What Happens During
a Tesla Healthcheck.
The Tesla Healthcheck is a documented photo inspection of your car's condition, performed after every CurrentPass visit. It's not a sales tool. It's a record — of what your car looked like, what we found, and what changed between visits. Over time, it becomes one of the most valuable documents you have for your Tesla.
01 What the Healthcheck Is
After every CurrentPass service, we photograph your Tesla from six standardized positions and inspect specific areas that matter most to Tesla owners: paint condition, wheel and tire health, glass and lighting, trim and sensor housings, and any developing issues worth tracking.
The results go to you as a photo report sent directly to your phone. The record is also logged to your Carfax service history, building a documented maintenance trail that follows the vehicle's VIN — not just your ownership of it.
This matters for two reasons: it protects you if there's a dispute about pre-existing damage, and it increases the verifiable service history that buyers and Tesla Certified Pre-Owned programs look at when determining value.
The Healthcheck is an observational inspection, not a mechanical assessment. We're looking at the exterior and interior surfaces — paint, glass, trim, sensors, tires. We're not inspecting mechanical systems, battery health, or software. Think of it as a paint-and-condition report, not a service center inspection.
02 The Six-Position Photo Protocol
Every Healthcheck uses the same six camera positions, at consistent distances and angles, on every visit. This standardization is what makes the record useful — you can compare visit 1 to visit 12 and see exactly what changed.
In addition to the six standard positions, we photograph any specific findings — a new door ding, a developing water spot etch, paint transfer from a parking lot, or a camera housing that's been nudged. These supplemental photos go into the same report with a written note.
03 What We're Looking For
The Healthcheck inspection covers five areas. Each has a different purpose in the overall record.
| Area | What We Inspect | Why It Matters |
|---|---|---|
| Paint condition | Swirl marks, water spot etching, scratches, paint transfer, oxidation on trim | Tracks degradation rate. Tells you whether your current care cadence is working or whether a correction is approaching. |
| Wheels & tires | Curb rash, tire sidewall cracking, brake dust buildup, air pressure | Tire condition affects both safety and resale. Sidewall cracking is common in Austin's heat and UV. Air pressure logged every visit. |
| Glass & lighting | Rock chips, pitting, seal condition on roof glass, headlight and tail light hazing | Rock chips caught early can be filled. Ignored chips spread. Headlight hazing is cosmetic initially but accelerates to functional loss. |
| Trim & sensors | Camera housing alignment, black trim fading, antenna fin condition, door seal integrity, charge port | Camera housings matter most — misalignment affects Autopilot. Black trim fading is recoverable early and irreversible later. |
| New findings | Anything not present in the previous Healthcheck report | New damage documented immediately establishes when it appeared — critical for insurance claims and warranty disputes. |
04 What You Receive
After every visit, you get a photo report sent to your phone — typically via text message within an hour of service completion. The report includes the six standard position photos, any supplemental close-up photos of specific findings, and a brief written summary of anything notable.
The report is yours to keep. It's useful for:
05 The Carfax Connection
Every CurrentPass visit is logged to your vehicle's Carfax service history through the Carfax Service Network. This creates a permanent record attached to the VIN — not your name, the car's VIN — that survives private party sales and trade-ins.
Austin has one of the highest per-capita Tesla ownership rates in the country, which means the used Tesla market here is sophisticated. Austin buyers know what to look for, and they pull Carfax. A vehicle with consistent professional care documented on Carfax sells faster and for more money than one without — even when the paint looks identical at the time of sale.
The Carfax entry records the date of service, the type of service performed, and the service provider. Over 12–24 months of CurrentPass membership, this builds a maintenance trail that's visible to any buyer who pulls the VIN — which every informed buyer does.
06 Pre-Existing Damage and the Healthcheck
On the first Healthcheck visit, we document your car's current condition as a baseline — including any pre-existing damage. Scratches, chips, curb rash, and water spot etching that are present before we start are photographed and noted. This baseline is important: it establishes what was already there before CurrentDetail began service.
Pre-existing damage is not scored against the car's condition record. It's documented as context. Subsequent Healthchecks show whether pre-existing issues changed, remained stable, or were addressed by a specialist.
If the Healthcheck documents paint issues that require correction beyond what rinseless detailing addresses — Stage 2 water spot etching, deep swirl marks, significant paint chips — we'll note it in the report and can refer you to a trusted Austin paint correction specialist. We don't do correction work ourselves, and we don't benefit from the referral. It's just what the car needs.
Logged to Carfax.
The Tesla Healthcheck is included with every CurrentPass membership visit — no add-on, no extra cost. From $99/month, done at your driveway.
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