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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Gets worse - I got an estimate for a slight bumper on my Tesla. That took a month in the shop and close to $8K to resolve.

And a few turned me away - their parent web-site said Tesla Certified but that didn't mean all the branches are Tesla Certified.

Not sure why? but it is a rip-off. If the electronics are not touched why so expensive.  An Infiniti Bumper was like $1200 to fix.[/quote]

They turned you away for the same reason I would - because there’s no such thing as “just a scratch” with an EV. Not until I’ve pulled off the front or rear clips or fenders or underbody shielding and verified the battery casings aren’t damaged externally - but even then, you still can’t tell if any of the layers inside the cells themselves are damaged, so even then it’s a roll of the dice.

So the customer says “oh, it was just a very low speed impact” or “just a scratch”.  Yeah, that means nothing to me. Customers lie about stuff like that as a matter of routine. If it happened 6 months ago and you’ve driven it 6,000 since then and charged it dozens of times since the event, ok, I’ll trust it a little more. But a EV with fresh body damage? Nope, not touching it. Get it off my lot. [/quote]

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