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The service manuals are available on line: Service and diagnostic information for independent businesses and individuals involved in the professional maintenance and repair of Tesla vehicles.. If your garage is willing to take on the work, that should give them a starting point. The parts can be...

2021 M3 LR. Had initial rattles fixed and subsequently two other things fixed after the car detected faults. Latter two done by drop off with no human interaction. All fine, if rather impersonal. Brake servicing done by a local garage with no problems - too far to the Birmingham service centre...

There's also a version with male and female type 2 connectors, if you have an untethered charge point: Charging cable with Tesla command button - evChargeking. Both single and three phase versions. I'm quite happy with the standard behaviour, but if you want to save a little time then this...

It appears that Lights > Automatic Indicator Mode has been set to Auto Cancel for some people after the upgrade. Switch it back to Off if you don't like it.

I've had the car slow down (on standard AP, don't have EAP/FSD) for roundabouts regularly in the past, but always had to slow it further on the final approach. However, I've had to experiment to see if it would do it, so if you slow down as normal you'd never notice it slowing. Never tried it at...

The same as the post I was replying to (still available): MartinA65 said: Thanks, good to know. I was looking at these, hoping somebody may have tried them. https://amzn.eu/d/fValwt1

How does the list of recalls compare to the Tesla recall page? VIN recall.

I'm sure it varies. We filled it in and now see very little.

You could try this: Royal Mail opt out. Not trying to divert the thread or start a discussion. For information only, and I admit there are downsides in that you might just miss something you wanted - if you read it before throwing it.

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Yep. Knew about that. The strange thing was that you pushed left / right in this case, but if you did a long press on the left scroll wheel you had to rotate it up and down. Totally inconsistent. So I should have said that the change in the UI makes things consistent, rather than new. In fact...

One useful thing for me, assuming it works as described (I don't have the update yet). If you touch the wiper button (giving a wipe you might not want) or the wiper icon (if you put it in the My Apps bar) then you can rotate the left scroll wheel up and down to change the wiper speed. And once...

It was announced as a press release, rather than just starting to appear like many upgrades do. So that means it could be ages. I'll start thinking about it once the first one appears on, for example, Teslafi. Nothing yet.

Sounds like you are already doing a good job of aero efficiency. A 5% to 10% reduction efficiency is low for towing anything. For reference, towing a boxy trailer gives a far bigger hit: He also finds that the weight of the trailer load has little effect, so the hit comes from aerodynamics.

By 'it' do you mean the Expensive Vehicle Supplementary Tax? I can't find anything to say that newer vehicles registered since 1st April 2021 will need to pay this. Just the standard rate Vehicle Excise duty. .gov.uk: Introduction of Vehicle Excise Duty for zero emission cars, vans and...

Just to build on your original post, the driving reason to donate to prostate cancer research is to fund development of a better test, to replace the PSA test, so that both false positives and false negatives can be dramatically reduced. Not just to prevent cancer, but to avoid people having...

My impression is that PSA tests can be a good thing (I had one every year for a while) but need to be treated with some care. It sounds as though they lead to false positives and you need to know the best way to proceed if you get a positive test. There was a BBC Inside Health programme on the...

First installs appearing on Teslafi. Almost all in mainland Europe. None in the UK.

It won't come in the next 6 days. There isn't a single install yet on TeslaFi. I only start to think I might get an update once 10's of percent of cars have had it. It can take weeks.

Well, I finally remembered. We left the shades on throughout a two week trip through Spain and Portugal. I didn't try to do any tests by removing them to check for any differences, However, my impression is that having them fitted delayed the rate at which the cabin heated up after we parked...

It sounds like it's time to write and reject the car. I believe you have six months to do so, and that is running out. That should get some attention. Rejecting a car – your consumer rights | The Car Expert

Currently, the indicators don't even cancel after you've indicated to leave a roundabout. It would be a good first step to link to nav to do this.

When my Model 3 is being serviced at a third party or at a bodywork shop I'd like to be able to select a mode that is very similar to Valet mode (preventing, for example, adding new keys) but allowing the frunk to be opened and Service Mode to be accessed (both of which are prevented by Valet...

Read the roadside assistance policy. It doesn't cover much and I don't rely on it. Currently using Green Flag for 2 EVs (one with continental cover) for less than £100 per year.

We have the tow bar on our M3 and use an Atera Strada Sport 2-bike carrier (15kg). We carry a couple of light touring bikes (say 15 kg each with racks) so keep within the 55kg limit. No problems using them and just keep a small mat to kneel on to see what I'm doing. Besides the weight limit...

But Electroverse shows an extensive network of available chargers in Norway and all the other countries on the route. Shell Recharge looks to have fewer in Norway, but still a reasonable number on the main routes. Is there a problem using either?

I stumbled across this some time ago: Model 3 Inverter Power Connection I just noted its reference to the DC connection under the rear seat for if I ever needed one. I've not checked it out for technical correctness. Might be a starting point. I assume that you're just wanting '12V', and the...

