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Came early this morning to get a head-start on the day, and spent ten minutes trying to find a supercharging station that works. I attempted 6 of them before I spoke with another Tesla driver here who showed me that only the stations marked with a Star are actually energized. This location has...

Tomorrow I’ve got to pick up some mouldings from the local home improvement store. They are 96 inches long and I’d like to know if they’ll fit inside with the rear seats down, through the rear trunk and across to the the center console in the front of the car? Thanks.

I left a pair of prescription sunglasses on top of a microfiber cloth inside the center console. Apparently, I closed the lid on top of the frame. I came back a few hours later, and the frame was bent almost half an inch in height between the temples. I ended up using a hair-dryer to correct...

Forum members, I've been in contact with the author of this helpful charging rate diagram via email, which was last updated in July of 2018. He sent me the following note, asking for input so he can update his chart. I'll pass along your comments to him.

I reported my first Tesla SuperCharger issue over a month ago (33 days) in Tannersville, PA. Apparently, stall 1A would not begin a charge at all, while charging on 1B I experienced wildly fluctuating SC rates. It would oscillate up and down over and over throughout the charging session...

I went ahead and ordered the Tesla Roof Rack today, and my next order of business is to find a solid Cargo Container to mount to it. Has anyone had any luck mounting Thule, or Yakima storage containers to the roof of their Model 3 - using the Tesla Roof Rack System? - I realize that these...

In a video from earlier this month, @DirtyT3sla posted about his experience cleaning out dirt accumulation that formed above his aero shield in the rear of the Model 3. In his case, he removed about 15lbs of dirt (buildup from a year worth of driving across 6 miles of dirt roads a day) - and in...

Although its been about two months since the battery conditioning feature en route to superchargers was released, I just noticed for the first time (possibly because I didn't have music playing) that there is a very distinctive high frequency whining noise coming from either the inverter or the...

So I decided after about 20 years to pull out our old Saris Bones Bike Rack, which I used many years ago on our Audi. I mounted it up on the Model 3 after cleaning it. When I owned our Audi, I was never as careful as I am now about our car paint, and I was curious if anyone experienced...

It seems almost every day in the news that a Tesla owner is claiming unintended acceleration and faulting Tesla. I just read another one: San Jose Woman Claims New Tesla Auto-Accelerated Into Garage. The owner says she tried reaching out to Tesla for over a week before going to the press with...

Two weeks ago, I was reading through the most recent version of the Model 3 Owners manual, and the way it was written, it made it sound like the Model 3 had the abillity to read road signs. More specifically, it stated: You can also specify how the speed limit is determined: • Relative - The...

Has anyone had experience driving with Sunshades (top and rear) and can comment on whether or not the reduced visibility is an issue? I've got what might be a universal issue while driving with my wife, who hates the A/C! She's totally fine without A/C in tropical weather, and I'm much more...

A colleague of mine recently was under the impression that he was allowed to drive in the HOV lanes to get across the VNB but got stopped for SPEEDING and driving in the HOV Lane. He informed the officer that he thought he was allowed to operate in the HOV lane, and the officer told him this...

In the past, I worked with Tesla engineering to fix an issue with AP/AS suddenly disabling itself (40% of the time) while driving through the Holland Tunnel here in NYC. Tesla issued a fix, which I later confirmed was working in 2019.16.x and since that time, I've driven over half a dozen times...

Has anyone had experience with this? Overnight, or early this morning I discovered that a bird had left its business on the spoiler. I went in the house to grab something to wipe it off and found that it had etched into the carbon fiber finish. If you run your nail over it, you can feel the...

The article admits later on that he was not the first, but an interesting read. From History Collection Thomas Parker Invented the First Electric Car in 1884

I've noted recently, that overnight I frequently go through charge -> idle -> charge -> sleep loops. Has anyone been able to determine the reason for this? Previously, I'd go through a single charge -> idle -> sleep cycle per night. [EDIT] Moderators, I accidentally dropped this in the...

I find it incredible how poor Tesla's coverage is from the mass media and many of the self-proclaimed experts. Take this one for example, as seen on Fortunate Magazine and YouTube: Here are some quotes: "Unfortunately I think this may actually be the end of Tesla." "They can't seem to get...

Yesterday while driving my teen who took the front seat, we noticed that we received a "PASSENGER AIRBAG OFF" notification on the display. - The seatbelt was engaged. - Current approximate weight is 95 lbs as measured by Dr's office scale. - On occasion, the notification would disappear, and...

