A Toronto-based Tesla Model S owner recently took his 2012MY car to the local Tesla service center only to get slapped with a CA$8,500 bill that eventually got cut down to CA$5,824, the USD equivalent of $4,440.
Warranty had long since expired on his car, which had just over 64,000 miles (104,000 km) on it while probably being one of the oldest Model S saloons in the area. The reason why he brought the car in was that after 4 winters, it had finally started showing signs of wear – with a lose right rear parking brake pad issue last year and now the left side acting up.
There was also an issue with the brakes, which felt “soft” according to the owner, but at no time was he concerned for his safety said the man in a Teslamotorsclub post.
Be that as it may, after dropping his car off he received a call in which he found out that it would cost him CA$8,500 to repair all four brake pistons. He also found out that Tesla recommends brake servicing for their cars in the Northeast once per year, and that despite the fact there wasn’t much wear on his brake pads and rotors, the latter were heavily pitted as far as his car was concerned.
He ended up having to spend CA$1,235 on the parking brake caliper with pads, CA$745 on the brake caliper assembly with pistons, CA$331 on each rear rotor and CA$290 on each front rotor. Tesla also replaced the upper control arm on the driver’s side for $261. Those, of course, are the part costs and do not include labor.
The reason why he ended up paying just under CA$6k (around instead of CA$8.5k was because Tesla managed to salvage one of the pistons and then agreed not to charge him for labor on the job.
While he ended his story by saying that the Tesla service people were great, he didn’t seem all that thrilled with spending nearly CA$6,000 for a complete brake replacement when the rotors or pads weren’t even worn down.
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