RideRite Watch ยท High-mileage Tesla project
Put your high-mileage Tesla on watch. Free for a year.
We fix Teslas for a living, and the ones we learn the most from are the ones with real miles on them. We're collecting data on how Teslas actually age past 100,000 miles. In exchange for letting your car take part, RideRite Watch is free for 12 months. No card, no trial, nothing that bills you later.
- 12 months free, no card on file
- Works remotely, we never need to see the car
- Stop any time from the Tesla app
The cars with the miles are the ones that teach us
12 monthsof Watch, free
0cards, trials or bills
10 secto disconnect, any time
Short version
You connect your Tesla to RideRite Watch through Tesla's own sign-in. Watch reads what the car stores (fault alerts, battery, tires, mileage, software) and emails you in plain English when something needs attention. Your car's readings also join an anonymous picture of how Teslas hold up at high mileage. That picture is what we're after.
Why we're doing this
We'd rather have readings than arguments
Everyone has an opinion on how long a Tesla lasts, and almost all of it is anecdote. RideRite is a mobile Tesla repair service in the Bay Area, and most of what we know comes from cars with serious miles: which alerts show up first, how battery capacity settles, what wears and when. We want that from more cars, tracked properly, over a full year.
What we're asking
Keep your car connected to Watch for the year. That's the whole ask. You get the alerts, the slow-leak and drain detection, and a monthly report on how the car is doing. We get an anonymous view of how high-mileage Teslas age.
We don't sell data. We don't read location. And if you change your mind, removing RideRite in the Tesla app stops everything in about ten seconds.
What Watch actually shows you
Your car generates this every day. Watch reads it, every day.
Charts from the checks Watch runs, the way we look at them. Sample data below; yours builds from your first check.
Tire pressure ยท every corner, every check
Three tires holding. One is whispering nail.
A corner that bleeds pressure while the other three hold is never road temperature. Watch fits a trend line per tire and emails you before it becomes a flat on the 101.
Battery ยท a normal week, one abnormal night
Charge, drive, repeat. Except Tuesday, 2:40 AM.
Parked, unplugged cars should barely sip. When yours dumps charge overnight (Sentry stuck on, a bad module, an app hammering the car awake) the drop gets flagged and explained.
Degradation ยท this pack vs typical
Your battery, plotted against packs like yours.
Every check stores usable capacity, so over months you get the chart Tesla does not show you: your pack against the typical band at your mileage. On a 200k car, this is the chart everyone argues about, finally measured.
On your phone, from your own car
Your private status page is the record. It fills in from the first check and keeps going for the whole year, so trends show up instead of guesses.
- Battery health as weekly readings with a trend line once there is enough data
- Battery level with every charging session, and parked drain flagged
- Tire pressure per corner, judged against the car's own cold spec
- Miles per week, software history, and a timeline of every alert
- Warranty clock in months and miles, maintenance counted from your odometer
- Every reading downloadable as a CSV. It is your car and your data
That is the real page in the screenshot, not a mockup. Open the live demo to tap through it on sample cars.
The fault log, decoded
Your Tesla stores every alert it throws, whether or not it ever showed you. Watch reads that log on every check and turns each code into plain English: which system, how serious, what Tesla says, and what we would do. New ones email you. The history stays on your page.
Fault alerts, decoded
New since Watch started ยท 2
VCFRONT_a496Worth watchingseen 2 times9 hr ago
Body and doors
Electrical system power reduced. Vehicle may not restart.
Tesla suggests ยท Vehicle may not restart / Contact Tesla Service
RideRite ยท The car saw low voltage on its 12V side overnight. On its own once, a curiosity; twice in a week, the low-voltage battery is usually on its way out, and it strands people with zero warning. Worth handling this month, not this year.
APP_w073Informational2 days ago
Driver assistance
Lane departure avoidance activated
RideRite ยท Lane departure warning fired while driving. Normal driver-assistance behavior.
Already on the car when Watch started ยท 1
VCSEC_a221Routine12 days ago
Tires and TPMS
Tire pressure low
Tesla suggests ยท Check tire pressure and inflate to the recommended value
RideRite ยท A cold-morning warning. It clears once the tires warm up; one corner staying low is the pattern to watch, and Watch does that for you.
