Tesla is criticized for its $600 Wall Connector failure shortly after the warranty expires due to thermistor and MCU issues, with firmware blocking simple component-level repairs.

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        "author": "theotherharper",
        "excerpt": "If your tired of giving tesla money,\n\n Or just don't give Tesla any money at all. Emporia or other NACS charger, and the CCS network is really good now, so you don't need Tesla anymore except for a few really desolate places in the northwest e.g. Ely Nevada on America's Loneliest Road. Somebody post the CCS vs Supercharger map that really makes the point.\n\n There's this lingering myth that EV life",
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        "author": "arthuruscg",
        "excerpt": "I'm not shocked that they don't sell replacement handle ends",
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        "excerpt": "Very cool! I can't help but wonder if someone willing to bypass the safety feature charger-side could put a thermistor with an appropriate curve in the unit instead of the handle end. With most cars having a temperature sensor at the inlet it wouldn't be as much of a risk as it might seem.",
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        "excerpt": "Nice try! I like how you said \"If your tired of giving tesla money“.\n\n Money doesn't grow on trees, so hell yes, if we can fix it manually, just keep that money!",
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      "[post] So a couple of months ago, my wall charger died 2 months after warranty. Played around a bit and found the thermistor in the handle went bad registering 500 degree's. I tried the 10k resistor, but they firmware patched that.",
      "[post] I reached out to wall connector support and started checking serials, all were 1-5 months past warranty, all had 3 red flashes.",
      "[post] All $0.12 issues, but made unfixable by firmware."
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    "post_text": "So a couple of months ago, my wall charger died 2 months after warranty. Played around a bit and found the thermistor in the handle went bad registering 500 degree's. I tried the 10k resistor, but they firmware patched that.\n\nI was not going to pay tesla's insane $600. Thats assinine. So I went to my local electronics recycler and I asked him to call me if a tesla charger came in as they only offered money on the copper.\n\n3 weeks later, I had 4 units that only cost my $60 and now I had to figure out what was all wrong with them. Turns out, Telsa seemingly designs them this way. I reached out to wall connector support and started checking serials, all were 1-5 months past warranty, all had 3 red flashes. I built a quick connector to hookup 240 and bench tested them.\n\n1 - mcu problem2 - mcu problem3 - handle problem4 - handle problem\n\nAll $0.12 issues, but made unfixable by firmware. So I started mating good cables to good mcu's now I have 2.5 tesla chargers in perfect working order, and maybe a third is the guy who called me this morning gets back to me and it is another MCU problem.\n\nIf your tired of giving tesla money, post on FB for broken chargers, talk to your local electronics recycler, start fixing them. It literally takes 30 minutes to swap and you can find apps to tell you the voltage and output when connected (I know Tesla One does it, but there are quicker, better...",
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