arcus
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Somehow mentioning vigor when applied to summon doesn't sound right. It's already painfully slow.
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Accidentally drove Model 3 through garage door
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I think perhaps your expectation of the car is outside of the capability at the moment. Currently the car assumes that you're the expert. If you're pressing the accelerator, it's not going to stop you. You only have to imagine if it is incorrectly detecting an object to see why doing so would be a problem. What if it suddenly detects a nonexistent wall in the middle of the freeway? Your actions take precedent over the car's programming.
I'm sorry about your garage door and car.
If the car was functioning properly, it did warn you when you were about to hit the door, just as mine does when I approach a parking lot divider, or am pulling in too close to another car. Most likely explanation is that it did throw a warning but that you were (understandably) too freaked out about the fact you were about to run into your garage door to notice it.
woodisgood said:
The car began entering when the shutter was up about a quarter the bottom section was flipped inside, the shutter was pushed up as the car moved forward for about 2/3 of it's length into the garage when it stopped. I pressed the accelerator to complete entering into the garage.
The garage door required a major repair costing over 1K. Rear window of the Mecedes parked inside was shuttered. But amazingly the model 3 suffered from practically no damage. There are minute scratches on the rear and front windows and no dents anywhere.
AlanSubie4Life
Efficiency Obsessed Member
You showed true grit and determination.
EDIT: Mostly unrelated, my wife once decided to close the garage door on her car as she was driving into the garage. She, too, pushed through, in spite of the door being stuck on the roof rack. Always forwards! I was able to rivet and hammer the garage door back together.
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Just testing the transmission for stress fractures.
So, if I read this thread correctly. This basically summarize it up.
He used regen to slowly get in the garage (coming home). But the regen braking was too slow so he "tap" the accelerator (not knowing how powerful it would be), ended up crashing the front of his car to the garage door.
Bro, there is absolutely no way for the sensor to do anything at that close range and you slamming on the pedal. The torque on that car is too much for basically a few feet.
He used regen to slowly get in the garage (coming home). But the regen braking was too slow so he "tap" the accelerator (not knowing how powerful it would be), ended up crashing the front of his car to the garage door.
Bro, there is absolutely no way for the sensor to do anything at that close range and you slamming on the pedal. The torque on that car is too much for basically a few feet.
jkoya
NA2 NSX
You were going too slow for the collision avoidance capabilities to be activated. The car will almost always let the driver override safety. For experimentation, I used some empty boxes in the driveway, not close to the house, but wasn’t brave enough to hit them at more than 10 mph (and I have PPF). I found Summon will steer away from the box but doesn’t steer back into the original direction. When Boxes were to the side and I was in front the car stopped about a foot away...I was prepared to step back and stop Summon if that didn’t happen.
The owners manual is helpful outlining some limitations of the tech, too.
AlanSubie4Life
Efficiency Obsessed Member
I actually read it as:
1) Started to regen into his driveway
2) Regen was not enough, so he went to hit the brake.
3) Hit the accelerator instead.
4) Hit the garage door (with the windshield?) as it was partially opening, blasted through the lowest segment. Mercedes safety glass rear window was the collateral damage from this inward garage door intrusion, but the laminate glass of the Model 3 proved to be the victor in the battle with the garage door.
5) Continued pressing forward into the garage, without worrying about things, letting the garage door scrape over the top of the car (it was only 2/3 of the way in so there was still some glass roof to go maybe?), as the damage was done at that point.
A surprise advantage of a glass roof! No scrapes!
Took me weeks on this forum to figure out that EAP means two different things and just when I figure it out Tesla eliminates one of them.
Two weeks ago my wife was driving my truck to the airport because she didn’t want to park her 3 there. My truck is a 2005 but I had it repainted in January. She didn’t turn the wheel hard enough going through a tight Starbucks drive-thru and dented the bumper. Instead of revearsing she pushed through and now the truck is in the shop getting the bumper AND front quarter panel painted. The weird thing she is typically a very good driver but this was, obviously, before her first cup of coffee.
Obstacle Aware avoidance is only supposed to work under 10mph per the manual. I thought they added this feature to try to address unintended acceleration in parking lots. I was kind of wondering how (or if) it works. I haven’t seen any test videos of it.
I actually wonder if the OP was going over 10mph.
No offense to OP, but you can't blame the car for any of this.
The garage door wasn't remotely in the way of the ultrasonic sensors, in the BUMPER. Yes, the cameras can probably see the garage door, but the emergency braking and such is only active between 7 and 90 mph(page 87 of the manual), and it might not be enabled in your settings. Any scratches on the rear window are even more your fault for powering through.
I am always careful to remind people I'm letting try out driving my 3 that the natural tendency is to assume the pedal under the foot that's slowing the car down is the brake, and not to just press it harder. Sounds like you learned that one the hard way.
That said, using regenerative braking to enter ones garage is pretty hardcore, too, since theres very little regenerative braking to be had at the very low speeds you should be experiencing when entering a garage, even ignoring the Mercedes in the other bay.
The garage door wasn't remotely in the way of the ultrasonic sensors, in the BUMPER. Yes, the cameras can probably see the garage door, but the emergency braking and such is only active between 7 and 90 mph(page 87 of the manual), and it might not be enabled in your settings. Any scratches on the rear window are even more your fault for powering through.
I am always careful to remind people I'm letting try out driving my 3 that the natural tendency is to assume the pedal under the foot that's slowing the car down is the brake, and not to just press it harder. Sounds like you learned that one the hard way.
That said, using regenerative braking to enter ones garage is pretty hardcore, too, since theres very little regenerative braking to be had at the very low speeds you should be experiencing when entering a garage, even ignoring the Mercedes in the other bay.
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Those of us in icy climates "drive thru" parking sensor warnings regularly. Can't tell you how many times sun melts snow on the car to n cold weather and it freezes over the sensor.
This is my understanding as well, but I haven't heard any reports of anyone testing it. It might not be applicable in the OP's case as the garage door was opening, and likely above the ultrasonic sensors when it happened. The ultrasonic sensors are the only way the car can do obstacle avoidance at low speed.
I have it turned off as I don't want my car stopping for false detection's. It's also been awhile since I've played chicken with a garage door. Although I do it with my bike where I stop just before hitting the garage door, but I'm just trying to beat my previous record. I don't generally keep timing records with my Tesla.
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