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Given the highly unusual traffic patterns on and around April 8th 2024 (the day of the eclipse) with people driving to/from the path of totality, I thought it would be valuable/interesting to create a thread for people to share their experiences, particularly any congestion (or lack thereof)...

I recently got a 2023 Model 3 (with a heat pump) after driving a 2018 Model 3 (with a PTC heater) for 5 years, and I can't figure out wth is going on with the defrost/defog controls in the 2023. If I try to turn on defrost to get some hot air on the windshield, within seconds the car turns...

For those of you who installed the S3XY Buttons in your vehicle and have had them installed for at least 6 months... What surface types did you try sticking your S3XY Buttons to? And did the buttons stay stuck to those surfaces, or did they fall off eventually? Here is the list of surface...

TL;DR: What's the deal with people buying Mobile Connector adapters on eBay for significantly more than they cost if you buy them straight from Tesla? (And, yes, they are in stock on Tesla.com.) Longer story: I just bought a second Mobile Connector from Tesla to keep in my trunk, and it came...

I've observed that FSD Beta consistently runs a red light when making a right turn at a particular intersection in my neighborhood, so I took a (crappy) video to demonstrate it. It's like the car is treating the right turn lane as though it's an on-ramp with no traffic signal. I suspect this...

I opted out of FSD Beta on my 2018 Model 3 several months ago and happily returned back to my previous life of radar-enabled bliss. It took 5 emails sent to Tesla over 10 days for them to let me out. But now… …Last night I installed a software update (2022.12.3.20) without carefully...

After I swapped out my winter wheel set a few months ago on my 2018 Model 3 with 18" aero wheels, all of the sudden one of the aero covers didn't want to stay fully seated on the wheel. It was difficult to reinstall initially, and then afterward it kept partially popping off the wheel during...

Long story short: I broke the "regulator isolator clamp" (part number 1101952-00) on my Model 3 while trying to remove the bolt that holds the window inside the rear passenger door. So I wanted to post about this (A) as a warning to others who might make the same mistake and (B) see if anyone...

To owners of 2021 Model 3/Y's who have phones that can't charge wirelessly (either because they use a thick case, or a pop socket, or they just have an older phone without wireless charging), what are some approaches y'all are using to charge your phones? For example: Where do you place the...

The thread title says most of it. The vanity mirror light on the driver's side of my 2018 Model 3 stopped working reliably a few weeks ago. Now, when I open the mirror cover, sometimes the light will turn on, and sometimes it won't. When it does not turn on, I can usually eventually get it to...

Yesterday I was driving my 2018 Model 3 with TACC engaged while driving through a highway interchange (one highway was ending and merging onto another), when out of nowhere my set speed suddenly jumped from ~62mph up to 90mph and the car started aggressively accelerating up towards 90mph...

If you're a Model 3/Y owner and you've been using an iPhone 12 as your phone key (ideally for a week or longer), please let us know how reliable the iPhone 12 has been for keyless entry. For this purpose, I would consider a “failure” to be any time you have to fiddle with your phone in order...

Two days ago the physical button on my Model 3’s trunk randomly stopped working. I can still open the trunk via the phone app or the car’s screen, but the physical button on the trunk doesn’t work in any circumstance. And it doesn't seem to have anything to do with the Bluetooth phone key — it...

Somehow I managed to crack part of one of the plastic power window switch buttons in my Model 3. I must have Hulk fingers. :p When I first noticed something was wrong, I was trying to raise the front-passenger window via the switch in the driver's door when I realized (A) it wasn't working...

Short version: Does anyone know how to remove the plastic cover that goes around the Model 3’s steering column? Long version: A month or 2 ago the plastic cover around the steering column on my Model 3 started occasionally making an annoying “vibration” noise (can’t think of a better way to...

I recently noticed that if I try to slide my Model 3's power seats all the way back, they come to a stop about 0.5-1 inches before they've reached their actual physical limit in how far back they will go. After the seat stops, if I let go of the switch and then reengage it to try to move the...

