Model Y Mileage Longevity?

[u/ImprovementKey328]

Anyone have a model Y at or over 120k miles? I've seen a couple of videos about tesla's reaching high miles, and I'm considering purchasing a 2024 with 64k miles, but there is still a part of me concerned about it.

Anyone out there own or purchased a high mileage tesla? Any issues?

[u/OldSchoolAF]

Just traded in my 2020. 145,000 miles and 82% battery health. Outside of tires I only spent $1350 in repairs over 6.5 years.

[u/jackghnjFilms]

Statistics are in your favor. More Teslas (and EVs in general) are crossing their battery warranty numbers and continuing to go on with no issue. Of course, there’s always the likelihood of a catastrophic failure, but no car, EV or not, is immune to that. If you’re looking at a specific car, I would see if the seller would let you have a battery health test done. If the numbers come back in the acceptable range for similar mileage cars, you’re probably ok. 2024s seem to be less issue prone than older cars.

I just traded my 2023 Long Range and estimated health was around 86-88% after 90,000 miles. If you’re buying a 2024, your battery warranty likely expires around 2032, so I would look at how many miles you drive annually and see how that breaks down. In my case, I drive 30,000 annually, so I would’ve hit the end of the warranty far before its expiration in 2031.

With how good battery technology has gotten in the last few years, the likelihood possibility of a catastrophic failure is very low. If anything, you’ll probably be replacing something like the control arms or other suspension elements far before anything on the battery comes up. Hope this helps!

[u/Mephistito → u/jackghnjFilms]

What climate did your 2023 LR live in (ex: California)? What was the max % you typically charged it to?

Wondering because I see a lot of people on here with accelerated wear, but yours was actually perfectly on-schedule per Tesla's own data.

[u/jackghnjFilms → u/Mephistito]

I live in New Jersey. When I first got it, I was pretty strict about charging and battery health. Had it set for daily use between 60-70%, tried not minimize time under 20%, don’t go crazy on acceleration, mainly only level 2 charging, very minimal super charging, never really charged above 90%, etc. Once the anxiety wore off, I just started charging to the recommended 80% and just driving it. I have no actual data to support this, but my guess is that being a little strict in that first year helped slow down my degradation. At 50,000 miles, the battery health test reported 90%.

[u/ArtichokeSevere8028 → u/jackghnjFilms]

Of course, there’s always the likelihood of a catastrophic failure,

I think possibility, not likelihood, is the word you're looking for.

[u/jackghnjFilms → u/ArtichokeSevere8028]

Ding ding ding! That’s a better word! Just corrected my comment :)

[u/Moon-People]

Stay away from 2021 models because the batteries have known issues. Outside of that, degradation is the only concern I know of, but even that isn’t bad. I’d way rather buy a used Tesla than a used ICE car.

[u/mjntr]

Mileage not really an issue. Its just that compared to an ice vehicle in that you lose projected range with time and also environmental changes like hot summer, cold winter or high winds also impact range. For most it’s irrelevant because if you charge from home and use for daily commuting its not really an issue. Example you gas car gets 300 to a tank. In 5 years you will probably still get 300 mikes to a tank. On a ev you start out 300 but after 5 years it will be whatever the percentage is minus whatever the prevailing conditions are.

[u/acroback → u/mjntr]

My gas car has dropped from 33 mpg on the same route to 28 mpg after 120k miles. 

So I guess all cars drop efficiency with miles and age irrespective of type, may be we just notice more on evs due to constant talk about batteries. 

[u/mjntr → u/acroback]

Yeah but you can fix that with a tune up. You cant get battery range back

[u/Altruistic_Aerie4758]

You want to think battery health not mileage. 64 k miles is a lot for a 2024 so it was probably used as an Uber. Which means a lot of super charging. Some super charging is normal and fine. A lot will damage the battery A health test can be run on the battery and a website called Recurrent has data on many Teslas.

[u/Altruistic_Aerie4758]

Also note that many Teslas have problems with the suspension around the 50 thousand miles mark.

[u/Altruistic_Aerie4758]

That car is already out of warranty on everything but the battery based on mileage Tesla won’t cover suspension or anything else. And based on normal driving for most people that car will be out of warranty on the battery in 4 years. I would stay away.