Anyone got HW3 retrofit yet?

[Edgewood Dome]

FSD cpu (HW3) installed yesterday in our AWD LR3. Purchased the car with FSD on 8/19/18 (date we picked it up) it had HW2.5. The Service center said they are still waiting for the MS AP2.0 upgrade to be released. See cones, stop lights, garbage cans. I didn’t pass any stop signs on the way home so don’t know about those.

 

[DDotJ]

I just had my Model 3 upgraded to HW3. It only took them a day. I dropped off the car at 8 am and it was done by 5 pm. They did the FSD Retrofit, tire rotation, and a ultrasonic sensor recalibration.

I wasn't expecting them to do the FSD Retrofit, but I went in for ultrasonic sensors getting false positives for obstacles so I put in FSD Retrofit in the notes. Was surprised to see it included in the repair estimate from the mobile app. And when I went in they confirmed that it would be installed.

My VIN is 79xxx and I purchased FSD at the time of vehicle configuration. Delivered in September 2018.

A few observations after my retrofit:

• As expected, it wiped everything. All my settings were erased except for the keys. Don't forget to turn on things like walk-away door lock back on!
• Rear camera looks very different. Especially the color and contrast.
• Stop line visualization is not working reliably. Even on well painted roads it fails to show a lot of the time.
• The 3D representation on the new visualizations is very impressive. Especially with cones and poles. I drive past an area with the center divider with flexible reflective delineator posts in a triangular layout and it renders on the display perfectly.
• Lots of false positives on the visualizations for cones. Especially fire hydrants.
• Autopilot feels a little different, but maybe that could just be a placebo effect...
• Traffic light detection works pretty well, but it doesn't show arrow turn lights or traffic lights with more than 3 lights. Blinking yellow light on my local toll booth also shows as a yellow traffic light on the display.

I can't wait until FSD specific features roll out!

 

[TT97]

Rear camera looks very different. Especially the color and contrast.

Different better or different worse?

 

[DDotJ]

Different better or different worse?

Hard to say one way or another, the color looks like there's a filter on it (like an instagram filter). From the limited amount of time I've had with HW3, the picture seems to be slightly darker at night which makes it a tad bit harder to see.

Nothing drastic, just a slight difference.

 

[thewishmaster]

Confirmed mine for early February, VIN in the 7x,xxx range Having a few other minor things looked at too.

 

[israndy]

So it is not being done in VIN order I guess. I had my 8xxx VIN car in for service this month and they specifically said they were NOT ready to do mine yet.

 

[jkoya]

This is the text message I got when they cancelled my appointment:

"HW3 is being rolled out in batches, similar to firmware roll out. We are unable to predict when this vin will be eligible."

I don't know whether to believe them or not, since they gave me misinformation before on rear spoiler availability....

 

[ilyak]

This is the text message I got when they cancelled my appointment:

"HW3 is being rolled out in batches, similar to firmware roll out. We are unable to predict when this vin will be eligible."

I don't know whether to believe them or not, since they gave me misinformation before on rear spoiler availability....

Well you can surely believe them that they don't know.

 

[TLWTEXAS]

I have a vin that starts with a 5 and had my car in for service last week and was told it’s not my cars turn yet. So they are definitely not going by vin numbers.

 

[scubastevo80]

Interesting that it seems like they’re doing a combination of somewhat VIN sequential rollout coupled with SC based upgrades when brought in for other issues and HW3 is in stock.

 

[TT97]

I have a vin that starts with a 5 and had my car in for service last week and was told it’s not my cars turn yet. So they are definitely not going by vin numbers.

When you say, starts with a 5, is it?

0005XX
005XXX
05XXXX or
5XXXXX?

If you are referring to the actual first "5' as in 5YJ3E1EAXJFxxxxxx, all U.S. built Teslas start with a 5.

Any VIN that doesn't start with a zero is clearly not up yet.

 

[krettig]

I'm VIN 007xxx. (delivered Feb 2018; purchased FSD in March 2019) Just went to a service center in Ohio for some other work. They said they haven't received any HW3 upgrades at all for anyone.

 

[Mardak]

So… I just saw a scheduled service appointment appear unprompted for next week. Nothing listed under services / details. Maybe it's for FSD retrofit? Except it's at a service center in California where we originally picked up the car not the close one to where we live. VIN 06

 

[Mardak]

Called the local service center and they moved the appointment to next available spot time February and confirmed it was for FSD.

 

[ilyak]

Called the local service center and they moved the appointment to next available spot time February and confirmed it was for FSD.

This is in line with what a local service center employee told me:
- cars come up in their system as eligible in weekly batches; apparently it looks just like a recall would
- when they see this, they tentatively schedule the owner for next available appointment slot and then reach out via text or email to confirm the time. It sounded like this part was completely up to the SC staff.
- currently, there’s no formal mechanism for notifying via an app alert/inbox
Now, this is just a guy who does front desk at the SC and whom I occasionally have beers with, so not official info at all.

 

[viet658]

Got my FSD upgrade done today. VIN is under 3000. Purchased FSD at time of purchase Jan 2018. Seems like upgrades are happening at least in California.

 

[Smoothoperator]

Got my FSD upgrade done today. VIN is under 3000. Purchased FSD at time of purchase Jan 2018. Seems like upgrades are happening at least in California.

Did you get it done at the Pomona SC? If so, how was your experience? My past services there have not been that good so I'm debating on whether to book mine there or Buena Park.

 

[viet658]

Did you get it done at the Pomona SC? If so, how was your experience? My past services there have not been that good so I'm debating on whether to book mine there or Buena Park.

They left my car in service mode but other than that it was fine.

 

[Smoothoperator]

They left my car in service mode but other than that it was fine.

Was it a one day turn around for you HW3 or were you having other stuff fixed as well?

 

[viet658]

Was it a one day turn around for you HW3 or were you having other stuff fixed as well?

Same day. Dropped off 10am and was ready by 5pm.