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    Alcantara Interior Options

    I have covered my wood with an "alcantara" like sticker/cloth that I bought from Amazon, cost me 65$CAD. It takes a bit of patience to stick it properly so it looks good but I think it does a decent job. Looks close enough to the door inserts.
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    Phantom Battery Drain - 6% a day

    Sentry and Smart Summon are known to keep the car awake, make sure you turn both off -> In the car, not the mobile app. There might be other such settings in the car's configuration... I have a 3 so I can't go and check all the details of the S/X but I know there are differences. EVERY time you...
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    Windows venting themselves

    An actual "opening" shouldn't happen unless you also touched the "vent" button in your mobile app. Windows will readjust a bit when it's cold, and 30F qualifies as cold. That is in case they freeze to the rubber and hit the trim when you open the door. When you get in the car and Drive they...
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    Turn signal operation.

    Pushing the turn signal half way (just long enough...) activates a lane change, which is 3 blinks. A little bit touchy as others say but it works once you get the hang of it. Keeping the turn signal at half point (where you feel the resistance) will blink until you release it. I often use this...
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    Out-of-round winter tire package?

    The first thing to check would be the balancing of the wheels+tires. You can get that done at any shop.
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    WIFI gets stuck after leaving house- have to manually turn it off every time.

    There's no "signing out" of subscriptions "in the car" like premium connectivity. Verify if you have the option that tries to keep wifi on turned on. That's for people that share the connection from their cell phone as a hotspot, so it doesn't cut it when you put the car in Drive.
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    Alerts self-dismissing

    I'm just wondering if anything else might be causing "false touches" that would dismiss it. I'm not sure of anything. Maybe you could try the screen wash mode... I think it shows where you touch?
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    Alerts self-dismissing

    Is your screen dirty? Do you have a screen cover that's causing some trouble?
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    What makes a car "fun to drive"?

    It is an appliance, in that you need to do almost no maintenance on it and it still works like new. It is an appliance in that many things are automated (climate, wipers, lights etc) so you only need to put in Drive and go. There are no gears to row through. That could be true of many cars, and...
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    Alerts self-dismissing

    I believe that popup blocks a part of the navigation window... it would be typical UI behavior that it goes away after a little while. Are you driving when you look at it?
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    wipers stopped working on auto

    What is the actual problem? Does the AUTO setting never wipe at all? Or are you just saying they don't quite wipe when you would want them to? If it's the latter, welcome to the club. Sometimes auto works perfectly fine and other times it never wipes or wipes hellishly fast when there's almost...
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    Corrupted App - Phone Key Not Recognized

    The bluetooth connection to the phone that you see in the car is for media / phone calls, it's separate from the "phone as key" functionality.
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    Tesla headlight adjustment

    When I did that, it screwed up my headlight adjustment, even when touching nothing else. The simple fact of entering the settings menu reset them to some factory setting, or center position, which was not correct. I had to jig up a setup in my garage by following recommendations on headlight...
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    Can't you keep wifi always OFF ?

    It might keep the car awake if there's an update available and the car is trying (but failing) to download it? Far fetched but a possibility. Otherwise I agree, and forgetting the network is the best way to try it out.
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    Power Off Ready Access

    The only thing that consumes significant energy is the climate. You can simply turn that off.
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    Is it normal to take delivery of new Tesla Y model without the latest software version?

    If the car or the mobile app tells you that an update is available then that is great! The next step is to have the car download it. The car needs a wifi connection. Go in the car's settings and give it a wifi connection, for example your home wifi when you are parked at home. If that doesn't...
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    Preconditioning required?

    You can leave your car in -25C weather and just drive it without doing any conditioning, as I've done a few times and many people around here do often in the winter. The car protects the battery, it greatly reduces the available power until the battery warms, but you can drive the car safely.
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    Is it normal to take delivery of new Tesla Y model without the latest software version?

    Yes, this is normal. All cars are delivered with the version of software that the factory uses, it's never the latest build that is sent to all owners. It typically takes a few weeks before your newly delivered car is added to the list of cars that can receive the newest software. Calling Tesla...
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    Able to drive off without my phone on board!!

    This has happened to me a couple times when I have left my cell phone in my bedroom. The bedroom is adjacent to the garage on the second floor so in "line of sight" the cell phone isn't that far, probably 8 feet max. Normally the car won't even unlock unless the phone is within 2 feet but the...
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    Creep Roll Hold gone from all 2024 Tesla vehicles

    So which is the built-in behavior then? Hold?
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    SENTRY MODE MISSING DAYS-FOOTAGE

    The "drive" is the USB key or drive that you have plugged in your glove box's USB port (for 2021 and up models) or plugged in the center console's front ports (2020 and before). If you don't see recordings for those days in the sentry viewer in the car, there are probably no recordings. If...
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    Regenerative braking pulsating and acceleration flat spot

    When changing tires you're supposed to tell the car. There's an option in the menu. However, if you wrote the correct dimensions here, you have a bizarre setup that has a huge diameter difference. I wouldn't be surprised if this caused problems : 8% difference is huge. For comparison the stock...
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    Wh/km (or mi) / range grossly mis-advertised, if not fraudulent... srsly.

    you know, to me it doesn't really add much time. I was already stopping every ~2h for someone in the car to pee, or because one of us was hungry etc. It might add a few minutes here or there especially when charging isn't optimal, but it's not a dramatic difference. You just stop where there's...
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    Wh/km (or mi) / range grossly mis-advertised, if not fraudulent... srsly.

    So my point exactly, the problem is infrastructure (and mindset)
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    Wh/km (or mi) / range grossly mis-advertised, if not fraudulent... srsly.

