Recent content by rscott0

My issue isn't aggressiveness: the Tesla says explicit lyrics are disabled, but it is enabling them. As in no songs with explicit lyrics get blocked. It's kind of like the difference between autopilot not working well on side roads (to be expected giving today's technology) versus turning it on...

I was happy when Tesla introduced the option to disable explicit lyrics in streaming music in v9, but for some reason it doesn't seem to be working. I've got a 2014 Model S. I assumed it was an issue with Slacker not realizing the songs had explicit lyrics, but with one song I am aware of, the...

Just as an FYI, I just got my MCU replaced ("MCU not measuring supplied HVAC rail voltage properly"), something the service center noticed when attempting to do a coolant flush. It's MCU1 (based on teslatap.com/mcu which shows "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; GNU/Linux) AppleWebKit/601.1 (KHTML, like Gecko)...

Just a reminder: it seems that if there are no radio waves on the icon (either when it should automatically open or close, or manually), it appears to be a bug in the software (which *is* in .40, but .42 seems to have fixed for many/most people). If the radio waves appear on the icon, it's...

I have confirmed that this (either opening/closing not working all the time when it used to, or being unable to open/close manually) is a bug with the 2017.40 code (obviously it isn't our imagination, but it is nice to confirm), and has nothing to do with radio waves. Specifically, when...

My wife and I both drive our Model S, each has our own keyfob, and each has our own driver profile. But, it seems like perhaps half the time the car doesn't realize who is who. I'm not talking about when we are both entering the car, I'm talking about when I'm going to the car, and nobody else...

Just in case it wasn't clear, there are 2 issues that seem to have been introduced: [1] Auto-open failing. You come home, the garage door doesn't open as expected. For me, this is something that used to happen occasionally, now a lot. This is the tricky one; it sound like a bug, but hard to...

The diagnosis that was passed on to me was 'front driveline failure' and that it needed to be replaced. I'm guessing that is the drive unit.

The rental company coordinated with Tesla, and sure enough, they had the rental transported over to where I asked, and swapped with the loaner. It may have added perhaps an hour to our driving time, but much better than what I had feared. And it was charged to 100%, which was very nice.

That is a great point. If the car won't drive, how can I be expected to return it? Obviously either delaying a trip a week (if it takes a week) or needing to return 800 miles after the trip (again, assuming it takes longer than my trip) isn't something that can be expected of a renter. In this...

So 3 weeks before our trip to see the eclipse, our first road trip in the year we have had our Model S, a branch breaks through the windshield. Safelite and/or the insurance company completely mess up, and it isn't done in time. I rent a Tesla (from a great company in the Boston area, who I...

To get the messages in text, so people in need can find this thread: Car Needs Service - Car May Not Restart Car Needs Service - Unable to Start Car 12V Power Low - Car May Shut Down Unexpectedly Battery Power Very Low - Heating and A/C Reduced Air Suspension Needs Service - Contact Tesla...

I got a response from the EPA yesterday. The answer is #3: the EPA runs a test from a fully charged battery to depletion, and then uses AC kWh's to determine the Wh/mi. So presumably if you could magically stuff electrons into the battery without any loss, 320Wh/mi would be accurate. This does...

link “to the best of my recollection, I had engaged the autopilot system, but then I had disengaged it by stepping on the accelerator. I then remember looking up and seeing the sharp left turn, which I was accelerating into. I believe we started to make the turn, but then felt the car give way...

Here is a Google map of the intersection. The report says that the driver was approaching the intersection and turned on AP. [1] AP isn't designed to handle intersections. This is something I believe nearly all Tesla owners that use AP are very aware of. [2] With this intersection, you can...