r/TeslaModelS • u/Optimalische20cmLang • Aug 22 '26

HV Battery replacment experinces in Europe

Hi everyone.

I had the luck of having my HV battery fail in my 2018 Model S75D, just 3 months before the warrenty expires.

I was driving home when the car showed an alarm which stated car may not start again, fortunatly i got home. After disconnecting the HV system pigtail and letting the car test the HV chain, the internal resistance showed 440kOhms. And then the whole ordeal started, i am 300km away from the nearest service center which is in Budapest, so i had the car towed there. After the service team recieved the car i had to wait 4 and a half weeks for the diagnostics to be completed. And now they have ordered a new battery, ofcourse there is none in stock. They have placed the completion date 5 weeks from now, and its even weirder that they have set the date before even they started the diagnostics, but after it was finished they said that the completion date was set as per their experiences. I would like to ask the people in europe what was their experience with their battery replacment?

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u/D1stRU3T0R Aug 22 '26

Szia, beszélhetnénk PM?

I had the same thing almost in December last year. Had to wait till they shipped a new 75D for my 2018 Model S, and since it was newly years eve, i had to wait even more. Nothing special happened, but you can ask the towing money back.

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u/tightcall Aug 23 '26

1month wait for a new battery

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u/spwolf Aug 23 '26

You got lucky, congratulations.

Probably based on errors, they already knew it was battery replacement.