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  1. malventano

    POLL: vibration felt when slightly accelerating refresh Mode S Plaid or LR

    The only thing that runs at a different speed around startup vs. the rest of the drive at the same 25-40mph speeds is the compressor (or at least it is the only thing with enough mass and vibration to be felt within the cabin. aside from driveshafts that is).
  2. malventano

    POLL: vibration felt when slightly accelerating refresh Mode S Plaid or LR

    That vibration (from the compressor) has occurred all the way back to pre-refresh Model S/X. Upon startup on warmer days the compressor can be felt in the steering wheel and footwell on both my 2015 P85DL and 2019 Raven.
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    POLL: vibration felt when slightly accelerating refresh Mode S Plaid or LR

    By 'startup vibration' are you referring to the AC compressor? It has a vibration when running at higher speeds during startup. These are usually dampened but they can resonate/amplify the front DU vibration when both are occurring simultaneously.
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    Model 3 Camera Defrosters not working

    Now that winter has come around again, it appears that the front AP camera defroster no longer functions when needed (again). Currently on 2020.48.30.
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    Condensation between windshield and front facing cameras

    Sentry mode keeps the camera module active, which warms the area above the camera. Not as much as the defroster does, but it is enough to evaporate dew / prevent light frost from forming. I've seen it clear above the camera but not far enough down the windshield to clear the camera's line of...
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    Condensation between windshield and front facing cameras

    Sure, check my post in the related thread here.
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    Condensation between windshield and front facing cameras

    Make them show you the defroster working. If you're on any of the recent updates then it should be working, so if it's not, then it might be a hardware issue.
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    Model 3 Camera Defrosters not working

    Well well. Look what 2019.40.50.1 magically fixed:
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    Model 3 Camera Defrosters not working

    Yeah, I'd also seen pics that looked like side cameras were heated, but I confirmed there are no heaters (via schematic). Regarding the front defroster, while the service center said it was working fine, followed by another cold day where the camera was blinded by fog, I set up a mobile service...
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    Model 3 Camera Defrosters not working

    Anything come of your appointment? My reply to my email into support gave me the typical 'car logs show nothing abnormal' baloney (warnings were firing off left and right).
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    Condensation between windshield and front facing cameras

    Best I can recommend is to make a service appointment and to also email and call Tesla, inform them of these details, and to stress that it is not just common to your car, and also results in safety systems being disabled. Ask when you can expect this to be rectified. My guess is that they will...
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    Condensation between windshield and front facing cameras

    Yes, and they used to remain active even while the car was off. I can see how this would waste some power, but whatever change they made (assuming this is a firmware thing) prevents them from heating even with the climate+defroster on continuously for 10-20 minutes: Another issue is that even...
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    Condensation between windshield and front facing cameras

    Thanks to a hard freeze and snow last night, confirmed that defrost activates wiper heaters and side mirror heaters, but fails to activate forward and pillar camera heaters. Windshield with 20 minutes of defrost use (note all cleared except camera area): Wipers cleared just fine: Side mirrors...
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    Condensation between windshield and front facing cameras

    Let's hope they didn't try to 'machine learn' it like the auto wipers...
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    Model 3 Camera Defrosters not working

    What did Tesla say about your camera heater? Asking because we are having the same issue on our 3 and trying to figure out if Tesla just borked their firmware change or if our heater actually failed. See my post here: Condensation between windshield and front facing cameras