact they keeled over on a fix in what I would call record time is as close as you're ever going to see. Praise that fact instead of being an asshole and maybe you will see it more often.

I hope the boots atleast taste good lol

> Find an example of ANY company being altruistic in spending money. I'll wait... Porsche and their 991.1 GT3 engines? I believe a lot of owners got very long warranties and engines replaced

2 hrs to remove subframe?

New rear motor in the Highland 3P.

Because a service bulletin is very different from a recall. A SB is a guide on a problem and how to fix it for the service centers. It's not mandated by anyone.

Toyota to this day still denies there were any engine oil leaks from Zupras even though there were thousands of complaints about it

Are you really surprised? When has Tesla *not* been reluctant to fix something? It’s why “in spec” has become a catchy Tesla slogan.

Are you new to all automotive manufacturers?

This is what a TSB is. There's no need for the fix if the vehicle isn't having the issue, and there's zero reason to have vehicles come in for it prophylactically. All a TSB does is tell the service centers (be it Tesla or Chevy or Ford or Toyota or Porsche or any other manufacturer) how to fix the problem.

This gets parrotted so many times, while overlooking that the simple definition and common understanding of the word do not match the actual result.

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We understand the rule, but the rule it stupid - nonsensical. They are misusing the word.

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But the definition and generally understood meaning of "poverty" matches the government's usage. The definition and generally understood meaning of "speeding" matches the government's usage. Not so the case for "recall", not remotely close in fact. The better analogy would be the government calling driving too fast "slowing".

One singular owner's report? That's what they based their claim that the company as a whole was trying to shift blame? For all we know it was the employee deflecting for his own sake. How can you prove the employee at the service center was strictly ordered/directed to blame driving at the track for the oil leak?? Furthermore, if it was the first time the service center employee had seen this particular problem, it's not nureasonable for him to assume it was due to driver error. How is he supposed to know it's a faulty part until a trend has been established? And he can't establish a trend after one single owner complain. The service center employee did what was logical, but still recorded and reported the issue and then eventually when a number of other service centers started seeing similar issues they knew there was a problem and issued the bulleting. This is garbage.

Just call it model 3 performance. I don’t get it

That’s basically the playbook for Tesla service centers. Gaslight and hopefully you go away.