Tesla Longevity Lab

Tesla Longevity Lab explores long-term health, maintenance, and ownership questions for Tesla Model S and Model X, starting with real data from my 2017 Model X 100D.

I'm documenting the ownership journey of my 2017 Model X 100D - with the goal of keeping it running for another 10 years.

After an expensive suspension repair, insurance disputes, and a sudden 12V failure, I started collecting CAN telemetry data from the car and analyzing it myself. Over several months I've reverse-engineered 230+ CAN signals across 6 vehicle subsystems.

This channel shares what I've learned - real data, real costs, real problems.
Topics:
• Air suspension reliability & leak detection
• 12V battery failure and parasitic drain
• High-voltage battery health & degradation
• Charging efficiency and Supercharging behavior
• Thermal management system monitoring
• Long-term maintenance costs and ownership decisions

No hype. No speculation. Just engineering.