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Hey everyone. I think my SD card failed on my MCU, because maps won’t download anymore. Kind of annoying because Tesla was in there twice (daughter board recall and SIM card swap) and didn’t tell me there was a serviceable wear and tear item. Tesla wants to replace it with a 16 GB card and I’d...

You may be interested in this thread rather than using the Tesla part that will fail in 1-4 years guaranteed depending on if it's done poorly or really well.

Thanks everyone. I appreciate the suggestions and looked into them. I ultimately ended up emailing EV tuning and they gave me a much better shipping rate. So I got three of them. After duties, taxes, shipping, etc it still came to almost $130 CAD / per door handle. But it should be the last time...

Hi everyone. I've grown tired of having my Model S door handles repaired every year, especially since I'm now out of warranty and I think it's about $400 each time. EV tuning has an upgraded micro-switch/wire replacement that seems problem free. The trouble is the shipping is obscene ($111.62...

Hi everyone. I've grown tired of having my Model S door handles repaired every year, especially since I'm now out of warranty and I think it's about $400 each time. EV tuning has an upgraded micro-switch/wire replacement that seems problem free. The trouble is the shipping is obscene ($111.62...

Just a fart in the wind compared to pollution or fission storage. And in Canada, most, if not all, capture methane, unlike the US were there is so much methane flaring that some areas, like North Dakota, look like cities when flying over.

Then stop focusing on CO2. The pollution emitted from coal burning is millions to billions of times greater than NG. Over 6.5 million people die a year from air pollution. It's the #1 cause of cancer. It kills many times more ecologically. NG plants are also ~45% thermodynamically efficient...

Since this minimally affects drag, I doubt you'd notice much of a difference in range (my guess is around 5% less).

I was trying to figure out which one to get. Thanks for this post!

As a follow-up, I managed to fix the issue. I pulled the front trunk tub out and underneath it are two grounding points on both frame rails. I unscrewed them, sanded them down and wire brushed the terminal. Then applied dielectric grease and screwed them back on. All the issues have gone away...

Thanks for replying. Shocking that your new Model S would have this issue! Sounds like it was not tightened rather than lose. Does your service invoice contain any clues as to which ground wire? I'm really hoping I don't have to take too much apart to trace the wires leading from the headlight...

Hi everyone. I noticed just a couple days ago that my passenger side headlight was having power issues. Sometimes when I signal right, the light would blink twice as fast and make no sound in the car. It seems to be getting worse and now my air suspension light is on. When the headlights are...

I too agree that the slow super charging is egregious. If it actually came down to battery management they could easily implement a "slow/fast" charging option that allows us to preserve our battery long term when we're not in a rush or charge as fast as possible.... the same concept as to how...

Noooo! I remember a firmware "upgrade" that did this to my car and I hated it. They reverted it soon after and I got double the bass back. I've found with the newer cars, I hear some distortion when the bass EQ is set at even 7, but my 2013 is flawless at even 12! I really hope they can correct...

When I was at the service center, they had a handheld unit that shows the sensor information, including battery voltage, serial numbers, etc. After walking around the car and collecting all the serial numbers, that same unit was able to send the serial numbers to the car's TPMS module. The...

Tesla wrote me back with a generic message to reboot my car. I wrote back saying They replied just now saying It's shocking how they seem to no longer understand the limitations of the Baolong sensors and think they're the same as the Continental. I'm writing them back and pointing to this...

I suggested some actions we could take here. Booking an appointment at the service center and paying $87.50 (at least in Canada) twice a year for a mistaken omission is not okay.

Instead of being pedantic, why not prove me wrong. I've already caveated my statements and you've provided no evidence to the contrary. So who's unsubstantiated? How lofty of you. Your sincerity is charming.

Hey everyone, we really need to jump on Tesla together on this one. I booked an appointment at the service center in Calgary and the manager (who has only been there for 6 months) was super rude telling me we always had come to the service center to reset our sensors and that there was never a...

Finally! This was promised 6 years ago to be done 5 years ago!

Yeah, I saw that story when it was fresh news. They weren't in the rear facing seats, they were in the middle row. That's why I said: The vehicles with the rear-facing seats have an extruded aluminum bumper that could have possibly stopped the SUV from riding up the vehicle. I doubt it, but...

You’re overconfident and unfortunately completely wrong. The #1 vehicular injury is neck injuries. It gets much more grim for younger children. So as long as you can keep them rear facing, it’s far safer. Yes there are accidents that can kill them, but don’t be fooled, you can get killed in any...

I've charged at 110 kW in -34˚C weather. The cold doesn't seem to affect the super chargers. It's the battery temperatures that matter.

Fascinating thread. I may gather similar results for my car in the future with what I think is Gen1 chargers. I think its important to note these numbers include a few things: idle losses during charging (active systems, pumps, etc) losses increase as more chargers are required each charger has...

Btw, for those that don't know about this, this is very handy for trip planning: EV Trip Planner Once you're on the road, make sure you use the car's trip planner to predict the SOC when you arrive. I've found it to be super accurate once I'm driving (I tend to drive "spirited" so it takes a few...

