HARDWARE FIX for hot phone charging issue! New wireless charger has a built-in heatsink

[Oden's Beast]

Looks like there is finally a solution being offered by Tesla to fix the phone overheating issue for the center console chargers:

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I just scheduled a repair with my local SC!

Yes!

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[jf64k]

Follow up. He said it works.

 

[CTOmaha]

This is awesome! About time.

 

[truck]

How hard is it to disassemble the charger? Might just buy the part and DIY this one.

 

[JUSTICEQD]

How hard is it to disassemble the charger? Might just buy the part and DIY this one.

I was thinking similar or at least attaching heat sink to it to dissipate the heat. I don't recall how much room there was when I last opened the panel at front of console replacing the LED light, but will check.

I don't think they're actively replacing these unless there's a fault so may just take that route

 

[carsly]

hold on here....

....how are we going to use our phones as hand-warmers in the winter now?

 

[scottyah]

get the new part, cut em both in half and weld them together so you have a hand warmer/winter side and a summer side

 

[scottyah]

wow I am very interested in this, can people reply when they get this done and confirm the results?

 

[eswimm]

I have a mobile service appointment on the 30th to replace mine. I opened the service request asking if there was an updated part because my chargers have never worked beyond just overheating everything. There's not a ton of free space in there, but you could certainly adhere some lower profile heatsinks to the module, maybe even wire up a fan in there. I wonder though if there are internal changes.

I'm still waiting for them to provide an estimate (which I assume will be warranty), so it's possible my request could still be cancelled.

 

[jf64k]

I just submitted a service request and have a Mobile Service appointment for 06/27. Will report back any information.

ETA: The EPC lists the charger part as up to Gen 5 now.

 

[jf64k]

How hard is it to disassemble the charger? Might just buy the part and DIY this one.

Not hard

https://service.tesla.com/docs/Cybe...UID-8B81665F-D4DC-4DED-B787-45A957056FF9.html

 

[TexasRaider]

I just submitted a service request and have a Mobile Service appointment for 06/27. Will report back any information.

ETA: The EPC lists the charger part as up to Gen 5 now.

Do we know what is in the 2024 CTs originally?

 

[jf64k]

Do we know what is in the 2024 CTs originally?

I’m assuming the ‘early’ builds had the non-heatsink version. Seeing that they’re on Gen 5, it’s apparent that Tesla knew this was an issue and has been working on a fix.

 

[Oden's Beast]

Do we know what is in the 2024 CTs originally?

I think internally, it’s likely referred to as revision: Hot Potato ….? ?

 

[CyberJustice]

Scheduled and the technician is coming to my house to replace it. One thing I love about Tesla is that they’re always improving internal parts and we generally get them under warranty.

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