Technicians fix Tesla fault in Florida garage using professional tools for a fraction of Tesla’s repair quote

This YouTuber had to travel to Florida to fix a 2013 Tesla Model S P85D he bought for $25,000.

The car was fine, apart from the fact the battery was dying.

Tesla told him it would cost him around $22,000 to fix it.

But this guy figured out a better solution.

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How this guy fixed his Tesla for just $5,000

Rich Benoit, aka Rich Rebuilds on YouTube, bought a 2013 Tesla Model S P85D, a very early iteration of the Model S, for about $25,000.

That sounds like a good deal… Apart from the fact the battery pack was ruined and the car needed a new one.

Buying an EV and learning you have to change the battery is a bit like buying a plane and learning everything is fine apart from the fact the plane can’t fly.

But anyway, Rich took a deep breath and started looking for a way to fix it.

After taking his Model S to Tesla, the quote he received made him gasp for air.

Tesla wanted $22,000 for a new battery, which was nearly as expensive as the car itself.

That’s why he decided to try his luck with an independent shop in Florida. Amazingly, he figured out a way to fix the car for $5,500.

He had to spend $700 on a minor coolant line issue, then $3,000 to replace two faulty modules as well as a few other minor fixes.

Not a bad deal.

This YouTuber knows what he’s doing

Rich’s YouTube channel mostly focuses on fixing, restoring and modifying Tesla, and he’s clearly very good at it.

A while back, he modified a Tesla by replacing the electric engine with a V8, and then he did the same thing with another Tesla, but this time with a diesel engine.

He once managed to hack his Model 3 by instructing its electric ‘brain’ to generate more power.

So maybe fixing a Tesla Model S for $5,000 instead of $22,000 isn’t even that big of a deal to him.

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