Man reveals the truth about buying cheap used Teslas after buying two and finding the same issue with both

After buying two used Teslas, this Florida man is revealing what it’s really like to own used electric vehicles.

The first car he bought was a used first-generation Tesla Model S with 100,000 miles on it.

After that, he bought the latest Model S Plaid and both came with the same issue.

Now, he’s issuing a warning to others thinking about buying a second-hand EV.

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Man buys cheap used Tesla Model S

YouTuber Samcrac recently revealed the truth about his used Tesla Model S and why they’re such huge money pits.

He bought the first-generation used Model S at an auction for $11,000.

It needed several repairs, including replacing a battery fuse, front control arms, window regulator, trunk latch, and charge port door.

Fortunately, he was able to save some money by doing the repairs himself and buying aftermarket parts.

However, some proprietary parts needed to be fixed by Tesla itself.

According to the YouTuber, Tesla’s service appointments often involve long wait times.

And the costs sometimes escalated to double or triple the initial quotation.

In the end, he was spending thousands on repair bills after just a few months.

Constant repairs for used electric vehicles

Another YouTuber also faced a similar issue after buying the cheapest Tesla on Craigslist for $20,000.

His EV car also needed several repairs with the cost of getting it back on the road adding up quickly.

So despite getting these cars for cheap, there’s a much bigger price to pay in the long run.

“I still think they’re an amazing value as long as you can DIY fix them every time they break and as long as you don’t have some sort of catastrophic failure like a drive unit going out or like a high voltage battery failure,” Sam said.

We have already seen some Tesla owners fix their own cars when the automaker couldn’t.

So if you know how to do a DIY fix on an EV car, you should be good to buy a second-hand Tesla.

But if you rely on the professionals to do your repairs, like the majority of us, then be warned because these cars might wear a much higher price tag than you bargained for.