    OR: distance is not an issue, but mindset and infrastructure are. The habit from years of ICE is to be able to drive 5 hours before needing fuel. If one cannot accept to change their behavior to adapt to a new reality where you drive 2h, maybe up to 3 and then need a charging stop then they...
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    My schedule charging has been come inaccurate

    The main takeaway is that these values are estimates, not precise values. Total battery capacity, percentage full, energy that can be extracted at this moment... it's all best guesses by the BMS. Once you accept that, you understand that such variations are normal.
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    My schedule charging has been come inaccurate

    If you look at the charge right after it finishes, it will be exactly what you asked or maximum 1% off, just like when you supercharge. If you wait until the next morning, the displayed charge might vary by a few percent in both directions. There are a few reasons for that: - your car might have...
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    HVAC using 5% energy in 10 minutes?!

    As Lindenwood says, most probably a lot of that energy went to battery heating. When you precondition the cabin, Tesla have decided to also warm the battery up to 5-10C (I don't remember the exact temperature and it might vary with updates) so that it can accept reasonable regen and be generally...
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    Significant drop in battery for few miles driven

    Your battery contains energy, not miles. You can consume energy in a lot of ways without ever driving a single mile. If you preheat the cabin before using the car, you'll spend energy. If you leave sentry mode, the car will stay awake and consume a lot more energy than when it's allowed to fall...
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    Non random battery drain

    With the information we have and what Tesla provided, we don't even know if it's a drain. They are in fact suggesting that it's not a drain, it's a readjustment of the displayed remaining energy. e.g. the car thinks there's 54% left initially and it ends up thinking 50% later. The actual "amount...
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    Acceleration pedal feedback

    Another vote for hold mode... as the car applies or lets go of the brakes automatically, there's a slight feel in the pedals. That would be "normal".
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    Software update 2024.2.7 - battery condition update

    It's always been that way as far as I know: the bms will not charge the battery under a certain temperature, it will heat it first. Even then, charging will be slowed down until the battery reaches the target temp. The BMS protects the battery. Heck, even level 2 charging waits until the battery...
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    New nitrogen filled tires riding very rough

    Just don't drop the pressure too much, that leads to other issues... :)
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    New nitrogen filled tires riding very rough

    Tires are really a personal choice. There are many options because they optimize different things. Maybe you were not directed properly in your choice. Ultra-performance all season will be the best sporty traction you can get while still be all season (although they sacrifice some of that all...
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    New nitrogen filled tires riding very rough

    Going from a Grand Touring all season (MXM4) to a Ultra High performance all season, you should expect worse comfort, while gaining traction.
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    Radio turns on at startup?

    pressing the left wheel "pauses" the media, which I believe also works on radio. Note: after a software update the music forgets the pause and restarts, you need to pause it again once.
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    Supercharger precondition when station short distance

    Yes, but you need to be in the car (or very close) to press a button or use the phone interface. and I'm pretty sure the battery preconditioning will only toggle on if the car is in Drive.
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    Sudden battery drain after 2024.2.7 upgrade - related?

    Everything's possible. You could also be configured to use another profile that has Sentry enabled.
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    Sudden battery drain after 2024.2.7 upgrade - related?

    You most probably have something that is keeping the car awake. Usual suspect is Sentry mode, make sure that is off in the car. If you turn it off in the mobile app it's temporary. Otherwise every time you open your Tesla mobile app you wake the car up and it stays awake for a little while...
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    Can I do a software update via flash drive?

    I believe "I sideloaded a browser" means you added an application on your dongle. You cannot add an application to the car by sideloading. There is already a browser included but it seems the car doesn't want to use it to enter wifi credentials / payment etc...
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    Can I do a software update via flash drive?

    Your best solution might be to buy a cheap SIM with data and use that only when your car needs to download an update, if you don't want a permanent SIM in your phone. OR even a separate, cheap phone just for that purpose...
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    Is it possible to enable Sentry mode for pre-defined hours?

    There shouldn't be a difference. Sentry just keeps the car awake instead of sleeping, that's where the energy consumption comes from. In order to charge the car needs to be awake so adding sentry shouldn't change anything.
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    Supercharger precondition when station short distance

    The ideal case is that you charge when you arrive instead of the next morning. That way your battery is already warm from driving and you can enter that SC as destination so the car preconditions as you drive. I don't believe there's a way to precondition as you ask without you being in the car...
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    Windows Drop Slightly When Closing Driver's Door

    All four windows adjust downwards a bit when parking, and readjust upwards again when you start driving, in cold conditions. That is so they are low enough to open and close the doors if they ever freeze and cannot move for some reason. Verify if that's what's happening to you.
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    Is it possible to enable Sentry mode for pre-defined hours?

    Not in stock form... The car doesn't provide that nor does the mobile app. A service like TeslaFi (or probably any other that calls on the Tesla API) can schedule commands, and changing the sentry status is one of the options: I don't have commands enabled on mine as you can see, but it seems...
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    "Pop/Bang" Sound While Driving (not pre-conditioning)

    I get that here especially in winter as my battery warms up from driving. Same sound as when supercharging. Normal.
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    Slip start in reverse

    I did this once recently to get out of a parking at the airport after being boxed in. I believe slip start works both directions. However as soon as you turn the steering wheel the car reduces power a lot to prevent spinning around.
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    Issue with headlight malfunction in model 3

    Have they replaced the headlight so far?
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    Are any of the tricks to force a software update real?

    Right, you can only force your car to update IF Tesla has already decided that your car was eligible for that update AND your car hasn't yet realized it's available. You only have (some) control over your car realizing that an update is available for it.
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    2024.2.2.1 killed my M3

    The way to get a hold of service is to enter a service request in the mobile app.