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I think it doesn’t always recognize certain names. I can easily call my son (for example) but it never recognizes my wife’s contact name. I’ve always had to tell it to dial her number when I want the car to call her. Doesn’t seem to be any rhyme or reason. I’ve just decided to direct the...

This was a couple years ago, but Bluetooth audio won’t automatically connect and start playing until you were sitting in the seat. It was cringy whenever my phone calls would begin broadcasting to the world as soon as I opened the car door. Small thing but Tesla fixes a lot of small things...

From what I can tell, the order in which air passes through each of the components (air duct, fan, filter, condenser) is the same isn’t it? The smell and the way in which it occurs are the same as the model 3. Admittedly, I’ve never put hands on a model S, but I’m not seeing how the filter...

If your car smells like gym socks immediately after it rains, the filters are not the cause. Over the past 2 years I’ve gotten this smell in my M3 with brand new filters. I even drove with no filter at all for over a month and still got the smell after rain. Not saying that the filters won’t...

Well, yes. But it hurts so good! 😂

Not sure how helpful this would be but the white seats in my 2021 M3SR are fantastic looking and in hindsight, I definitely would have waited an additional 2-3 months for them. Still look great after 3 years and two kids who are occasionally smelly and dirty. I had a M3 with black seats prior to...

Agreed. That thin film is not going to do anything for you if something hits the screen. If you want a screen protector, get an aftermarket one made from tempered glass.

Guess it depends the temp outside and your desired cabin temp. If there’s a big difference, you would be toggling the climate on/off full blast every few minutes. I doubt that’s more efficient than auto and it’s definitely more work for you.

I’ll add another datapoint to this fun topic. About a month ago, I pulled the filters out, did a microban blast into the intake and onto the coils, trashed the cabin filters and rolled with just an intake filter (shown below). Everything was wonderful for nearly a month. No smell whatsoever...

Open close both work, but i had to edit the shortcut command. From the shortcut app, if you search by app, the command is “Open/Close Rear Trunk”. I added this twice and edited the first to open the trunk and the second to close the trunk.

Yup works with my Apple Watch. I *think* you have to run the command once in the shortcut app on your phone first, but after that I raise my watch, tell it to open the trunk and it works.

Tesla pushed an update to the app a day or two ago and now it’s working for me, hopefully this works for everyone now!

Speaking of working, has anyone figured out how to get open/close trunk to work? Siri says it works when I say the command but the trunk doesn’t actually do anything.

Huh. Interesting. That’s cool that it has always worked for you.

I thought it was great when it first came out. My issue was the price/pricing. Too expensive for what it is and I don’t care for the all subscription model.

Dumb question, but are you using an iPhone or something else? As far as I know, this had never been native functionality in iOS until now ( I have definitely tried)…maybe it has always been on phones running android?

I got my floor mats and a 14-50 Nema adapter from Tesla.com with no issues about a year and a half ago…maybe things have changed.

Also add one more thing about recirculate…I just leave it on auto-recirc (when the icon is “greyed out”). The car is really good at knowing when it should be on and when it shouldn’t.

Parroting others, but yeah, the AC isn’t as great as older cars (our 2005 Toyota Sienna has amazing AC compared to the M3). But, you can mitigate it with the following: -Cabin Overheat Protection: Runs either the fan or AC (your choice) once cabin temp is 105F -Use the app to turn the AC on 5...

I just did: Windshield: Llumar IRX 70% All Windows: Llumar CTX 30% Nothing on the back or roof 70% is the lightest they had for the windshield, I would have gone lighter if possible (I wanted IRX on the front for heat rejection and in GA, tinting the whole windscreen is illegal so trying to...

That’s what I’m thinking, either on top of the aero shield or maybe in that hole where the liquid drips out of. I just have a hard time believing it’s 100% the filter, or 100% the coils. If it were, I’d expect it to be more persistent and not just go away seconds after turning the AC on. I...

Thanks! And to be completely transparent, a lot of what I’ve tried and learned was from comments on this message board so it’s been a community effort. 😀 One small thing I’d change after re-reading…I didn’t mention in the second paragraph that you need to pop the vent cover off before you see...

Gotcha, yeah I can see how that that could cause moisture build up and odor in the cabin itself, but this smell is coming from within the HVAC system…it’s a consequence of condensation from the cold evaporator coils. Running the AC removes some of it, but it’s only going to make more as it runs...

I almost always drive in auto. Occasionally I increase the fan speed for more air flow (particularly when I’m hauling smelly kids after practice) but I always put it back in auto. I’ve had AC odors in two different Model 3s. I have never driven the car with the climate controls off, but I’m...

I’ll share my experience with two M3s that have had the smell on and off, just so you have a better idea of what’s going on. Under the frunk, there is a large opening on the left side close to the windshield. This is the air intake for your AC. If you stick your hand in as far as it will go...

