---
title: "Teslas Can Now Detect Broken Parts and Pre-Order Replacements"
description: "A new Tesla update enables cars to \"keep tabs on certain components [...] and order parts ahead of your next service visit.\""
date: "2019-05-07"
modified: "2019-05-07"
authors:
  - name: "Victor Tangermann"
    job_title: "Senior Editor"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/victor"
url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/tesla-detect-broken-parts-pre-order"
categories:
  - "Advanced Transport"
  - "Tesla"
tags:
  - "electric car"
  - "elon musk"
  - "tesla"
  - "the digest"
---

# Teslas Can Now Detect Broken Parts and Pre-Order Replacements

![](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/tesla-detect-broken-parts-pre-order.png>)
*\<em\>Image: Tesla\</em\>*

## Self-Healing

A new update pushed to Tesla vehicles includes a "live issue detection" feature, which enables them to "keep tabs on certain components to let you know if they need replacing and order parts ahead of your next service visit," according to [a company statement](<https://electrek.co/2019/05/06/tesla-diagnose-pre-order-parts-service/>) sent to *Electrek*.

Once the vehicle figures out which replacement part it needs, it pre-orders it to the closest Tesla Service Center. Owners can then schedule a visit through the Tesla app.

## Parts to Spare

During a Q4 2018 earnings call earlier this year, CEO [Elon Musk reiterated](<https://cleantechnica.com/2019/02/01/tesla-elon-musks-1-priority-for-1st-quarter-is-improving-service/>) that the company's first priority is "improving service operations." He even called some of the company's processes when it comes to supply chain efficiency "super dumb" during the call, [according to *Teslarati*](<https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-service-automatic-faulty-parts-pre-order/>).

Tesla is also rolling out a new service scheduling feature on its app and a live issue detection feature that can call a tow truck, as well as bringing more bodywork in-house, [*Electrek* reported](<https://electrek.co/2019/02/02/tesla-service-issue-detection-towing-call-loaner/>).

It's a proactive approach to servicing a car in need of repair. Chances are that it could shorten the time until vehicles can get back on the road — but the update itself doesn't magically [fix any inefficiencies](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/chinese-company-times-square-billboards-diss-tesla>) in Tesla's supply chain management.

**READ MORE:** [Tesla vehicles can now diagnose themselves and even pre-order parts for service](<https://electrek.co/2019/05/06/tesla-diagnose-pre-order-parts-service/>) \[*Electrek*\]

**More on Tesla:** *[Tesla Investors Sue Elon Musk For Twitter “Misstatements”](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/tesla-investors-sue-elon-musk>)*

## Author
I've been at Futurism since 2017, where my role has evolved to encompass design, writing, and increasingly editing. I've always been fascinated by space exploration and advanced transportation, which I've leaned into by interviewing luminaries in those fields while closely following the dimensions of policy and regulation that allow next-generation projects to succeed -- or, sometimes, to fail. I'm also keenly interested in the effects of generative AI on society, policies, and democratic institutions, as well as clean energy, physics and biology, and the vagaries of tech leadership. My work for Futurism has been cited by publications including Ars Technica, Gizmodo, PC Magazine, Jalopnik, Fox News, and the New York Post. I spent my childhood living in locations including Manila, the Philippines, and Geneva, Switzerland, attended McGill University, and now live in Toronto, Canada. Before Futurism I worked at AskMen and a small photography studio. In my free time, I'm an avid gardener, foodie, and craft beer lover, as well as a maker of artisanal hot pepper sauces. I have a magnificent dog named Freida.

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