Coolant ingress found on second Model S large drive unit in rear. After this leak destroyed my first vehicle, second was checked as a precaution and was found to have coolant leaking into drive unit as well.
2014 Tesla Model S: engine overheating
5 of the 367 complaints about the 2014 Tesla Model S describe engine overheating.
- owner complaints
- 5
- of this car's complaints
- 1%
- recalls
- 0
Is there a fix? No recall or service bulletin covers this area of the car yet.
Engine overheating by model year
What owners say
My 2014 P85D model S electric rear motor failed. I heard a loud noise coming from it so I took it in to Tesla and they agreed the motor was failing and needed to be replaced, Cost $6,582.04. If I had driven the car and the motor seized up it while on the highway it would have been catastrophic. I would have lost control as the motor froze the rear wheel. Tesla knows of this problem, has replaced many of them, unfortunately post warranty. They know the seals leak and coolant leaks into the motor and causes the motor to fail. They have made a number of design changes including the latest where they eliminate a cooling branch going through the motor. Prior to this change none of the fixes have eliminated the problem.
The original motor on Tesla Model S vehicles between 2012-2019 has a reputation of leaking coolant inside the drive train and therefore locking up the motor that stops all operations of the vehicle. This has already happened twice with an average life expectance of 40-60k miles. I was just informed that Tesla has finally created a version of this motor that prevents coolant leaks on the latest revision of their motor (Part# 1002633-00-U) and would like to see a recall with this long needed fix. I currently have a remanufactured motor that will end up locking up eventually and would like to get ahead of this if at all possible.
My electric car battery overheats so much and lost more than 25% of the range with the latest computer upgrade. This is cheating. Tesla remotely lowered my battery range without my approval
Some universal mobile chargers are still overheating. Infrared analysis yet again indicates that the universal mobile charger is the source of the overheating. Orange county fire investigators determined that a tesla universal mobile charger was a possible source a garage fire in irving california on 11-15-2013. Instead of taking safety seriously, tesla has dragged its feet and played blame games. When tesla finally did issue a recall, the recall was a fiasco and insufficient. There seems to be less problems now, but tesla's universal mobile chargers are still the source of overheating and potential fire risks.
Related recalls
No recalls on record for this model year.
Questions about the 2014 Tesla Model S overheating
Is engine overheating a common problem on the 2014 Tesla Model S?
5 of 367 owner complaints about the 2014 Tesla Model S (1%) mention engine overheating. The model year with the most reports is 2013.
Is there a recall or service bulletin for this on the 2014 Tesla Model S?
There is no recall or service bulletin for this area of the car on record.
Other symptoms on the 2014 Tesla Model S
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