TRUE Cost of Tesla Maintenance After 3 Years

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300$ for a charge door... dude, BMW charges 300$ for the "Hello, how can we help you?"! oO

The repair costs are surprisingly low. But the amount of repairs that are needed seem annoying.

My wife drives a 10 year old Toyota Corolla. I can’t even remember the last time I’ve spent money other than oil and filter changes. It also gets 50 miles to the gallon with its 1.5l engine.

You are outstanding. The detail of your videos have been so helpful; a big part on deciding whether I should buy an extended warranty or not.

I think your maintenance for 73,000 miles is a lot less than I expected you to say.

your car not recognizing you, sounds like its giving you: "It's not you it''s me" speech.

Great video Andy, thanks for posting. I live in the UK and currently drive a non-Tesla EV. It's on a lease which expires next May and I'm seriously considering getting a Tesla Model 3 RWD to replace it. I was concerned about the potential running costs of a Model 3 but my annual mileage is closer to the average US mileage you quoted, so looking at your actual costs I guess the costs for me if a buy a new car are going to be less than you over the 5-year warranty period. This is very reassuring. I've only had one service done on my Hyundai Kona but the cost was much lower than would have been the case if I'd stuck with my previous ICE car.

Great job on details, keep up the great work.

Due to where I live, my driving conditions according to my owners manual are classified under "severe". This means I require 5W-40 oil every 3,000 miles, and my service intervals are much shorter. So far, my car with 102,000 miles over 4 years has 34 oil changes totaling 40 dollars each (DIY, oil+filter)($1360), 3 cabin filter replacements ($120), 4 engine air filter replacements ($160), 1 coolant drain/fill ($70), 1 gear oil replacement ($200), front and rear brake pad replacements ($150), front brake rotor replacement ($300), rear damper replacement ($300), and an emergency tire replacement (1 tire blew out from hitting a pot hole which required a realignment, $425). This is $3085 over roughly the same time span as you. Include the fuel price over that 102,000 miles at the AK average of $3.50 for premium fuel at 34 MPG average for 90% highway driving, and that is $13,585 in fuel and maintenance costs over 4 years. The same amount of electricity for a Tesla Model 3 Performance over the same distance would save me approximately $5,000, and if the maintenance costs are similar to yours, that saves another $1,500. I would have over $6,000 more in my pocket over 4 years if I was driving an electric vehicle instead of a gasoline powered vehicle.

Drove a Toyota Tacoma for 6 years. Maintenance included one set of tires, 3 sets of wiper blades, 6 oil changes, and one air filter. Performed all maintenance myself except for state inspection and mounting tires. I think EVs will have a rough time earning market share unless they become much less expensive.

I glad you are happy with your EV. I will keep my 2012 Camry. I has just passed the 250000 mile mark. Only tires, oil changes, and a tune up or two, still have the original battery. Yes you may pay less to per mile to charge but I can go across country without charging worries. 5 mins and I have a full tank ready to drive as long as I want. Just my option.

Thank you for such a great and detailed review!

That seems like a lot of service issues in the first 5 years. I'm at 45k and year 3 on my Corolla Hybrid and so far it's been oil changes (4 changes so far About $30 per change with the first 2 being free), an air filter at $18 and a Cabin Filter at $15. I will need tires in about 15k miles but tires for the hybrid are only about $480. No other issues. It really seems like Tesla's fit and finish and long term reliability needs some work.

Great video Andy. I am a future Tesla owner and appreciate the more experienced owners like you sharing information with us.

Great video! I'm happy to share my cost of maintenance on my old Honda Insight that I bought new in 2010, which happened to be the best car I have owned up to this point. I owned the car for 10 years, and with a total maintenance cost of $4,467, or $0.033/mi, it was really a well built car in my experience! The biggest ticket items were replacing the tires a few times, the brakes once, and a bunch of oil/transmission maintenance. There was some deferred cosmetic paint maintenance that I didn't stay on top of, (joys of living in the hot desert!) but considering the I bought the car for $22k and traded it in for only $1k after 10 years, I wasn't about to repair the pealing paint. I have an Audi A3 now, but seriously considering a Tesla 3!

Very informative video, nicely done and easy to follow 👍🏻👍🏻

Excellent review — I think your repair history is acceptable — I think 2 cents per mile is actually very good. Thanks Andy — you always do an excellent job with your videos — you really come across well and naturally

Next month ill have nu LR for 2 years, 66k miles and havent had to pay anything extra. But i did have one major problem, drive train died while at a stop sign at around 60k miles. Luckily all covered and got a “new motor.” Im on my recently installed 3rd set of tires. Loving the car and no other issues.

Great video. I watched all the way through on the first watch. Subbed and thank you!