2021+ Model S and Model S Plaid Refresh Issues Thread

[psyduck007]

I wonder if any of the refresh S will be able to download FSD beta next week?

I doubt it since we all drive like maniacs. Read somewhere that it will monitor your driving habits first for a week before button is accessible.
Guess I will have to wait for it for a while...

 

[WilliamG]

I had a loose bracket holding the little bit of triangular glass in the corner of the a-pillar--was giving me wind noise at highway speeds--maybe something similar. Mobile service fixed.

I have the same issue (what problem does my car NOT have?). It’s like a fast wind-vibration sound around 70+mph, and gets worse the faster you go. Was it the glass or just the bracket? Do you have a picture of which piece? Is there something I can to do confirm 100% it’s whatever piece? Part number would be helpful if you have it! Cheers.

 

[omarsultan]

I have the same issue (what problem does my car NOT have?). It’s like a fast wind-vibration sound around 70+mph, and gets worse the faster you go. Was it the glass or just the bracket? Do you have a picture of which piece? Is there something I can to do confirm 100% it’s whatever piece? Part number would be helpful if you have it! Cheers.

This is a pic of the part from the EPC. As you can see, the glass and bracket are all once piece. The easiest way to test is use strips of painters tape to seal up the seams and see if that helps/stops the noise.

 

[WilliamG]

This is a pic of the part from the EPC. As you can see, the glass and bracket are all once piece. The easiest way to test is use strips of painters tape to seal up the seams and see if that helps/stops the noise.

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Thanks for that. Guess I have to go back and have that part tinted after replacement. Sigh...

Also, want to see the most f'ed up battery pack ever? Check out mine today after driving it to 9% to see what! Nearly 400mV discrepancy has to be a new record. And I still can't convince Tesla to give me a new battery pack yet. Oh, and then it dropped to 3% over the next 90 minutes, at home, no Sentry. My car is a JOKE.

 

[RMG007]

Model S LR 2021 Delivered 9-14-2021:
Missing Large rear trunk cargo cover. Per delivery specialist I spoke with on the phone: The cars are being delivered without the cover because the cover is backordered. It was not mentioned at the "hands free" delivery. I had to call to report the problem and was told about the delivery and backorder situation and to request the cover be ordered.

Not trying to be snarky, but really? The biggest complain is that you’re missing a cover in your trunk that is back ordered and will be sent to you when available? Should Tesla have just not delivered the car at all until that piece was avail?

Has anyone seen the park assist unavailable warning. It pops up every time I come to a stop. Very annoying. I'm on 32.10 not EAP.

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Park assist is not auto park. Park assist is the sensors that beep at low speed when you get near objects in front and back while you’re parking.

 

[boonedocks]

I doubt it since we all drive like maniacs. Read somewhere that it will monitor your driving habits first for a week before button is accessible.
Guess I will have to wait for it for a while...

It was actually a tweet from Elon.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1438751064765906945

 

[theatrus]

Here is a fun one: https://twitter.com/Lemon_Plaid

 

[WilliamG]

Here is a fun one: https://twitter.com/Lemon_Plaid

He’s got nothing on my car.

 

[razh]

Thanks for that. Guess I have to go back and have that part tinted after replacement. Sigh...

Also, want to see the most f'ed up battery pack ever? Check out mine today after driving it to 9% to see what! Nearly 400mV discrepancy has to be a new record. And I still can't convince Tesla to give me a new battery pack yet. Oh, and then it dropped to 3% over the next 90 minutes, at home, no Sentry. My car is a JOKE.

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How far off from rated range is it?

 

[WilliamG]

How far off from rated range is it?

It depends on what you want to believe. I just charged from 3% to 90% over the course of this afternoon/evening. The charge cut off at 87%, said it was complete, and then the car continued to "charge" to 100% over the next ~5 minutes (yes, 5 minutes) - despite the charger not actually charging at the time. That 3% to "100%" added 66.42kWh according to the logging, which is about right for 6 hours of charging at 11kW. So I have about a 68kWh battery pack of usable charge when factoring in the 3% start point. You can see in the image attached it was charging for 6 hours, and then thought it had 2 hours and 4 minutes remaining because the charge rate dropped dramatically at ~86% down to below 2kW, because the car is broken. @Muzzman1 has seen the exact same problem with his car. In any case, at 87% (seconds after this image), it stopped charging and did the climb to 100% by itself.

Now, the car itself says I have 292 miles of usable range, which is a joke and a load of nonsense. I don't have anywhere near that much range, even at 100% driving efficiency. I have about 220 miles of usable range at 100% efficiency.

By the way, the car added a bunch of kWh after it was done "charging" to 100%, which is of course, the power of Tesla's sorcery magic. My car charges faster than an L3 Supercharger! Only 4 minutes to add 6kWh at such a high SoC! Incredible.

 

[impastu]

It depends on what you want to believe. I just charged from 3% to 90% over the course of this afternoon/evening. The charge cut off at 87%, said it was complete, and then the car continued to "charge" to 100% over the next ~5 minutes (yes, 5 minutes) - despite the charger not actually charging at the time. That 3% to "100%" added 66.42kWh according to the logging, which is about right for 6 hours of charging at 11kW. So I have about a 68kWh battery pack of usable charge when factoring in the 3% start point. You can see in the image attached it was charging for 6 hours, and then thought it had 2 hours and 4 minutes remaining because the charge rate dropped dramatically at ~86% down to below 2kW, because the car is broken. @Muzzman1 has seen the exact same problem with his car. In any case, at 87% (seconds after this image), it stopped charging and did the climb to 100% by itself.