Absolutely, here you go. It seems logical to me that making sure no organic growth happens between the filter and coils. Advanced Carbon Activated Filters

I think you might be on to something. I bought a filter from Abstract Ocean four months ago that has an anti microbial coating on the side facing the evaporator and it seems to be keeping the smell under control.

I enjoy the fact that the kids can see the stars when we drive rural roads way more than I’d enjoy the couple miles of added range.

Once a year. I just re-did mine with another coat. One bottle should get you about 3-4 coats.

Did you ever get the stain out OP? I’d recommend ceramic coaching your seats. I used Gyeon Q2 Leathershield a year ago (takes 20 minutes to apply) and have had no stains (I wear jeans everyday and haul around small, often dirty kids).

Ah that’s right. I did not think that through. That’s what I get for solutioning without caffeine. I have left the heat on HI for an hour and that left the garage nice and toasty….but nope, won’t work the other way around.

It would have been really cool if all Teslas had a 120V outlet installed somewhere…I’ve always wondered what the argument against would be. To answer the question though, if you have a closed in garage, you could crank up the AC and hang out in the space for a few hours.

If I was the OP and the SC folks wouldn’t address this, I’d tweet those pics to Elon. I’m dead serious. My 2021 M3 SR+ is better on Wh/mi in the winter than in the summer. Granted, I live in GA but the heat pump makes them crazy efficient. These are by far the worst numbers I’ve ever seen, no...

Hey! Sorry so late replying. Yes, they sent me a check a couple of days later. I just had to talk to customer service to explain everything. And yup, I use the 14-50 mobile adapter and it works perfectly. No issues. I’d recommend getting a hook or holder for it just to keep everything off the...

I’m sure the $15 is fine, but Spigen has been making screen protectors forever and Abstract Ocean makes very good Tesla accessories. And both of those came with the best applicators that I saw from any seller. Like I said above, peace of mind. $40 vs $15 is negligible in the long run.

Mine jump in the front to play games, watch Netflix and Hulu. Sometimes they’ll go to the garage just for a few minutes of “movie time”. $40 for the peace of mind is a bargain. Oh, and for the OP, one vote for the matte screen protector from Abstract Ocean.

This has been my experience and I keep mine garaged as well. I’ve gotten in the habit of parking it on the driveway to “get some sun” every few days with COP set to “fan only” and I have not had any more odor problems. And yes, I’m convinced that my overuse of climate keeper reduced the number...

I just noticed something interesting. I use “fan only”. I backed the car out into the sun an hour ago and it didn’t look like COP turned on the whole time. I checked the app every 10-15 minutes to make sure the car wasn’t asleep. I even stepped outside to see if I could hear the fan. Nothing...

Yeah, Smart Summon in and of itself is not something that anyone should be charging people money for (IMO). I’d throw auto-park in that category as well. But in fairness, it’s a part of a larger set of semi-related features, and some of them (auto lane change, NOA and basic summon) are pretty...

I tried it once during my FSD trial. Way too slow, clunky and unreliable and I have limited use-cases for it anyway. It has to get a lot better for it to be useful to me. Regular summon is more useful IMO.

6 months in with white seats, no stains or dye transfer. I wear jeans almost every day and have transported kids ages 6 to 16 back and forth from school, soccer practice and track practice. Seats still look amazing. I applied Gyeon Q2 Leather Shield to every white surface the day after I drove...

Good to see they’re taking care of you. Going forward, you’ll basically want to minimize the time that condensation stays on the coils after you run the AC. The software feature that turns the fan on after you park is good for small amounts of moisture, but if it’s hot and you know there is a...

Yup, stuff sometimes. Makes me feel even that much more grateful that these cars aren’t very easy to steal.

Hmmm…good question. I wonder if the smells would occur sooner/be worse since the filter is keeping outside material off the coils

I got black exterior/white interior and love it. The contrast looks great, especially with the sport wheels. Like others above me, I would say avoid black if swirls/micro-abrasions really bother you. I had paint correct and a graphene coating done and I can still see a few if I look for them...

You’ll be good with the Klima cleaner that you bought. Works the same way as Kool It. If you absolutely can’t get it done before then, at a minimum take the old filter out, make sure there isn’t debris in the air intake under the frunk and spray Lysol into it with the fan running on a...

The biggest thing by far for me is the lack of regen braking. Everytime I get in an ICE car and take my foot off the gas, it’s just weird that it doesn’t slow down. And I’ve only been an M3 owner for a year and a half.

You have an issue with Bjorn? Sheeeeeeeet. In all seriousness, I agree. He seems to know his stuff when it comes to charging setups across the pond (since he’s in Norway).

According to the App Store details, you need iOS 10 or later. I have no idea if the iPhone 5 can run iOS 10 but that’s what you’d need.

You would be hard pressed to find more than a dozen posts like that to reply to. Again, for the majority of people, it works fine with the occasional (easily fixed) hiccup. I’m failing to understand what is careless here. You can still use a key fob and key card combination. The phone just...