I’ve driven my Tesla Model 3 for over 1 year after the new vehicle warranty expired. Here’s how much I’ve spent on repairs & maintenance on my Tesla Model 3 after driving nearly 75,000 miles. My mileage so far is equal to 5+ years of driving for the average driver.
Here’s what I’ve spent on repairs & maintenance for my Tesla Model 3 so far. First I’ll go over all the repairs that were covered for free under the basic vehicle warranty during the first 50,000 miles – all of which were fixed by a mobile technician at my location. My exterior driver door handle wasn’t closing as quickly as it should have been. One of my windshield wipers was making a clicking noise. My cellular LTE data stopped working and the board needed to be replaced. My driver door was making a loud clicking noise when opening and closing in the winter when it got cold.
I’ve only had to replace my tires once. It cost $640 to replace all 4 tires around the 40,000 mile mark. Tesla doesn’t require service intervals for the Model 3 like they do for the Model S, but in the owner’s manual they recommend some service at the 2 year mark consisting of cabin air filter replacement, wiper blades replacement, brake caliper cleaning, and brake fluid replacement. I requested only the brake caliper & brake fluid service which was $390. I ordered the cabin air filter directly from Tesla and replaced it myself and it took about 30 minutes, costing me $36. Also during my 2 year checkup Tesla upgraded my FSD computer to HW3 at no charge since I was already an FSD owner.
Here are all the out-of-warranty repairs that have happened after I surpassed 50,000 miles. $94 in July 2020 for the mobile technician to come to my location and fix my driver door window button after it started sticking when I tried to open or close the window. In September 2020 my LTE connectivity stopped working again, but the connectivity card was actually covered under the HW3 computer warranty so they fixed that LTE issue for free. In December 2020 my charge port door stopped opening and closing automatically. The mobile technician fixed this at my location and it cost $311. In March 2021 I had an issue with my iPhone not automatically connecting which was caused by a bad seat occupancy sensor and the mobile service replaced it for $106.
Including tires the total I’ve spent on repairs & maintenance for my Tesla Model 3 after the first 73,000 miles = $1,577. If we just count the Tesla-specific service (not tires) the total is $937, nearly half of which was a completely optional 2-year service checkup. That’s not bad at all given that covers the span equivalent to 5 years of driving for the average driver. None of the repairs for my Tesla Model 3 have prevented me from actually driving the car. They were all pretty minor so I still rate the reliability very high for my Tesla Model 3.
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In the past 3 years Tesla has introduced many new changes to the interior and exterior for the Tesla Model 3 and Tesla Model Y since the original Model 3 came out in 2017. In this video we’ll compare my original first production Model 3 to a brand new 2021 Tesla Model Y to see all the differences between the two. Tesla does a pretty good job at listening to customer feedback so they’re constantly updating the software of the cars and making them better, but they also update the physical aspects as well.
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