chronopc
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Has there been a reported case where the Main Panel computer rebooted and AP was active?
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2019.7.105 (w/hw3?) center display went black while on freeway for my wife an hour ago
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yerEVan
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I can attest to AP remaining active and in control when main screen went black and rebooted. Route picked up where it left off and music continued. I did cancel AP while it was rebooting. Just in case it would have freaked out but it definitely went along it’s merry way during blackout/reboot.
I have had this a few times with the newest update. Really scary the first time it happens and still caring the next few times.
My wife drives the car once and a while and I made a point of doing a reboot with her driving and me in the car so she can see what happens, before it catches her out of the blue.
My wife drives the car once and a while and I made a point of doing a reboot with her driving and me in the car so she can see what happens, before it catches her out of the blue.
Yep rebooted the screen on the freeway once while demonstrating it to a friend, the car kept steering just fine. I think it's the navigate on autopilot that would be temporarily disabled in case of a screen reboot.
I'm almost at my 1 year period of ownership. I think it rebooted on its own once or twice while I was driving. I even rebooted it myself while driving on the highway. Just the two steering wheel buttons not including the brakes. It's not a big deal. I guess once you know the driving functions of the car still works, you don't worry so much. I even noticed that the AP computer reboots sometimes. Recently I saw a warning message saying Cruise Unavailable. Two minutes later, it works again.
chronopc
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Good to know. I guess as long as I don't panic when it happens, I should be fine.
Leafdriver333
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The screen crash has happened to me only once while driving.
I am still waiting for the next one since it has been over a week.
It rebooted on its own though. Hopefully the next one will require my intervention of pressing both buttons.
I am still waiting for the next one since it has been over a week.
It rebooted on its own though. Hopefully the next one will require my intervention of pressing both buttons.
So the blank screen has happened to me while driving about 3 or 4 times since 2012. It's happened on my 2012 Model S, and it's also happened (once) on my 2016 Model S. It was a bit alarming the first time, but then I realized it doesn't impact your ability to drive the car. I just do the two button reboot (on the steering wheel), and about 40 seconds later you're back in business. The same thing would probably happen to your computer if you left it running for months, or years.
This happened to me a few times early on in ownership. Almost never anymore. Scary the first time. Concerning the second few times. But other than the sheer silence I don’t recall any meaningful problems to basic driving under most conditions so I a) try 2 button reset while driving or b) just continue to the destination if close and It fixed itself by the next start up.
SomeJoe7777
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favo
P3D+ owner
Model 3 Manual, page 44
As others have stated, you can do this while driving, and it's no big deal--car is still drivable. Takes more like 25 seconds in my experience. Good to try it once so you don't freak out if the screen ever crashes on you. Note, there seem to be (at least) two failure modes: 1) center screen computer (MCU) crashes (goes black) and reboots on its own; 2) screen freezes (or gets corrupt) and you need to reboot manually with two-finger salute.
Unfortunately the car is really a computer with 4 wheels. A very fun computer. But.... computers crash now and then. Hopefully over time Tesla operating software will improve greatly, and crashes will happen much less frequently. I have had mine go black now and then. And yes once the turn signals stopped working, just before a software crash. Everyone should be trained in rebooting. The good thing is the car continues to run fine while the compter is rebooting. You will lose your AC and music, but it will come back. My experience is maybe once every 6 months there is a software crash.
I've had the main panel reboot and autopilot continued, or at least I can confirm that lane following and cruise control kept working as I could feel the car continue to steer itself while the display was black and then while it was rebooting. As far as I could tell driving features continued working as normal.
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