Recent content by Meros

I moved to a new address so I updated my address on mt account at Tesla.com (a couple years ago). However, every time Tesla service tries to reschedule a mobile appointment, they keep using my old address (happened 3-4 times). Each time it happens, I ask if they can update the address, but it...

Another quick sanity check is to verify your brake rotors are cold, then go on a 10 minute drive and avoid using the friction brakes. Then stop and check the rotor temperatures on all four wheels. If the rotor on one wheel is warmer than the others, there may be poorly adjusted calipers causing...

The built-in Nav does consider elevation changes. Honestly, I've found that the built-in Nav works just fine. I've done about 3000 miles of road tripping on a 2016 Model S and a 2018 Model 3, through Colorado, Utah, Nevada, California, Arizona, Kansas, and Missouri. The only time the built-in...

I have 90D built in June 2016 that is throwing similar errors. I found this thread by searching for CHG_f018. Car ramps up to 24 amps, pauses for a second, then creeps up to 29, then throws an error and drops back down to 24. Car still charges, just slower. This started happening for no apparent...

You are correct, the benefits of the wall charger are pretty minor. I actually have two of them, so I can speak from experience: -Cleaner looking install (especially with the short cable version) -Lets you keep the mobile charger in your car at all times (you don't have to remember to pack it...

I read the paper/article. The hypothesis assumes that when the braking system requests an increase in torque from the motor, the motor controller will allow that torque request to produce positive torque instead of just disabling/reducing regen. The summing logic that combines the torque request...

I don't think anyone has mentioned the idea of connecting directly to the car's 12v lead acid battery. It wouldn't charge the traction battery, but it would offset the sentry mode / vampire drain. Basically just a solar powered battery tender. If you google "200 watt solar panel charge 12v...

Model 3 engages the parking brake when you go into Park. You can hear it engaging. That's all park really is (there is no transmission interlock like on an ICE). If you press and hold the park button again, you can hear the parking brake tighten down even further. I'm not sure why it has that...

There are standalone SiriusXM receivers. I don't know of any that have bluetooth built-in (to feed audio to the Tesla), but there are products to connect to the line output of the XM receiver and transmit the audio over bluetooth. Another option is to use your smartphone and run the SiriusXM...

Maybe there is something wrong with one of your brakes. I've heard of one Model 3 owner who had wildly high consumption (400wh/mi) that varied a lot. Turned out that one of the brakes was rubbing and dragging. It was identified by driving the car for a bit and using a thermal camera to look at...

There is somewhat of a workaround if you want TACC to engage at your "current speed" instead of the "speed limit" on the car's screen. Go into the autopilot settings and adjust the speed warning feature to "Relative" and set it to -20MPH. Then disable the chime feature. Now, when you engage...

I've driven with all-season and snow tires in snow (Colorado). All season tires are generally "ok" in snow if you are careful. However, one day I almost slid into a curb with my AWD Model S while making a left turn in snow (and going pretty slow). I had to abort the turn and drive on the wrong...

I found this thread after the Tesla phone number recordings told me to use the online chat and I couldn't find any button to start a chat. It turns out that chat still exists, but it's hard to find. Here is what you have to do: Go to Customer and Product Support | Tesla Support Scroll to the...

It has about 36,000 miles, and I think it has had this behavior since I bought it new. It's just been on my mind more recently after reading about the Raven refresh. I'll ask the mobile tech about it next Friday when he comes to fix oil/fluid leaking from my rain sensor.

InsideEVs is reporting this: Seems confusing. I thought I read that the 18" wheels can't fit over the larger brakes from the performance upgrade package.