Every code the car stores, decoded the same way: which system, how serious, Tesla's own text, and our read. Repeats are counted, because a code that keeps coming back is the one to take seriously.
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Ride Rite Mobile Auto Services
to you
2 min ago
Worth watching: VCFRONT_a496 on your Model Y
Hi Alex, your Model Y logged a new alert on its latest check:
VCFRONT_a496 ยท Worth watching ยท Body and doors
Electrical system power reduced. Vehicle may not restart.
Electrical system power reduced. Vehicle may not restart.
RideRite: the car saw low voltage on its 12V side overnight. On its own once, a curiosity; twice in a week, the low-voltage battery is usually on its way out, and it strands people with zero warning. Worth handling this month, not this year.
decoded automaticallyOptions: Tesla Service in the app, a Ride Rite mobile diagnostic in the Bay Area, or any shop you trust. Automated, no reply needed.
Warranty countdown, watched daily
At 60 and 30 days out (by date or by your driving pace) you get an email, so anything covered gets to Tesla while it is still their bill.
What Watch does, every day, on its own
Fault alerts, decoded
The moment your car stores a new alert, you get a plain-English email: what the code means, how serious it is, what Tesla suggests, and what we'd do.
Slow-leak detection
Each tire trended over the week. One corner dropping while three hold is a nail, and you hear about it before it's a flat.
Battery and drain watch
Capacity tracked over months, plus a heads-up when the car loses real charge sitting parked.
Warranty alarms
Sixty and thirty days before a warranty ends, so anything covered gets fixed on Tesla's bill, not yours.
Software notes
When Tesla stages an update for your car, you know what changed.
Monthly report
One email a month on how the car is doing, even when nothing is wrong. Proof it was watching.
How it works
1
Enter a name and the email you want alerts sent to in the box above or below. The free year is applied automatically.
2
Sign in on Tesla's own page and approve vehicle data and the stay-connected permission. We never see your Tesla password, and location is not on the list.
3
One tap at the car, when you're next to it. Adding the RideRite key lets the car send its own readings the moment they change. Skip it and Watch checks on a schedule instead, which also works, just slower.
Older Model S and X
Cars built before 2021 pair differently. Instead of a key, turn on Allow Third-Party App Data Streaming under Safety on the car's screen (software 2025.20 or newer). The earliest cars can't stream at all, so Watch checks them on a schedule. Still works, just not instant.
Your privacy
Location is off by default and never read without your say-so. We see what the car stores: alerts, battery, tires, mileage, software. Not where it goes.
About two minutes
Connect your Tesla.
Tesla's own sign-in, no password shared with us, no card. The free year starts the moment the car connects.
Everything on Watch is automated and self-serve: the checks, the emails and your status page. Replies to Watch emails are not monitored.
Questions people ask
Do I have to be in the Bay Area?
No. Watch is remote and works wherever the car is. If you're near San Jose we can also come out and fix what it finds. Everywhere else, Watch tells you exactly what to show your own shop or Tesla.
What counts as high mileage?
We're especially after cars past 100,000 miles, and the 200,000 and 300,000 mile cars are the ones we most want to see. Any Tesla can join, though. Lower-mileage cars give the comparison a baseline.
Does Watch wake my car and drain the battery?
It wakes the car once at signup so your page fills in, then at most once a day in daytime, and only if the car hasn't been awake on its own. A car that's streaming its readings is never woken. It is not a keep-alive.
What happens after the 12 months?
Nothing bills you, because there is no card on file. When the free year ends, you decide whether to keep Watch going.
What do you do with the data?
It builds an anonymous picture of how Teslas age: battery capacity against miles, which alerts appear when, tire and suspension patterns. It's never sold. Your own car's readings stay on your private status page, and you can export them as a CSV any time.
How do I stop?
Tesla app, Security and Privacy, Third-Party Apps, remove RideRite. The checks stop instantly. No account to close, no one to call.
Ride Rite Mobile Auto Services is an independent mobile Tesla repair service in San Jose, California. RideRite Watch uses Tesla's Fleet API. Not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Tesla, Inc. Tesla, Model 3, Model Y, Model S and Model X are trademarks of Tesla, Inc., used only to identify the vehicles we service.
Data you share is used only to run Watch and to build anonymous comparisons; it is never sold, and access can be removed by you at any time in the Tesla app.