Tesla might be stumbling towards a partial solution. Just build on how a long press on the left scroll wheel can now be allocated so that scrolling the left wheel adjusts the wiper speed. Add a general rule that whenever a card (wiper or lights) is displayed, then the left scroll wheel changes...

Which is great and shows Tesla are doing a good job. But we take our Tesla to the Lakes and Pembrokeshire for a week or so, for example, and couldn't cope with only using superchargers, the nearest being at Tebay and Carmarthen. Both a needless 1.5 to 2 hour round trip away. We also toured...

I've had a far better success rate than that with CPS travelling around Scotland, with just the odd failure. It is somewhat dependent on region, as the maintenance is, I believe, down to the local owner. The key message is not to go without a CPS RFID card. Some chargers are in a location where...

Tesla.info currently says they've seen it in BR BY CA DE MX PR PY RU US. Brazil, Belarus(?), Canada, Germany, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Russia (!) and the USA.

Have you a new Model S or Model X. The release notes on Tesla News, Latest Software Updates, Tesla Rumors and Tips seem to imply that the changes that were already introduced on the 3/Y (that you can move the location) have now been added for those models.

And reporting them in an unbiased manner ... ? Looking at one report at random, it is described as 'House burns down from Tesla spontaneous fire', but the link shows that a coastal fire spread through the area, burning down houses and, in the process, the Tesla.

It's a bad idea to leave the battery close to 100% or low for any length of time. But if I know I'm definitely using the EV the next day and might need some range I've no problem charging to 100% overnight. I do limit to 80% or 90% if I'm just topping up. No sign of much battery degradation on 2...

I'm definitely not a Tesla fanboy and have all the standard complaints. But the following changes have been useful (to me) in the last 9 months: Auto turn signals on initial move of left stalk (instead of three flashes). Supercharger pricing visible from the map. Auto heated steering wheel...

You can also bring up the light control by pushing the left stalk (flashing the headlights). Just like pressing the button on the end of the left stalk brings up the wiper control (although I've now put wiper control on the long press of the left scroll wheel).

No. If you both have your phones as keys then it will stay unlocked if either of them is in the car. Adds the difficulty that if a handbag is left in the car with a phone in it the car won't lock when you both walk away. So you need to be vigilant that it has locked.

Who by? I had brake pads removed, cleaned out and put back with grease, brake fluid test and MOT type suspension and braking test done for £125 for second year service at a competent local garage. I suspect this should have been nearer £175 as they gave me a discount for failing to provide an...

No. It varies by location and can vary by time of day. You can see the cost in the car and in the app (as well as the number of charge points free and the busy periods).

Well, I've bought them ready for a long trip south. I bought them partly because of the second, silvered layer, that might reflect some heat. And partly because of the sensible price. All I can say for now is that they fit and the quality seems fine. As some reviewers say, the clips don't fix...

On the Model 3 at least, the body design is susceptible to stone chips. Ours (2021) didn't have PPF on the sills (I don't believe the Model 3 does even now?) and quickly got chips. I touched them up and fitted the small PPF kit from Tesla. No problems since.

I had no difficulty completing the form to buy. However, it requires that your bank will handle Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) multiple direct debits, which mine (Santander, a Spanish bank!) won't. The UK is signed up to SEPA. Does anyone have a UK account that will accept SEPA? One...

Except that all cables have a resistor in that tells the charge point and the car the maximum current they can carry. So if you use a 16A cable the current will be limited automatically.

Keep an eye on TeslaFi.com Firmware Tracker. 56% of the cars they are monitoring are still on 2023.2.12 with most of the rest on earlier versions. There has just been a small push on 2023.6.8 - currently at 5%. Releases tend to build slowly, and there is presumably certainly a risk of those...

One possible cause of the symptoms you describe is that one or more properties on the DNO supply have had significant quantities of solar installed. That raises the line voltage at midday and doesn't overnight, of course. I believe that is one of the reasons why you have to seek permission from...

Spend some time looking at this guys videos: https://www.youtube.com/@tyrereviews. Plenty of evidence that it's best to avoid (the) cheap(est) tyres - their performance (or lack of it) in the wet and cold can be terrifying.

I'd start with Zap-Map and ABRP. More guidance on a thread I maintain at Public charging networks in the UK and route planners....

[UK] Would you buy another tesla Have you lost faith in Tesla?

To avoid repetition, here's a cross post to a thread I've maintained on SpeakEV for years: Public charging networks in the UK and route planners... I find Electroverse, NewMotion (Shell Recharge) and contractless cards are sufficient, but do check areas I'm heading to on Zap-Map to see if I...

In the UK, you need to have PEN fault protection, either in the charge point or as a separate unit. I don't know if the latest TWC has it built in. It's not clear from the Tesla web site at a quick glance, but as it's only a UK requirement it wouldn't surprise me if it didn't, as they are...