Title is the key question, but here’s the backstory:
- Highland Model 3 had been on factory software. Update (2024.3.15) became available a week ago, but I was out of town with car parked at friend’s house (car not on WiFi)
- Returned home today (150-mile) drive, and on departure the car automatically downloaded the software update over cellular.
- Got home, connected to WiFi, plugged in, and clicked “update now” in car.
- Update got completely stuck on “starting update” and bricked the car. Scroll wheel reboot would not reboot screen, no progress on install for hours and hours and hours, and car couldn’t drive.
- Only solution was Tesla service ticket. They “removed the firmware update for the vehicle.”
- This allowed me to reboot! At this point, under software update the car says “up to date” showing the old firmware (2024.2.100). But under Service, it shows that 2024.3.15 is downloaded and scheduled to install.
- But that’s the same update I downloaded this morning and failed twice to install. I don’t trust it won’t do the same thing.
- If I could DELETE that download, then the car could fetch another over WiFi. But Tesla is advising me to just “let the firmware update overnight” but I’m betting that will just fail the same way it did before.