Tesla Wall Connector: Seven red blinks, repeating
Vehicle overcurrent: the car drew more current than expected.
Applies to: Gen 3 Wall Connector, J1772 version. What you see: red, flashing or blinking, 7 blinks, then a pause.
What Tesla says to do
- Tesla says: reduce the vehicle’s charge current setting.
- Tesla says: if it persists and the car is a Tesla, note the VIN and roughly when the fault happened and contact Tesla; if the car is another make, contact that car’s maker.
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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