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I had the drivers door latch fail open a few months ago on my May 2016 Model X. As in, the door refused to latch shut. I had to have the car towed in. Curiously, the tow company (part of Tesla's roadside assistance program) towed the car in with the door unsecured. Apparently they were more...

I've been pleased with how my P90D X performs in slushy, snowy, and icy driving conditions this winter. I had Tesla install all season radials on it. I wasn't pleased at all that they refused to deliver the car with those tires initially. My main complaint about the X in the winter is that my...

Is there any equivalent for anti-lock-brakes for regen? That is, if the wheels start slipping during regenerative breaking, will the car react in any useful manner, or just skid?

National Grid is the local natural gas supplier.

I've installed a natural-gas powered automatic standby generator (20 kW). It's sized large enough to run everything in the house _except_ the Tesla. But as long as I'm not running both air conditioners AND the steam shower, there should be plenty of power left over for the Tesla. If that ever...

I suspect a "Pull out of the traffic lane when emergency lights appear at the rear or in front" will cover many of these use cases. The part I'm worried about, as a New England resident, is the ability of these vehicles to respond to hand-control of traffic by off-duty police earning their...

Yes, that's how I read it. IANAL. But I read it as the top 6 inches of the windshield can be tinted. I fear they failed to anticipate the model X windshield.

I was reading up on this, and was amused to read that front window tinting is restricted to the top 6 inches of the windshield in Washington state. Check your registration. Mine in Massachusetts classifies the vehicle as an SUV. If yours does, too, it looks like rear window tint is...

That's entirely possible. I pulled the documentation out of the filing cabinet this evening to confirm. This was for a Model X delivered in late May in Massachusetts. Here's what it said on the top of page 3: <u>Front LIcense Plate Mounted Transponders</u> The windshield of your vehicle has...

The documentation I was handed at X delivery said that a transponder wouldn't work through the windshield. Given that, I asked EZPass to send me a front-plate mounted transponder. Neither Tesla's screws nor EZPass's bolts were suitable for mounting the EZPass external transponder on the front...

Dazureus, I walked through all the various reset procedures at the time in the hopes that it would help, so I did an instrument cluster restart, a center console restart, I powered down the car and powered it back up. All of that preceded the sequence above.

Entirely possible. When I get that warning or citation, I'll move it.

I have a Model X, and I used the plate-mounted transponder. It's working fine. Ugly, but functional. I haven't noticed any autopilot interference. https://teslamotorsclub.com/tmc/media/license_plate_ezpass.115488/

Here's a photo of the front-plate mounted transponder: https://teslamotorsclub.com/tmc/media/license_plate_ezpass.115488/

An EZPass plate-mount transponder attached to the top of the front license-plate frame.

The first responder guides are available here: First Responders | Tesla Motors In terms of locked doors with unresponsive drivers, first responders will break windows as needed. They can even remove doors, the B piller, and even sever the A pillar as needed to obtain access to the cabin. The...

I installed an external transponder on the top of the front license plate. The bolts that came with it were way too large for Tesla's front plate mount, so I had to replace that hardware. Otherwise it was straightforward. It's working fine on the Mass Pike.

Regarding falcon wing doors: Today, in high heat, both falcon wing doors refused to open. 3 beeps, whether the opening was attempted from the b-pillar switch, the exterior door switch, the touch screen, or the key fob. Push and hold on the touch screen didn't help. The doors were not...

Photos will have to wait, but 7 hours labor @ $90 per hour on top of $400 parts and $40 misc materials and tax nets $1134.68 for my install. Having done one, hopefully you can save at least one, maybe two hours of labor on subsequent installs. I don't have photos to post at the moment, but...

I took my X to Sound in Motion today to have a BlackVue installed. They did first rate work. I'm very pleased with the results.

I took delivery May 28th. Week 1 is behind me at this point. I haven't found a single problem with the vehicle yet, which is in sharp contrast to the experience of owners who took delivery and reported on their experience here on these fora a few months ago. The one thing I noticed: There's...

Car that drives itself. There was never any choice. It had to be KITT.

I took a shot at installing the adapter. I couldn't get the two tabs into the space available. Can anyone who's done it give a hint? Also, it looks like the other pieces in that kit are intended to construct a suitably sized guide-slot for the phone. Did anyone figure out the right...

Do you think the vehicle you are driving now (or were driving before you bought a Tesla Motors vehicle) will do any better? Modern vehicles are useless without their computers and other electronics.

