Recent content by Phil Stasik

We’ve been using Smart Summon to shoehorn our 2020 MY into our garage every day for the past 3 1/2 years, and we’ve gotten used to it’s glitchy behavior. It has generally worked pretty well for us most of the time. It seems that since December 2023, it has gotten noticeably worse, almost...

Thanks Akikiki! I did not know that the fobs did firmware updates. It’s really a minor gripe, but I can imagine this infuriating ordinary users.

It’s interesting that so many of us have this same issue, and there seem to be several solutions. Our 2020 MY has only one fob, and it’s been 3 years, 3 months since new. We only used the fob once, when new to confirm that it works. We only use our phones as keys. Today, we got the “Key Fob...

Our 2020 MY is sitting dead in our driveway. I was able to open it and sit in the driver's seat, but the car was dark and did not respond to any input. I could hear a faint "clunk, clunk, clunk" sound from the frunk area. After losing the door, it locked itself, but the driver's door window is...

We put our car to sleep for about an hour, then plugged it in to charge to 80%, then it went back to sleep for the rest of the night. The next morning, and for the rest of the day, the Autopilot has functioned nominally. Thank you, one and all!

Same problem. 2020 MY FSD beta 2022.36.20. Already cleaned the glass on all cameras. We will try the recommended fixes — one variable at a time — later today.

We've been FSD beta testers for a long time, and seldom, if ever, has our car made a true full stop at a stop sign. I'm very anal about making full stops at stop signs, and this is frustrating, as well as unlawful. Very few drivers actually stop at stop signs, right? I've sent emails to the...

Thank you for your awesome work!

Like most accidents, the initial reports are probably wrong. Hopefully, this accident will be thoroughly, and fairly investigated. If Tesla was a smart company, it would have an investigator on the scene as soon as possible, to fully participate in the investigation, especially in the case of...

I was wondering the same thing.

Damn, that is frustrating! I'm very thankful to all of the good folks on this forum, and the other automotive forums (GM-Volt, and Prius) that I've been a member of. We support each other in ways that were impossible 15 years ago. This multiple failure mode probably should be reported to NHTSA...

This following distance issue has seriously bothered me as well. The best guidance that I have found is: a minimum of 2 second following distance for daytime, dry roads, good visibility. If it's wet, use 3 seconds. If it's wet and night time, use 4 seconds, etc. Of course, if you're driving in...

When the compressor is first plugged in and turned on, it delivers good airflow -- filling the tire normally -- until it gets, as I recall, above about 36 PSI, and you can hear it gradually working harder to deliver higher pressure air, then the power cuts off completely. The virtual breaker...

I tried using both ports, and they both behaved the same way. I even experimented with the GM air compressor from our Volt, and it behaved the same way.

Having put many miles on FSD Beta over the past few months, I just can not imagine L4/5 autonomy at year’s end. It IS currently amazing, but needs some sort of camera upgrade plus processor/software revolution. My wife has given up on it, because it keeps doing stupid things to her. I kind of...