Yeap, I give him credit for coming clean and changing the title. It sucks for Churin and can happen to any of us. Some good advice in this thread for new owners.....creep mode and chill mode on until you get used to the car.
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Accidentally drove Model 3 through garage door
- Thread starter churin
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I thought based on many tests this simply just doesnt work. Tesla probably needs more data to perfect this
JimmyAZ
Member
Soooo YOU drove your car into a garage and want Tesla to be responsible for overriding your input into the garage. This seems like something that would be disliked by the entire public. For a car to decide when and where your pedal application is valid enough for it to allow? That's very big brother. Maybe next time you pay attention to the pedal you're pressing.
FWIW, I've had many many MANY cars, and I've never ONCE applied pressure to the wrong pedal. But if I did, I wouldn't blame the car. *smh
FWIW, I've had many many MANY cars, and I've never ONCE applied pressure to the wrong pedal. But if I did, I wouldn't blame the car. *smh
gilscales
Banned
Bill Price
Active Member
Dammit! Must be a virus! Same thing happened to my S. Can we start a class action suit for free inoculations?
So sorry for your mishap. You would not have encountered the problem if you had purchased an available software option for your Model 3. Perhaps you have the option and it was not engaged. It comes standard on a Model X. Go to your control panel and look for the entry "Engage regenerative braking". Right below that entry, if you purchased the option, you will see an entry that allows you to "Engage regenerative garage door". It a great option. I've made a point of not bumping into my garage door, but if I do, I have "engage regenerative garage door" activated at all times. I'm sure it works.
Sorry that happened.
I noticed in my S while at a stop light my foot slipped and was on both the accelerator and brake pedal. I received a warning on my display. I’m pretty sure the car also logged the issue. Hope the 3 can do the same.
However the warning I received for pressing both. I recall hearing the radar has trouble detecting stationary objects and the parking sensors only work well at low speeds so I don’t think the Tesla is ready to warn us if accelerating into a wall rather than braking.
I noticed in my S while at a stop light my foot slipped and was on both the accelerator and brake pedal. I received a warning on my display. I’m pretty sure the car also logged the issue. Hope the 3 can do the same.
However the warning I received for pressing both. I recall hearing the radar has trouble detecting stationary objects and the parking sensors only work well at low speeds so I don’t think the Tesla is ready to warn us if accelerating into a wall rather than braking.
GoBlue88
Member
My Model S has done this repeatedly, and always on the right side. DAMN YOU ELON!!!
I don't get the impression reading the OP's follow up comments that he's trying to blame Tesla. He willingly admitted that it was his mistake.
I think he's asking if there are any systems that should of or could have prevented his mishap. At least that's what I'm more interested in at this point.
I'm more curious if this event is something that Obstacle-Aware Acceleration is supposedly able to prevent? What do we know about how this feature is supposed to work and what limitations does it have? Has anybody been able to test it to see that it works? It would be nice to know if that system has limitations, what they are. The manual states that the car has to be stopped or moving less than 10mph, be in drive or reverse, and detect an obstacle directly in it's path.
My guess is because he was either decelerating from driving and/or possibly still going over 10mph that the system wasn't activated.
Although its still possible that the door was too high for the sensors. (The door wasn't 2/3rds of the way up as the nose of his car definitely hit the door, so it should have been close... but maybe it was too high)
I think he's asking if there are any systems that should of or could have prevented his mishap. At least that's what I'm more interested in at this point.
I'm more curious if this event is something that Obstacle-Aware Acceleration is supposedly able to prevent? What do we know about how this feature is supposed to work and what limitations does it have? Has anybody been able to test it to see that it works? It would be nice to know if that system has limitations, what they are. The manual states that the car has to be stopped or moving less than 10mph, be in drive or reverse, and detect an obstacle directly in it's path.
My guess is because he was either decelerating from driving and/or possibly still going over 10mph that the system wasn't activated.
Although its still possible that the door was too high for the sensors. (The door wasn't 2/3rds of the way up as the nose of his car definitely hit the door, so it should have been close... but maybe it was too high)
M+K.Reeser
Member
This is my first car where the tires did not protect the rims. Takes do getting used to.
I agree. This thread initially read as a “my car drove itself into something” but OP has owned his part in it and even had the mods change the title. I’m sorry for teasing you Churin and am sorry this happened to you.
Cheburashka
Active Member
Well, I actually kinda sorta side with OP here.
A car with this much technology should be able to see that it's about to hit an object and activate emergency braking. I've seen other cars do it - it's also part of a pedestrian safety system. It's definitely doable but Tesla is too busy adding fart mode and "advanced" summon...
A car with this much technology should be able to see that it's about to hit an object and activate emergency braking. I've seen other cars do it - it's also part of a pedestrian safety system. It's definitely doable but Tesla is too busy adding fart mode and "advanced" summon...
AlanSubie4Life
Efficiency Obsessed Member
Obstacle-aware acceleration absolutely does work - you'll notice in certain situations you'll be slower off the line - particularly when there is a motorcycle or other vehicle close to your car (triggering the proximity sensors) as you accelerate. I've noticed it once. However, it would do nothing to prevent the situation mentioned here.
Obstacle-aware acceleration is not intended to stop you from hitting things! That is not what it is for. See page 88 of the Owner's Manual. "For example, Model 3, while parked in front of a closed garage door with the Drive gear engaged, detects that you have pressed hard on the accelerator pedal. Although Model 3 still accelerates and hits the garage door, the reduced torque may result in less damage." In this case, as others have mentioned, due to door position, it's possible that the car did not even see the garage door. Or, it's possible that the feature worked great, and is the reason the OP didn't bury the vehicle in the far end wall of the garage.
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Which car does this while the driver is actively pressing the accelerator? I just did a search and every manufacturer I found says that pressing the accelerator will override automatic emergency braking. But I don't pretend that I've exhausted all avenues, so maybe you can expand on the ones you're talking about.
I still maintain that the sensor technology is not yet at the point where we can rely on it over human input.
Cheburashka
Active Member
ord3r
Member
Subaru EyeSight will do this pretty reliably. If you try and gun it into a garage door it won’t move.
Personally, I don’t want that in case I need to ram through the door to escape zombies.
According to Subaru:
That sounds reasonably similar to what Tesla has implemented. Though I recognize descriptions are merely that.
timk225
Active Member
This sounds like something that happened to me about 5 years ago, when the front of my 5 Dodge Neon got banged up on the bumper of the Jeep in front of me. The Jeeps' woman driver stopped short on a very tight blind curve to not hit someone (another woman driver) pulling out of a very well hidden driveway. What idiot would buy a house with a dangerous driveway like that in the first place?
My version of the events was not that I rear ended her Jeep, but rather that she caused me to hit the back of her Jeep, resulting in minor damage.
I've been an ace pro master driver for years, so I find it hard to believe that I was somehow at fault.Similar threads
