Tesla Wall Connector: Five red blinks, repeating
A communication problem between Wall Connectors linked for group power management; charging is reduced.
Applies to: Gen 3 Wall Connector, J1772 version. What you see: red, flashing or blinking, 5 blinks, then a pause.
What Tesla says to do
- Tesla says: check for objects that could interfere with the Wi-Fi signal.
- Tesla says: follow the commissioning process on your phone to re-link the Wall Connectors.
The maker puts this light down to Wi-Fi or the internet. If the problem is the router itself, its own lights are explained on the router and broadband hub lights page.
Connector: these lights are from Tesla’s manual for the J1772 (Type 1) version. What that connector’s label means is on its own page.
Source
Tesla’s own help page or manual, read on the date shown.
- Tesla Energy Library: J1772 Wall Connector Manual: Fault Codes — Gen 3 Wall Connector, J1772 version. energylibrary.tesla.com Checked 2026-09-29.
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