Recent content by rscott0

Anyone know if there is a "troubleshooter" for the Tesla door handles? Like, "If the door opens when the door handles present, it's likely this" or "door handle won't present"? In my case, my 2014 Model S driver's door has a Gen 3 door handle (it was replaced 3 years ago), and it sometimes will...

Just to follow up on this... When I went to pick up my car, after being told they couldn't do it, I spoke to the mechanic directly. He seemed to get what the issue was (he knew about the Fords that have the funky 2-piece lugnuts like Tesla, that are a poor design -- there was a class action...

Just an update (venting!) on this. I brought the case to the local mechanic, whose receptionist called to say they couldn't get "the part" -- but couldn't tell me any more, so they may not even have looked at it. My inspection sticker expires at the end of the month, and the tires are in...

Any ideas on whether the lug studs would likely need to be replaced? The issue is with the outside of the lug nuts (as appears to be common with early Model S's),

I've got a 2014 Model S, and was going to have 2 new tires installed, but the installer pointed out that several of the lug nuts were stripped. He said to go to a trusted mechanic and have them take care of it. My local mechanic can get lug nuts, but not the wheel studs. They are happy to take...

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...