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The phone doesn't have to be inside the car. I measured that with my phone about 8 ft away from the back of the car, I could both unlock the car and drive it away. Similar distance with the fob that I just bought. Seems like a security issue to me. But I can make due with the fob, knowing the...

If the phone has bluetooth on and is in range enough for the doors to open then the car will also drive. If I turn off bluetooth on the phone or remove the bluetooth permission for the tesla app, then the passive open won't work. However, with bluetooth off/disabled I can unlock the car (through...

Yes, it does trigger. But event then the phones in my house still shows in the car as "active". And then I can open the car, or take out the charging cable with no problem, even though the nearest phone key is in the house about 9 feet away.

Great point Big Earl, I'll test. But it is still serious enough even if that is the case. I discovered that I can remove the Bluetooth permissions (both iOS and Android) from the Tesla app and that disables the passive phone unlocking feature but allows the app to still function as a phone key...

Oh, I didn't know about that feature, thanks!

I just tested trying to open the car when my phone is in the house (car is parked outside, phone (this time) is approximately 9 feet away) - and the car unlocked. If this is how this is supposed to work, then I will have to use physical key cards, or maybe fobs. I suppose I could turn off...

I just took delivery of a Model Y. So I'm very new to how security and charging work on this car. I have a phone key that authenticates with my MY and detects when I am close to my car which auto-unlocks the car. This works fine. However, I noticed that when the car is locked and charging and...