Factory option codes · Supercharging
SC05: free unlimited Supercharging, for the first owner only
Free unlimited Supercharging for the car's 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; after a sale the car is pay-per-use.
The $1.99 Factory Report says whether this car can have free Supercharging and how likely it is. No account. If Tesla's factory record for the VIN cannot be read, your $1.99 is refunded automatically.
What it means for a buyer
Worth nothing to a buyer, and easy to advertise as if it were SC01: Tesla's app shows free Supercharging the same way for both, without saying whether it transfers, so the seller may believe it in good faith. Only SC01 is tied to the car. The free Supercharging guide has the checks.
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 It can be modified or withdrawn at Tesla's discretion at any time, including when a vehicle passes back through Tesla, for example as a trade-in or a used-inventory sale.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.
How Tesla records supercharging
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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Check a car
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.