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Track mode allows for 100% power to front or rear or any combination in between. I thought if I set it to 100% rear, it would basically function as a RWD model and have better economy and longer range. I tried it today and over about 20 miles, it made no difference in the amount of energy...

I drove with AP on highway and once on the way to destination and once on the way back, I had to make emergency maneuvers as cars next to me were drifting into my lane. Dinged for hard braking and turning.

Can someone who knows more than I chime in on this, please? Have 2020 P3D+ with 20 inch wheels. Have 28.5k miles. Started with about 98% charge and drove 121 miles. Parked for about 5 hours (about 2 hours with sentry mode on, rest with sentry mode off). Cabin overheat OFF. Summon OFF. Then...

Just wanted to wrap this up. When I got in the car this morning, I still had the warning about TPMS error but after driving a couple of miles, I got a message saying car has recognized different wheels and then the error went away. All resolved.

Yea. I changed the wheel. Did factory reset. Drove around for 30 miles. No dice. Reset the car too.

I just swapped back to the stock 20 inch wheels and I am getting TPMS system error message. I have seen people have problems with after market TPMS but these are the original stock wheels/tires. Anyone have any ideas? Thanks.

I wouldn’t have even thought much about it but it happened twice in a row (not consecutive starts from a stop but consecutive full acceleration) after never experiencing it before and in two completely distinct settings. Makes me think something has changed.

I have M3 Performance. Have Tesla wall connector on 60 amp circuit. Everything was working fine until I updated to 2021.4.12

My scheduled charging is not working. Seems to have started after update 2021.4.12. Reset the car and no change. Anyone else with same problem or any solution? Thanks.

I turned it off after the second episode but considering it never happened before with it turned on, I suspect it’s something else.

I just had this happen again. Stopped at red light. Unlike last time, no car next to me. Stepped on pedal and there was a slight initial power but then cutoff. Had pedal pushed all the way down and the power came back on a split second later. Road was dry. 56 degrees. Winter tires on 19...

I had autopilot disengage multiple times today as I was driving into the setting sun. Never had this this happen before so I was puzzled. Came home and saw the reason why. That bird had surgical strike capability!!!

I have a Performance and it happened to me yesterday. I was at red light. There was a car to my left and the curb to the right. I stepped on it when light turned green and there was nothing. I am not clear on exactly what I did next as it happened very fast but I think I let off and then...

I assume when you say you “turned off” regen braking, you mean you turned to “low”? I don’t think you can turn it off completely? I did not use wheel slip (?slip start) as I thought that was really for very low speed or from standing. Definitely used to do donuts in parking lots when it...

I have no idea. Can only comment on what I had on my old car. That was probably around 2016 or so. I swore them off after my experience so haven’t been paying attention. Worst tire ever in my experience and I have been driving over 35 years.

I had these tires on my old Mazda 3. I know I know. Not the same car. They were decent in the dry but not so good in the rain and pretty bad in snow (I live in Maryland). Also, as they wore down, they got worse and worse and the rubber started to feel very hard like plastic. Paradoxically...

I have the Sottozeros as well but in 19 inch. I probably have around 10k miles on them. But still plenty of tread left. Maybe my ass is too sensitive to squirreliness.

Sorry I didn’t put it in my post. I DO have winter tires on the model 3. Interesting that you compare to Audi S4 as I had the S4 as well (ran with winter tires). I feel the opposite of you, though. I feel like Audi felt better “planted” in slippery conditions.

I have noticed that the Model 3 feels a little squirrely in the snow or ice compared to other AWD cars I have had in the past. I have read that this might be due to Model 3 being mostly a rear drive when under light throttle or when starting gently from stop and the front motor is used when...

Posting an update. So the sound had been getting slightly louder and also seemed to start at lower speeds. At highway speeds, it was getting downright annoying even with radio on. I narrowed it down to somewhere around the passenger door and thought it may be wind noise that’s getting...

I thought about that but because it only becomes noticeable over 60 mph and because it is not a very loud noise, it’s hard to appreciate in a recording with all the background/road noise.

I have a December 2019 M3P+ with 18,700 miles. I started to hear what I can best describe as a tinkling sound about a month ago. Definitely does not sound like a creak or groan. Not really a rattle either. It sounds like if you have some coins in a sock and were shaking it. If anyone has had...

The sound is not loud at all. Also it is present just for a split second as car is settling into neutral position from leaning forward due to braking. Granted, it was fairly gentle braking as we were practicing in a parking lot. I will have to do some more testing. I only have 17k miles...

No. I had it in Creep mode to simulate a regular car.

I was out this morning teaching my son driving and I noticed that there’s a groaning sound when the car stops and settles down. I usually have music playing so I never noticed it before but I had music off this morning so my son could focus better on driving. Groaning sounds like it’s coming...

