Tesla voids warranty if you try to power your home with your car
EDIT 2: As a few folks have pointed out, it is hard to tell based on the article if the warrenty was denied to the entire car, or just the lead acid battery.<p>So I misread the article at first. This is not a person trying to hook up a power source to the primary Lithium Battery, it is someone hooking up an inverter to a 12v lead acid battery that their Tesla also has.<p>While I would agree that hooking up an inverter to the primary battery is one thing, voiding the warrenty for hooking up an inverter to the lead acid battery is entirely different, and I would be furious if a dealer tried to void a warrenty on my car based on a $100 car battery. I actually wonder if what they are doing is illegal under the Magnuson–Moss Warranty Act.<p>What likely happened is that the inverter deeply discharged the lead acid battery, tripping the flag in the car. As an FYI, what you can do if you do this occurs is bring it to an auto parts store, they can inspect your battery to tell you if it is still good, (this is usually a free service), recharge your battery (I have often got it for free, but sometimes it&#x27;s like a 5$ fee), and if the battery isn&#x27;t old, that will fix it.<p>EDIT: if you want to read the act, it is here:
<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;web.archive.org&#x2F;web&#x2F;20130317083941&#x2F;http:&#x2F;&#x2F;uscode.house.gov&#x2F;download&#x2F;pls&#x2F;15C50.txt" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;web.archive.org&#x2F;web&#x2F;20130317083941&#x2F;http:&#x2F;&#x2F;uscode.hou...</a><p>But in reading here: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;apb-law.com&#x2F;understanding-magnuson-moss-act-relates-aftermarket-car-parts&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;apb-law.com&#x2F;understanding-magnuson-moss-act-relates-...</a><p>I actually think what Tesla is doing is in fact illegal.