Graham J
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A weight attached to a wheel imparts torque. Having to touch the wheel is what people are trying to avoid.
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36.X and Steering Wheel Weight?
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You are right, but he only said that one time. In subsequent follow ups, he said "without needing to touch the controls".......so that made me think if the wheel counts as a control......otherwise why would he switch his verbiage........hopefully on V11 no wheel touching is needed and they ensure attentiveness only by visual confimation
Graham J
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rrlevy
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I have been noticing Autopilot disengagement without notice due to weight on wheel since 2022.36 as well.
I noticed that after 12-14 minutes of weight use the car will disengage without notice.
Here is a video of that happening;
Video
It disengaged at 18:15 on the clock. On that day I stated Autopilot at 18:01, had to disengage to pass through toll at 18:05 and reengaged it immediately afterwards.
I realized that if you switch the weight (either switching sides or adding extra weight) every 10 minutes the car won’t ever disengage.
I noticed that after 12-14 minutes of weight use the car will disengage without notice.
Here is a video of that happening;
Video
It disengaged at 18:15 on the clock. On that day I stated Autopilot at 18:01, had to disengage to pass through toll at 18:05 and reengaged it immediately afterwards.
I realized that if you switch the weight (either switching sides or adding extra weight) every 10 minutes the car won’t ever disengage.
So if you add extra weight to the opposite side it won’t disengage? Or do you need to continual switch sides or add weight. Ie: constantly change the weight value(s) on each side.
rrlevy
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There are two ways to stop it from disengaging:
1) Switch the weight side every 10 minutes
2) Add/Remove extra weight to the same side every 10 minutes
Better solution thats been proven: Use hand to tug the wheel slightly once randomly about every 8-9 minutes. Problem solved.
If the weight is put on the bottom of the wheel it won't be a consistent tug and therefore, undetectable. When Autopilot moves the wheel left or right, the weight will or should be enough resistance to determine attentive.
Patently false. And turn off the caps lock
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While not very sophisticated this is working for me. Works like a charm. Was experiencing the autopilot disengaging issue, and the water weight shifting around is preventing it from happening anymore.
No worse than flying out of the cup holder, I wouldn't think.
The cup holder would restrain it during the initial crash impact and reduce the velocity. And, the cup holder is much further from the head. Now, should the car roll, all bets are off. But rolling a Tesla takes a lot of work.
Cheburashka
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I’ve had zero disengagements now with my steering wheel weight as long as I give the wheel a good tug every few minutes. Better than constant nags or strapping a giant water bottle onto the wheel 
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