Recent content by shieldsbrown

Thanks for the reassurance. I waited a few days, and it's back! What confuses me is why the developers would have a software switch that turns off both radar and camera functionality. Under what conditions would this be appropriate? And, why didn't they tell the rest of the team, who create...

This is a 2015 model S, 85D, AP1. Has anyone seen this error message? Know how to fix it? After this message appeared I lost TACC, lane keeping, and the car would no longer read speed signs. I have tried using the scroll wheels to reset. Didn't appear to work.

I had this problem. Driving down the street when the car says it can't detect the fob. I had a service tech come to my house - spent 2 hours looking at everything he could, and nothing. It was a serious issue the one time I was in an underground garage - no cell service, so I couldn't use my app...

I had a similar problem with my 2015 Model S 85D. Both screens went black for a few seconds. Afterwards there were a number of glitchy issues. The energy display was wonky, the streaming music cut in and out, the map updated very slowly. I did a two-button reset and most of the issues went away...

Old GPS design engineer here. Way back when GPS was still new, we designed a GPS receiver for an aircraft customer. They wanted to test the effect of moving the aircraft into a hangar, where the GPS signal would be very attenuated. They had a test set, with the antenna up on their roof. One...

Be careful! Remember what happened to Peter Fonda in easy Rider!

I have a 85D model S (2015) with 110k km. Early April I got the message "replace 12 v battery". I contacted Tesla and they sent out a ranger with a new battery. Total cost to me? $0. Excellent service. It does happen now and then!

Another request - I have had my 2015 MS for about 8 months. Just ran out of windshield washer fluid the other day. I looked around for the idiot light that should have warned me to fill up. There isn't one. After a while I noticed a little white triangle on the navigation screen. When I...

Well, this is embarrassing! After writing my complaint yesterday, I tried using the charge handle to unlatch the charge port today. And it worked as intended! Doh! I don't believe I did anything different from previous tries - but today it worked, twice. I will monitor and report back if it...

I have a different problem related to the charge port. I have a 2015 85D. The charge port door is motorized. My problem is getting the charge port to unlatch after charging has stopped. The manual says to press the button on the charge handle (it says nothing about the button on the left). When...

Is it time to consider moving the brake pedal to where the clutch pedal used to be? That would require the driver to use the left foot to access the brake. Might reduce the error rate. I have noticed that I occasionally touch the brake pedal as I reach for the accelerator - the two pedals are...

Agreed. And this fire doesn't seem to be anywhere near the battery. What lives behind the passenger front tire?

Ex-GPS design engineer here. I don't know whose GPS Tesla is using, but all modern GPS units will provide both a position and a quality estimate. For example - position is Lat,Long,Alt and probable error is 'X' meters. Usually X is around 3 meters these days, maybe less. I would guess there are...

Thanks for the tip. I never thought of it. Too busy griping, I guess.

I have a 2015 MS. It has something called Autopilot (beta) which is mostly TACC and lane keeping. Works well, and it reads speed limit signs. And it limits speed to the speed limit + 10 km/hr. Where I live the roads are mostly 80 km/hr, so I am limited to 90. When the limit changes, the car...