I think the key word is "manufacturer". What's to prevent the creation of a partner manufacturer licensed to manufacture the vehicles to preserve the tax credit?

I followed up with Tesla Inside Sales about this issue. It seems the wording on the order page changed some time in February. Prior to that, the P90D was listed with all season radials. After that, it listed summer tires for the P90D. I ordered my car after it was listed as summer tires (and...

Highedu: I noticed this during my week between ordering and confirming. I was surprised to see the summer tires on my P90D spec, and when I tentatively dropped from P90D to 90D, the tires changed back to all season radials. A query through inside sales at the time confirmed that there was not...

I noticed this issue during the one week "reconfigure for free" window between ordering and confirming. I escalated the issue to Tesla inside sales at that time, indicating that I didn't want summer times on my P90D. I wanted all season radials. I don't have much patience with changing tires...

Wouldn't happen in an ICE. The noise from the engine through the open rear hatch would alert you that something is wrong. :(

Confirmed a P90D (non-ludicrous, but with premium 20" wheels) on 3/6. VIN 32xx assigned 3/7. Estimated delivery, the Unix epoch. East Coast delivery.

I'd suggest that the main effect of purchasing a Model X reservation has been to establish confirmation bias in the minds of the reservation holders.

I got a quote yesterday from Amica for swapping in a X P95D for one of my existing cars (consider it worth $0, it's not far off). The net change was +$691 per year. Reasonable enough I'm not going to shop around.

MaddKid: We, too, got some pressure to configure. However, Saturday morning the Tesla motors website wasn't accepting logins. Not from me on their terminals, not from me on my phone, not from other customers on the other terminals, and not even from the staff. At this point they proposed...

I test drove model X in Dedham, MA yesterday, and I placed a P90D order yesterday afternoon. I've test driven a Model S twice before, including an autopilot evaluation, so the focus of this visit was how the family would fit in the car. A few observations: 1.) I'm 6 feet tall, and I fit...

I have access to the subscriber only content. It amounts to "We've ordered a vehicle and will update this when we know more."

TripleJ3EB: Look into load shedding modules for your transfer switch. I had them installed for the 2 car charger circuits. In theory, my 20 KW automatic standby generator can power the whole house, but the car charger circuits are too much. In practice, I won't be using the steam shower, both...

I tried to do that the other day. I paid a few bucks to service.teslamotors.com for access to their service manuals. Access to the model X manuals was denied at this point. Hmm. Any Massachusetts Model X owners interested in pushing the point with MA's right to repair law? This should be...

Quite the cultural translation! Interesting to note that all wheel drive doesn't seem so useful in the major Chinese markets. Note: I can't recommend storing valuable items in the frunk. It's utterly insecure by design, seemingly to allow emergency responder access to the high voltage cutoff...

The risk of being trapped in the car is one of the reasons I keep one of these in the center console of each of my vehicles: Seatbelt Cutter Window Breaker Escape (Dark Orange) - Automotive Escape Tools - Amazon.com Jammed seatbelt, door won't open, etc. Solved. Won't help the third row as...

Not so much insecure as unreliable. I find my zwave modules work great most of the time. Then some sort of wireless interference or low battery conditions mean it doesn't work a substantial fraction of the time for a while. If I was defending the paint and seals on my $100k car, I would run...

K-MTG: As a long-time user of Z-wave modules, I would not recommend them for a safety or property protection application like this. I'd recommend hard wiring your sensor to your relay.

Details here: Meet Model X | Tesla Motors

Meet Model X | Tesla Motors

There will be a test drive X there for reservation holders February 26 - March 1st.

I just got invited. The tour appears to be nationwide through the end of March. I was able to reserve a test drive in Boston in late February.

Blastphemy, That's why I think it makes sense to have the service center install the front license plate bracket. Then if it interferes with Autopilot, it should be a warranty issue.

I understand why power open is a problem. Why is power-close a problem?

Mark, Thanks for all the detail you've been publishing about the doors. One point I have to take issue with: If Tesla Model X owners' security or the security of their vehicle relies on a portion of the owner's manual remaining secret, that's just NEVER going to work. That information will...

Cosmacelf, Congrats on your X! One thought occurs to me looking at that photo: It looks like the FWD stopped short of full extension because of the presence of the garage door. But what if that door were closed? Would the FWD then open into a space the garage door would occupy if you...

Macgaver: My design studio still lists "Available mid 2016" for the 5 seat configuration.