SC01: free unlimited Supercharging, on the car

This is the one worth checking twice. A listing can say “free Supercharging” for SC01 or SC05 alike, and only SC01 was ever tied to the car. The free Supercharging guide has the checks. Tesla confirms it only to the owner, so ask the seller to show it in their Tesla app before you pay for it.

Free Supercharging is a benefit granted by Tesla under Tesla's own terms. It can be modified or withdrawn at Tesla's discretion at any time, including when a vehicle passes back through Tesla, for example as a trade-in or a used-inventory sale. A code such as SC01 on Tesla's record is evidence of what Tesla granted, not a guarantee that it is active today. Tesla confirms the current status only to the owner, so ask the seller to show it in their Tesla app before relying on it in a purchase.

Almost every car has one of four Supercharging codes. SC04, pay-per-use, is on most cars built from 2017. SC01 is free unlimited Supercharging granted to the car itself: it normally passes to the next private owner, though Tesla can remove it. SC05 is free unlimited Supercharging for the first owner only, granted through a referral or a Tesla promotion: it ends when they sell the car and does not pass to the buyer. SC00 is a car with no Supercharger access at all on Tesla's record; on most cars that means it was switched off later. Tesla's app shows free Supercharging the same way for SC01 and SC05, without saying whether it transfers, and Tesla will not tell a prospective buyer which one a car has. Tesla confirms the current status only to the owner, so ask the seller to show it in their Tesla app before you pay for it. The Factory Report gives Tesla's code where it is known, with its date, and otherwise the odds and one check to ask the seller for.

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The free decoder reads the Full Self-Driving codes from the factory record for any VIN. The $1.99 report lists every other code. It also says whether the car can have free Supercharging, and how likely it is.

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