Read this article this morning and thought some of the ideas presented and made available in these Chevys would be nice to have in our Tesla’s. Buckle to Drive: Chevrolet has a new way to get teen drivers to wear a seat belt

Since updating to 2019.12.x I've noted delays in both the rear camera display and interestingly in the audio volume adjustments. I plan on testing this next with the HVAC (specifically with fan speed) next. Today during my ride home, I noticed a delay of 10 seconds or more between setting the...

Average of 6 mph on my morning commute through NYC.

I have been running version 2019.12.1.2 for approximately two weeks. This update has not yet corrected an earlier issue I was experiencing with AP/AS disengaging suddenly while driving through the Holland Tunnel, but a new problem has surfaced which I only began experiencing within the last 24...

Has anyone with a Model 3 experienced what they believe to be a reduction in supercharging speed due to a high rate of supercharging? (note: not as a result of temperature or charge capacity). It has been shown that on some packs in S and X - notably 75 and 90 packs this starts to take affect...

I got my Tesla back from the service center today after having some work done, and noticed this: Note the Correction (Paint Repair/Refinish) - I wonder if this study required retouching paint - and if so, where? Does anyone have any idea what this may be about?

It would be cool to see the service staff working on my car after its returned from the shop on recorded video, but it feels a little like a privacy violation to enable it while its there. I mulled over the idea a few times, and in the end decided not to. Thoughts?

Today the Brooklyn Museum Supercharging station was empty - not a Tesla in sight even though the parking lot was otherwise relatively full. Why? Because today they were charging an 18$ entry fee, regardless if you were there to charge, and regardless if you planned on visiting for less than 15...

The first time this happened to me that I can think of - Been using a software key on my mobile device and it has been reliable for both locking and unlocking the vehicle. Today, I parked on the street, enabled sentry mode, and walked away. I got a call about 40 minutes later from my son who...

Today I finally got my snow tires removed (performance tires are back on)! As we were cleaning up, I noticed rust had formed across the center disk (which marries up to the hub flange). I was told that this can sometimes happen when two different metals are married together and that some...

I reported this issue to Tesla last week via the App; got a callback yesterday a day before my scheduled appointment stating they were still waiting for parts. I'm one of several cars in this region awaiting replacement glass. The glass arrived an hour or so after my initial appointment, and...

Just got copies of these two videos on a local Tesla WhatsApp group. It shows three teens throwing eggs at on-coming traffic here in NYC. The driver circled a second time to get a closer video capture. When he slowed down, they asked him if it was a Tesla, and asked that he roll down his...

Yesterday on my drive home I picked up some light dust while parked at the office. On the freeway home after several miles I suddenly got a warning that Blind Spot Detection was disabled and Navigate on Autopilot could no longer be enabled. It didn’t take much, and could more easily be seen with...

Today in a tweet, Elon Musk eluded to hardware and software redundancy coming. He then further clarified a question about how this will work: A few questions come up as I think about this: 1. Will each SoC run identical versions of the OS and NN? - If so, will this potentially open...

This afternoon, while coming back home from the office, I experienced a nearly identical failure of AutoPilot while driving through the Holland Tunnel to NYC. This is the second time in a week this occurred while running 2019.8.3. In both cases, I received the "red hands" warning to take over...

I had the following experience today while driving. Two days ago, I received 2019.8.3 - and today I decided to test AP on my way home. I should point out that the car is very clean, and there is no obstruction to the radar or any of the sensors. About 30 seconds after engaging auto-pilot, AP...

In my first drive after updating to 2019.8.3 I got the following pop-up while driving. I thought it might have been in error, but I pulled over and sure enough the Frunk was indeed open. This is the first time I've seen this issue in six months driving the Model 3. Some other folks reported...

I've noticed since I upgraded to 2019.5.15, my car has been reporting that it has been unable to sleep. At the time, I did not have sentry mode enabled. I've also noticed that data collection via my C2 device on the OBD port (from FleetCarma) stopped working properly since the update, and it...

I’m curious whether or not you received your Window sticker when picking up your Tesla? I picked up our M3P and X100D about a month apart from the NJ Paramus Tesla Dealer and never got either. Apparently it’s the law. I didn’t think to ask about it until two people asked to see it.

This morning during my drive into the office, I seemed to be "followed" by a phantom person. "He" was behind me during a portion of my stretch, and would reappear when traffic slowed to a stop - It was somewhat amusing - it was if I had a new friend! Driving conditions were busy, and there...