2020 Model S usb drive issues

[xxaarraa]

Hello, I am trying to enable Sentry mode and interior cameras.

I have tried two high quality / high write speed USB drives - inserting into the center console right by the cigarette lighter socket. My 2020 S says "formatting drive" then "success!" but then goes right back to "please format to enable dashcam" every time. When I click on dashcam icon, it says "USB drive error please format"

First drive was a USB 3.0. Second drive I tried was a USB 2.0. Both name brand drives.

Any tips or suggestions? I would appreciate it.

 

[vcor]

Both should work. USB 2.0 is all that is used, but USB 3.0 drives are backward compatible. You didn't say the year of your car, but newer cars have another USB port in the glove box. You might try that if you have it.

What specific brand model are your drives? Is there any chance they are counterfeit? Quite a few are. Here's a lot more and how to test a drive: Fake and Counterfeit Drives – TeslaTap

SanDisk Extreme Go, and SanDisk Extreme Pro have proven problematic, so avoid these.

 

[EVRider-FL]

Try formatting the USB drives with a computer and see if they work better. Either exFAT or FAT32 work.

 

[EVRider-FL]

You didn't say the year of your car

Both the title and OP say 2020 Model S. Maybe they were edited after you replied?

 

[vcor]

Both the title and OP say 2020 Model S. Maybe they were edited after you replied?

Maybe I just missed the year so my error. I don't think the 2020 S has a glovebox USB. Think they started to appear in 2021, but not sure about that.

 

[EVRider-FL]

Maybe I just missed the year so my error. I don't think the 2020 S has a glovebox USB. Think they started to appear in 2021, but not sure about that.

Hi TeslaTap, didn’t know you were here! The legacy S/X don’t appear to have the glovebox USB port, so it was probably introduced with the 2021 refresh. Model 3 got the glovebox port earlier, maybe 2019. Our 2018 3 doesn’t have it.

 

[xxaarraa]

Try formatting the USB drives with a computer and see if they work better. Either exFAT or FAT32 work.

This worked. I formatted the USB drive on PC and created a "TeslaCam" folder and then inserted into car. It works and sentry mode and dashcam are both now operational.

Thank you everyone.

 

[EVRider-FL]

This worked. I formatted the USB drive on PC and created a "TeslaCam" folder and then inserted into car. It works and sentry mode and dashcam are both now operational.

Thank you everyone.

Glad it worked for you. I’ve found that formatting in the car doesn’t always create the TeslaCam folder.

 

[tigger2]

That tip is brilliant. I've been trying to get my dash cam to work for a month. It was missing the TeslaCam folder. I added that and now it all works as expected!

Thank you!

 

[RazorPig]

Excellent! After Tesla sent a mobile truck to try to fix my DashCam, which they couldn't, I found this fix and it worked! Thanks so much!