Air Suspension Height

[ExpatPR]

I’m about to accept my first Tesla MS and want to understand how the air suspension works. I understand that I can manually select high or very high. During normal driving, If I select standard height, does the height gets lower once you reach highway speeds? Or, if I select the low height, is it always low or does it raise when traveling at slow speeds?

 

[beatle]

What year is your car? The newer cars always auto lower to "low" when on the highway. The older cars could change the speed at which this happened or disable it altogether.

 

[ExpatPR]

What year is your car? The newer cars always auto lower to "low" when on the highway. The older cars could change the speed at which this happened or disable it altogether.

It’s a new 2022 model. I’m getting it next week.

 

[Dannietjoh]

Model S Owner's Manual | Tesla

Learn how to customize the suspension settings on your vehicle.

www.tesla.com

 

[ExpatPR]

Model S Owner's Manual | Tesla

Learn how to customize the suspension settings on your vehicle.

www.tesla.com

Yes, I read that several times. It does not answer the 2 questions I asked. If I set to low, is it always at low no matter how fast or slow I’m driving? If I set to medium, is it always at medium no matter how fast or slow I’m driving?

 

[beatle]

On the newer cars, if you select medium, the car will remain at medium until you reach a certain speed (perhaps 45-55mph). Or you can keep the car in low at all speeds. You're not able to keep it in medium at all speeds; you have to re-select medium when you reach highway speeds each time.

 

[mcirish]

On the newer cars, if you select medium, the car will remain at medium until you reach a certain speed (perhaps 45-55mph). Or you can keep the car in low at all speeds. You're not able to keep it in medium at all speeds; you have to re-select medium when you reach highway speeds each time.

It seems to me that the car will go to the lower position at a certain speed, however once you manually set it back to medium it will not go back to low for the remainder of the drive. This assumes that you don't have the 'always default to low' button checked. Regardless of setting, the very high and high positions will automatically step down at speeds above 15/35 mph respectively.

 

[ExpatPR]

On the newer cars, if you select medium, the car will remain at medium until you reach a certain speed (perhaps 45-55mph). Or you can keep the car in low at all speeds. You're not able to keep it in medium at all speeds; you have to re-select medium when you reach highway speeds each time.

Thank you. That helps to better understand the settings. Seems to be that I rather set it to medium and let it go to low once it reaches highway speeds.

 

[Snerruc]

You don’t need to do anything. The car will take care of itself. I’ve never touched those settings myself.

 

[Jayy178]

The vehicle will automatically go to low on highway. Note that it will automatically adjust to medium for a short period of you have it on auto mode to help with the ride comfort.