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Car always says 5 minutes remaining in charging time estimate

Less_Ad7812 | 2026-02-19 17:18 | 24 views

This started about a month ago and I believe has persisted through the last update. It says the same thing in the car. Anyone else encounter this?

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mredditer 2026-02-19 17:26

I haven't run into this specifically, but I reckon it has to do with how slow you're charging. If it's cold where you're located, the car needs to warm up the battery and 5A 120V probably isn't enough. You might be using more energy to heat the battery than you're receiving from the charger and that is confusing the calculation. What happens when you bump the amperage up?

Far-Curve-7497 2026-02-19 17:28

You charge at 5amps? Also just try restarting with both scroll wheels and changing the amperage

YouKidsGetOffMyYard 2026-02-19 17:29

Wow no idea but nothing looks right. 0 kW charing at apparently only 5 amp, and now way even at full level 1 speeds it would be done in 5 minutes anyways. Do you have the amperage manually lowered to 5 amp for some reason?

Less_Ad7812 2026-02-19 17:29

Just checked it on the 30amp line, changes to 3 hours.  Looks like you’re correct, just a winter cold bug on the trickle charger

mredditer 2026-02-19 17:40

Glad that cleared it up! The battery heater can really suck a lot of juice with a cold battery. A quick Google says it can use up to 9kW initially which a 40A 240V charger would barely cover! Though realistically you're probably not hitting that unless you're supercharging an ice cold battery.

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knownikko 2026-02-19 18:03

What on earth are you doing trying to charge a car at 5 amps on 120v 😂 Less than half the power is going into the battery at that charge rate.

icy1007 2026-02-19 18:34

Increase the charge rate.

Broozer98 2026-02-19 19:03

My microwave can't run on that power, how can I run my bigger microwave in the same way 😵

javedk1 2026-02-19 20:30

Hello this is Tesla tech support. Please turn the car off and then turn it on and then do it again.

avebelle 2026-02-19 20:43

Damn 5a charging. I remember those days. They were painful. I’d run to the l2 down the street at night to top up the car a little bit some nights because I knew I wouldn’t have enough juice for the next day.

jim_liz19 2026-02-19 20:54

Yeah, a sensor in the mobile connector handle went bad for me. There is a permanent blinking red light, which signals too high of heat on the mobile connector handle, but I know it’s not overheating when it was in <0° F. It charges at 6/12A and the car always says 5 min until charge limit. I think it has to do with the power rounding to 0kW.

Such-Secretary-5250 2026-02-20 02:47

I have the same issue, apparently this is a known issue with the black mobile connecter. I'm going to try to go to Tesla this weekend to replace it

jewski01 2026-02-20 14:49

I had this issue and it turned out to be an issue with my 14-15 adapter and Tesla replaced it.

baseballandfreedom 2026-02-21 13:27

Yeah, a lot of Tesla Youtubers don‘t always mention this about home charging, but home charging on a Level 1 setup only works in the summer, basically. Charging via Level 1 in the winter isn’t adding any power to the battery; only keeping it “warm”.

Less_Ad7812 2026-02-21 18:26

I do want to be clear that the Level 1 charger was working just fine.  I would reliably get 10-20% back overnight based on temperature and state of charge.

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