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The new one has the black motor and its wire plugging into the hall sensor. I had to remove the chrome handle from my old one and transfer it over. The handle has a wire that plugs into the hall sensor as well.

The net is that my door handle worked after replacing the door handle assembly. So something inside the assembly must be the problem. The motor seems ok so I'm guessing its the hall sensor.

Right, I tested the motor in my bad assembly with a 5V power supply and it went in and out fine. So seems like the hall sensor might be the issue but I didn't know of a good way to test it without taking another door apart.

Yes, I was in the hidden service menu to do the door handle calibration. I didn't see any options in there to program the modules but I was wondering if I would have done a full software reinstall if that would have programmed the module.

I ended up replacing the door handle assembly myself. I documented it here: Gen 3 door handle fix questions

I ended up buying an oem door handle assembly on eBay for $200 and I just got done with the repair. I don’t see anything obviously wrong with the old one except for some rust on the gears. I’ll try to figure out the root cause of the failure later. The repair was not that bad. I followed the...

I swapped the driver rear module with the driver front module and then I did a calibration and it gave an error: "Failed to communicate with the door handle controller. Ensure it is correctly connected and try again" I tried replugging several times but I'm always getting that error. If I swap...

I just ran calibration on the door handle and it moved all the way out then went back in about halfway and stopped and the calibration failed. I tried it several times but it always did the same thing. I am able to push it back in all the way manually. The door will still not open when I pull on...

I have a 2020 Model S and the driver front door handle has been acting up the past few days. It was beeping and moving in/out erratically and then popping open the door automatically after closing. Currently it is stuck out about half an inch and it doesn’t make any noises. I can pull the...

Now today it was back to beeping for a couple minutes. I tried the calibration a couple more times and now its stuck in a state where its protruding about half an inch out. I don't hear any noises coming from the handle. I'll message service and see what they say.

Thanks! I was able to get into the service menu and calibrate the door handle but now I'm getting different behavior. It doesn't beep anymore but the door will pop open by itself a couple seconds after I close it. Seems like the same issue documented here: Door opens itself after closing, door...

I have a 2020 Model S where the driver's door handle was working fine yesterday but this morning I got a notice from the app that the door was left open so I went and looked at the car and the driver rear door handle was out with the light on and the driver front handle was in. After some...

I recently purchased a 2020 Model S. It has the 2023.27.7 software (says its up to date). My wipers only work on the last two settings (slow and fast). The first two settings to not do anything regardless of if auto wipers is on or off. I created a service request but Tesla is telling me the...

Thanks! I decided to pass on this car. Too many red flags. I did inquire about the car and the dealership was extra pushy about it (another red flag).

Sorry to revive an old thread but I was looking for a used Long Range Plus recently and I was using the build dates from the web site below as a guide. This site says February 2020 to December 2020 but I have seen a few cars for sale with build dates before February 2020 and their software...