Hello there, owners of a 2015 SL, still at 85% health at 46k miles…
Found a 2011 for sale on Marketplace, owner claims he put the 12v in backwards. Says he wants to sell the car for what the battery is worth, but notes that it only had 35 miles of range when this happened.
Event happened in December and the car has been sitting since at an unknown state of charge.
I can borrow a truck from work and rent a trailer, it’s a few hours out of town.
What am I looking at here? I told him the unknown state of charge is concerning because if it was high or low, the pack could be actively degrading and might not be worth anything.
I have searched but only found one guy that said a new 12v fixed the problem. Not much more info, I think that lead included him taking it to the dealer so who knows if there was additional damage or not.
Asking $3k, 35 mile range car with 55k miles. Should I offer $500?
More importantly, what could have been damaged? It’s 12v, not high voltage, a could of fuses right?
Found a 2011 for sale on Marketplace, owner claims he put the 12v in backwards. Says he wants to sell the car for what the battery is worth, but notes that it only had 35 miles of range when this happened.
Event happened in December and the car has been sitting since at an unknown state of charge.
I can borrow a truck from work and rent a trailer, it’s a few hours out of town.
What am I looking at here? I told him the unknown state of charge is concerning because if it was high or low, the pack could be actively degrading and might not be worth anything.
I have searched but only found one guy that said a new 12v fixed the problem. Not much more info, I think that lead included him taking it to the dealer so who knows if there was additional damage or not.
Asking $3k, 35 mile range car with 55k miles. Should I offer $500?
More importantly, what could have been damaged? It’s 12v, not high voltage, a could of fuses right?