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Now, the car itself says I have 292 miles of usable range, which is a joke and a load of nonsense. I don't have anywhere near that much range, even at 100% driving efficiency. I have about 220 miles of usable range at 100% efficiency.

By the way, the car added a bunch of kWh after it was done "charging" to 100%, which is of course, the power of Tesla's sorcery magic. My car charges faster than an L3 Supercharger! Only 4 minutes to add 6kWh! Incredible.

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FUBAR

 

[razh]

It depends on what you want to believe. I just charged from 3% to 90% over the course of this afternoon/evening. The charge cut off at 87%, said it was complete, and then the car continued to "charge" to 100% over the next ~5 minutes (yes, 5 minutes) - despite the charger not actually charging at the time. That 3% to "100%" added 66.42kWh according to the logging, which is about right for 6 hours of charging at 11kW. So I have about a 68kWh battery pack of usable charge when factoring in the 3% start point. You can see in the image attached it was charging for 6 hours, and then thought it had 2 hours and 4 minutes remaining because the charge rate dropped dramatically at ~86% down to below 2kW, because the car is broken. @Muzzman1 has seen the exact same problem with his car. In any case, at 87% (seconds after this image), it stopped charging and did the climb to 100% by itself.

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Now, the car itself says I have 292 miles of usable range, which is a joke and a load of nonsense. I don't have anywhere near that much range, even at 100% driving efficiency. I have about 220 miles of usable range at 100% efficiency.

By the way, the car added a bunch of kWh after it was done "charging" to 100%, which is of course, the power of Tesla's sorcery magic. My car charges faster than an L3 Supercharger! Only 4 minutes to add 6kWh! Incredible.

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The warranty for the battery is super clear:

8 years or 240,000 km, whichever comes first, with minimum 70% retention of Battery capacity over the warranty period.

If you’re seeing more than 30% degradation, what part are they rejecting?

 

[WilliamG]

The warranty for the battery is super clear:



If you’re seeing more than 30% degradation, what part are they rejecting?

Well technically speaking, the car is not reporting 30% degradation at this point... Just because I'm seeing that, doesn't mean Tesla is going to agree to replace the pack. This is the latest data from the car now, charged at "100%" (whatever that means with this car...) even though I know for a fact it's reading the pack too high based on how many kWh I put into the battery at 3% (~67kWh at 3%).

 

[Tigers]

Here is a fun one: https://twitter.com/Lemon_Plaid

He’s got nothing on my car.

They should give both you and this guy brand new cars and make your cars demo vehicles that they have for 6-12 months (and never sell again).

This is some pretty pathetic *sugar* imo.

 

[Muzzman1]

So I got my car back from the SC.
The pack is representing a properly working Mid 90's kWh pack!
They told me they not only reset the BMS, but they also sent it some new software.
I will be doing a couple charge cycles this weekend, so hopefully it's going to be ok!

After about 1.5 charge cycles the pack is down to about 80kWh.
Another long drive later today surely will make things worse.
The reset did not work.
hopefully this is enough for them to just replace the pack.

 

[jebinc]

Shout out to the community - Can we have a few members go out any see if your rear seats auto flip flat when you activate the seat release buttons in the trunk on the driver's side? My MY has the same buttons and the seats are motorized and flip to lower position automatically. With my three times the price Plaid, the only thing that happens is the seats unlock and you still have to reach forward and push the seats down yourself. How does your LR/Plaid work?

 

[MarcG]

Shout out to the community - Can we have a few members go out any see if your rear seats auto flip flat when you activate the seat release buttons in the trunk on the driver's side?

Nope. They just unlatch and inch (literally, maybe even less) forward.

 

[glide]

Shout out to the community - Can we have a few members go out any see if your rear seats auto flip flat when you activate the seat release buttons in the trunk on the driver's side? My MY has the same buttons and the seats are motorized and flip to lower position automatically. With my three times the price Plaid, the only thing that happens is the seats unlock and you still have to reach forward and push the seats down yourself. How does your LR/Plaid work?

They are not motorized on the MS.

 

[impastu]

Shout out to the community - Can we have a few members go out any see if your rear seats auto flip flat when you activate the seat release buttons in the trunk on the driver's side? My MY has the same buttons and the seats are motorized and flip to lower position automatically. With my three times the price Plaid, the only thing that happens is the seats unlock and you still have to reach forward and push the seats down yourself. How does your LR/Plaid work?

This is how our X works. I was surprised they’re not motorized. But SC clarified it’s only the lock release that is motorized.

 

[Muzzman1]

Shout out to the community - Can we have a few members go out any see if your rear seats auto flip flat when you activate the seat release buttons in the trunk on the driver's side? My MY has the same buttons and the seats are motorized and flip to lower position automatically. With my three times the price Plaid, the only thing that happens is the seats unlock and you still have to reach forward and push the seats down yourself. How does your LR/Plaid work?

Yes, just a latch release. I remember seeing this in the manual actually. Same as Model X 3rd row.