Agreed on SR not being the way to go if you do a lot of long road trips. You can save your money, but if your time is valuable, get the bigger battery. You'll recover some of the loss in resale value too. I had the same dilemma when I was looking at a Model S 60 verses 85 battery and am very...

Both cars kept in unheated, uninsulated garage. But I do road trips and ski trips that leave the car outside the whole time. You have to remember that this is averaged data from each ~6000 km tire rotations and that short trips are the worst, but with 350 km of range in a Model 3 SR, that's a...

Honestly, "tricky" is even a strong word. I can guarantee you that on the super charger network, if you charge to 90% SOC in the Model 3 SR, you'll be able to make it to the next SC driving the speed limit, even in -40 weather, without worry for at least the first million kilometers of its life.

As you can see in my signature, I have a "classic" Model S P85+. I live in Calgary where we get as cold as -35˚C and 20-30cm snow dumps. I've always done tire rotations every ~6k km and track economy during that timespan. On my Acura TL, the winter fuel economy (14-14.5 L/100km) was always 30%...

Sorry to burst your bubble, but natural gas is MUCH cleaner than nuclear fission!! Fission is THE MOST EXPENSIVE source of energy, mostly because of disposal, which is not only horrendously expensive, it's an unsolved problem since there isn't a geologically stable place to put the waste on...

This may rub people the wrong way, because I'm so tired of the ignorance around this topic, but please bear with me. I will begin by offering a tip: a quick way to tell if an article about the environment impact of EV's is full of $hi! is if the author doesn't distinguish the difference between...

That is EXACTLY what I'd do if I were driving a Model X. Although I have the eco-hitch on my Model S, I'd be too afraid to damage bumper doing it. But with a Model X, I'd yank every single one of those vehicles for my Tesla brethren, plug myself in, then call the mall reporting the delinquents...

You called it back in April.

I just wanted to chime in that I did an import of a US car in 2007. What was missing in my case was daytime running lights, bilingual stickers in metric, an extra seatbelt latch, and some paperwork that declared the vehicle had no recalls. I managed to source the parts from a junkyard and then...

Thanks so much!

Hi everyone. Does anyone happen to know the official torque spec for the calliper bolts and perhaps the hex screw that holds the brake rotor on the hub? I assume it's the same for all Model S', but in case it isn't, I have a 2013 P85+. I want to remove the rotors to spray paint them with high...

I think you're in the ball park. I noticed you assumed a P85 only goes 400 km on a full charge and that a full charge is 85 kWh. I believe those numbers are more like 420 km and 77 kWh respectively but then the charging is only 90% efficient, so the draw is about 85 kWh. A Nissan Leaf would use...

We missed you Lonnie! There were people taking pictures with tripods, filming with iPhones, and even some iPhone 7+ on gimbals. Could some people share their footage/pictures? In hindsight, we should have taken a picture with all eight stalls filled with Model S/X's and the Roadster in a spare...

I would think there has to be loop holes to this since people move from the US to Canada and are not expected to sell their vehicles to get a Canadian one. Most of the required stuff like daytime running lights is a software update (or setting) away. The rest are stickers. As someone pointed...

Yeah or "Crossiron Supercharger"

Off the top of my head, there's only 3 spots in Calgary that have 80A HPWC: Wyndham Garden, 11 Freeport Crescent, Calgary (it's a hotel but you can use their restaurant for lunch) Carl's Junior, 2791 32 Ave NE, Calgary Chinook Mall, NorthEast entrance, turn right, drive to end, turn left...

Yeah, it is odd. When researching tires, I don't recall seeing any stats for the 8's in non-studded form. Maybe it would be worthwhile to email Nokian about it. If you do, I'd love to see their response. Do you know that for a fact? It would probably still be more efficient than the turbine...

Interesting. I thought the Hakkapeliitta 8 tires came in only studded form. How does it compare in grip to R2's? TBH, I've found my WRG3 to have ample grip for almost every condition Calgary threw at it last winter.

Sorry, are you installing Hakka 8's on your Model X for Calgary driving?! o_O

Cool. Thanks for answering most of the questions and more. I know with the remote API, you can set the Valet pin. You could probably create your own valet encoding pin (briefly and then reset so that valid use of the pin isn't interrupted) that the RPi can read and know to invoke something on...

Interesting. They were quite aggressive with the latest v7.1 build (2.36.31). I wonder if there's some prerequisite install procedure it needs to get to Firmware 8. Although I think someone said they upgraded directly from v6 to v8. The v8 firmware (2.40.21) was pushed to what seems like every...

I'm glad you haven't let people dissuade you from posting information on here. Although I'm not sure I will hack into my car, I do find it fascinating to read about. If it hasn't been done already, I wonder if it would be helpful to have a Tesla wiki? In any case, have you reached the level of...

Damn! That's frustrating. It's interesting that you mention Johnny B's Car and Truck Wash in Country Hills, because that's the first (and I pray the last) time I ever bottomed out my car! I was cursing like a sailor. Now my car comes out of the car wash looking like this: I was going to say...

Oh yeah? I'd be interested to hear this story.

Welcome to the forums and congratulations on your new Model S.