Definitely sounds like the guy was not firing on all cylinders. Someone mentioned airbags not deploying if seatbelts are not worn. I didn’t know that was a thing but I guess that would explain what happened?

That’s terrible and I am glad you and your daughter were not hurt. One item is confusing me about your post. I am not trying to be argumentative, just curious. How is it possible to hit hard enough to have the guy’s head go through the windshield without the airbags going off? I am not...

Haha... I know!!! I was thinking about putting some rubber glue in there to fill the little hole.

This was a rear tire. There was NO room to dig it out easily and then possibly plug it if it started to leak. Just easier to remove the wheel. Simple enough with impact wrench.

Sad thing is that I put nearly 10k miles on my Winters in 4 months and I am probably not going to even come close to that with the Summers because of COVID-19 Most of my miles were kid related activities and now there’s nothing happening. Anywhere.

OK. Thanks everyone for the input. So came home and took the wheel off and pried the thing out. Not sure if you can tell in the picture but it was a piece of hard plastic. Dug around a little after removing and did not feel anything else in the wound. No leak. Glad to have resolution and also...

It doesn't feel like metal. Feels more like hard plastic. I am afraid to try to pull it out in case it's a real plug. Then I am screwed.

I picked up my Performance 3 on 12/10/19. The weather around that time was very wet here in Maryland. Luckily, it was not very cold so even though I had to wait about a week or so to get my Winter tire/wheel set delivered from TireRack, I didn’t feel too bad about having to drive with the...

I thought the bar represented “amperage”.

Here’s something I have noticed. When accelerating from 0 mph up to about 30 mph, the power bar does not go all the way to the end, even when there are no dots showing. Is that an indication that there is not the full potential “juice” flowing out of the battery pack? Acceleration from about...

I noticed something the other day at a red light. With the car in “hold” mode, if you keep your foot off the accelerator and then stomp on it on green, I notice a little click in the pedal which I assume is the “hold” mechanism disengaging. But if I very slightly apply pressure on the...

I had these on my previous car, a Mazda 3. They were average to good when new but as the tread wear increased, the road noise became horrible. Also, it seemed the rolling resistance became very high. I thought I had stuck brake calipers. Had the entire brake system checked out, including...

Just wanted to post an observation. Yesterday morning I was driving into the sun and had the visor down. I found that when I was stopped at a red light, instead of craning my neck to see under the visor, I could just look at the screen to see when it changed to green. I did verify by looking...

I had my previous 2 cars set to show me "miles to empty" so for me, the miles display is more familiar. Also, I realize that the miles displayed are not the actual miles I am going to get, just like the "miles to empty" were never truly accurate.

My 90% dropped from 279 to 265 with the 40.50.1 update. With the 40.50.5 update, my 90% seems to be 265 when battery cools down but when it is warm, it is at 268. I know you said the slider bar is not accurate but using that for both warm and cool battery conditions, I get two different...

Alan, Your analysis is great. I am getting a much better understanding of the battery situation in my car. I have a 2020 MP3+ delivered on 12/10/19 and my range dropped after the 40.50 update. I originally had 279 miles at 90% charge and it dropped to 265 miles after the software update...

My model 3P has less than 2000 miles on it and I was getting 279 miles at 90% charge until 40.50 update. Then it dropped overnight to 265 miles at 90%.

I don't know if it shows the same for you but on my Tesla App, my slider shows 90-100% as "Trip" and 50-90% as "Daily." So I think you can charge up to 90% on a daily basis if that's what you need. Obviously, if you need less, no need to charge more, I would think. I have been charging...

Well I guess that’s the real question. How do we, as average users, know what is actual battery degradation vs. software change? And if it ever comes to the point where a battery warranty issue comes up, what objective measure do we use? The only measure that I am aware of is the distance...

I posted in the Master thread. I noticed the same thing. My 90% went from 279 to 265 with the new update. That’s theoretically a 4.5% drop. So that’s at least 2 data points.

That’s not good to hear. Even though logically I know the battery didn’t suddenly lose 4.5% of capacity in the span of a few hours, it’s still a little jarring to see.

That would be very cool if they did that. Definitely would be useful and let me do less mental calculations on what the “true” distance is.

I honestly never noticed that before with my phone. What I mean is that I never paid close attention so not sure if it happened or not. Also, the phone doesn’t tell me I have X number of hours left of use so even if the charge changed, I wouldn’t know.

I noticed the same thing. 90% went from 279 to 265.

Why is that the worst time? Can you explain? I was planning on letting it finish but the time to completion kept getting longer and I couldn’t wait any longer and had to stop charging and leave. Had another trip this morning and I charged to 100% and it did finish charging before leaving...