Those who have had body work done, how did you handle the key situation?

You just give them the key as you would any other car.

…… your question is how to handle the key situation and one of your solutions is to give them the key card. I think you solved it man

lol this is what I came here for 😆

> I somehow doubt it will be the Tesla Service Center You are not limited to their shops. You have the choice of the repair shop or even a check. It just takes work on your part to get quotes and negotiate. With my old insurance, I got the quotes and they did the negotation with the other parties' insurance. With Tesla Insurance, best of luck. They are cheaper for many reasons. As for the key, yes, card key, remove your profile from it. Remove all your stuff before you bring it in.

give them a keycard. you can’t put it in valet mode as then they can’t get to the service menu if they need to. I was also asked to remove the pin to drive.

I knew it was an option, but I wasn't sure if it was the *best* option.

Good to know about the service menu. Thanks!

I don't know how easy this insurance company is going to be to work with. Hopefully they are pretty flexible and I won't have to fight them at every turn. I've got plenty of time to get estimates, so that's not a huge concern. I don't have Tesla insurance, and it sounds like that's a good thing! Thanks for the tips.

El Segundo! I once really did lose my wallet there. My prior insurance was Allstate, they cost more, but over the decades they made the process of claims from other parties very easy. I was only involved when it came to filling out/signing forms, estimates and major decisions. The other company will be out to get the lowest cost. You can still get your current insurance involved and it will not raise your insurance since it sounds like you are not at fault. Tell them you want to use a Tesla facility for the repair and ask what to do. More likely provide the quotes to the other insurance. They'll choose the cheapest. I wouldn't be suprized if it's Tesla. If it's not, depending on the difference I would take a check. Bring it to Telsa and you approve which things to fix.

Even if you forget to leave them a key card, shops that are used to working on Tesla usually already have Tesla account for each Tech so you can just add one of their existing Tesla accounts to the car temporarily (you just send a invite to the email address of the account) and then they can just use their phone.

Just give them the key card and enable parental controls, which you can use to limit top speed to 50 mph, and it forces safety features to be enabled and will notify you if the car gets driven between 11pm-4am. Acceleration is also locked to Chill. The setting is also PIN protected

You leave it with the shop. The shop I went to for my Model 3, they explicitly said that they require a physical key, keyfob, or key card. Phone keys aren't valid. Some shops have Tesla accounts so you don't have to leave your card, though I've only had that happen with SCs. My local SCs aren't collision centers anyway so I went to a Tesla-certified body shop. Every other place I've gone to, I've given them my key and enabled valet mode.

It’s the only option unless they also have a Tesla. Then you can add them as an owner on the app. Or you can also give them your phone and password so they can unlock it while they work.

Good tip on the parental controls. I'm not a parent, so I wouldn't have considered that! Thanks!

Thanks. Unfortunately, the only Tesla service center that does body work in my area is about two hours away. One of the big chain body shops has a location near me, so I'm going to get an estimate there.

>Or you can also give them your phone and password so they can unlock it while they work. Honestly, that seems like the best option. Super easy for everyone and it gives me an excuse to not work for a few days since so much of my job is in my phone. Seems like a win-win.

My PPF installer got a card and the repair shop (ugh!) got one too. I just erase homelink.

Always thinking ahead

Unrelated but why does anyone have the pin to drive enabled? Doesn't it get frustrating? Asking cause i work on service and a baffling number of Tesla's have the pin enabled and I can't think of any valid reason why. Really frustrating since half of the customers don't bother removing it for the service or even tell about it being on... *And yes I know it's an anti-theft function but still it's more of a hassle for the owner...

A friend in his 40s told me I needed to add a pin because he forgets his phone in his car maybe once every three or four months and the pin is absolutely theft protection. As a boomer it made total sense. Added it two weeks ago. It was awful at first and a couple of times I could not figure out how to get the car going - forgot it needed the pin. Now that I’m used to it, it’s pretty quick and automatic and good protection.