I couldn't find this info posted elsewhere, so I just wanted to share what I've observed about the "1000 free Supercharger miles" that Tesla is now awarding with referrals, and what "1000 miles" actually means in this context. In short, it simply means 400 kWh. How do I know? I went on a road...

I visited the St. Joseph, MI supercharger for the first time last weekend, and this was the first time I've seen a SC station that does NOT organize the paired stalls next to each other. (e.g., 1A, 1B, 2A, 2B, etc.) Instead, at this SC they are organized like this: | 4B | 4A | 3B | 2B | 1B |...

...is not good, is the end of that sentence. :p I don't often use Summon in my Model 3, but every time I do I'm extremely perplexed by how Tesla decided to program the behavior of the folding mirrors: When using Summon, the mirrors fold in automatically. That's fine by me and makes sense. (I...

Edit: Title should read "New vehicle animation in 2019.16.X fixes Model 3 parking sensor distance UI flaw". Sorry for any confusion. -------------------------------------------------------- FYI: I just noticed yesterday while parallel parking my Model 3 that the new vehicle animation in...

This winter I’ve had repeated, intermittent issues with the power window in my Model 3's driver’s door not working properly or not working at all. Sometimes the window doesn’t work at all -- in that it won’t lower/raise when opening/closing the door, and it won’t respond when using power...

Hi All, I experienced an annoying and perplexing issue last week when disturbingly-loud "popping" noises started coming from my Model 3's roof while driving after the car was parked in a freezing rain, so I wanted to see if anyone else has experienced something similar or might have an idea of...

I noticed an interesting Autopilot behavior recently and I couldn't find it mentioned in any other threads, so I figured I'd post it here and share my observations. While I was... driving on the highway/expressway in Autopilot (not NOA, although idk if that matters) in the right lane...

Twice now in 3 days my Model 3 has had zero audio coming through the speakers during a drive... no music, no chimes, no beeps, not even any turn signal "clicking" sounds... No nothing. It was as if the speakers were simply disconnected. (*This is different than the "crackling" problem...

I had always thought that Autopilot was basically just a combination of TACC and Autosteer, but I noticed recently how differently TACC and Autopilot react to small changes in the cruising set speed, with TACC reacting much more aggressively to quickly ramp up power (or regen) to match the set...

(I already posted about this in real time over at the M3OC forum, but seeing as it's a potential safety issue (see the bit below about the front turn signals not working) and more generally just a PITA, I thought I'd share it here too...) Last week while parked in my Model 3, I hit the "Adjust...

I'm wondering if anyone can tell me how Supercharger billing transactions are categorized on credit card statements for the purposes of credit card rewards? I've got a few different credit cards and each has it's own categories of merchants where it gives higher cashback rates (3-5%), including...

(or other similar-looking offerings on Amazon) and could share their assessments of each? Is one or the other of better quality? Does the “holster” work better/worse on either? The Amazon product has good reviews and I could have it in 2 days instead of 4+ weeks, so I’m leaning in that...

If you’re a Model 3 owner, please let us know what kind of average battery-to-wheels efficiency you’re seeing. (“Battery-to-wheels” just means the Wh/mile number displayed on the trip meter.) If you've reset both trip meters and don't have a lifetime Wh/mile number to check, just give your...

Reading through the various threads on vampire drain in Model 3s, it seems like there’s a wide variety in how much vampire drain different owners are observing. So I was hoping this poll could help clarify what ranges of vampire drain rates are most typical, as well as what are the worst/best...

I’m hoping to get a sense for how consistently the “phone key” is working for Model 3 owners, and if there’s any significant difference between iPhone and Android phones. (Apologies in advance to any Windows/Blackberry users.) For this poll, let’s consider a “failure” to be any trip during...

Given the highly unusual and heavy traffic patterns on highways near the path of totality on August 20-21, I'm curious about what the experiences were like for folks driving Teslas to/from the eclipse path and charging at SC stations along the way. Where and when did you stop to charge? How...