Will charge port open when phone is in car with me and the port is touched by brushes when the M3 is in neutral?
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Caution: If washing in an automatic car wash, use Touchless car washes only. These car washes have no parts (brushes, etc.) that touch the surfaces of Model 3. Using any other type of car wash could cause damage that is not covered by the warranty.
I like to wash my car at home too, but in Michigan, we have a good 4-5 months of salty road slush blanketing our cars and it is too cold to wash at home.
The car automatically goes into Park when the door is opened. I literally never manually put the car in park. I always come to a stop press hard on the brake pedal to put it in Brake Hold mode then I simply open the door and walk away. So if you wash at a car wash where an attendant drives your car onto the tracks and then gets out I would assume the charge port may open since the car will be in Park mode when the attendant exits. Can it be opened in Neutral? I think they leave all the cars in neutral when they send them through the brushed wash.The charge port will only open when the car is in park.
There is some song and dance you can do to get it to stay in neutral after getting out, but for a car wash it's probably best just to tell them the attendant should stay in the car. Because a car in park won't do well being pulled through the wash tunnel.The car automatically goes into Park when the door is opened. I literally never manually put the car in park. I always come to a stop press hard on the brake pedal to put it in Brake Hold mode then I simply open the door and walk away. So if you wash at a car wash where an attendant drives your car onto the tracks and then gets out I would assume the charge port may open since the car will be in Park mode when the attendant exits. Can it be opened in Neutral? I think they leave all the cars in neutral when they send them through the brushed wash.
*don't forget to turn of Auto wipers before getting a wash. Especially if it is the brush kind!
There is some song and dance you can do to get it to stay in neutral after getting out, but for a car wash it's probably best just to tell them the attendant should stay in the car. Because a car in park won't do well being pulled through the wash tunnel.
Will charge port open when phone is in car with me and the port is touched by brushes when the M3 is in neutral?
I always come to a stop press hard on the brake pedal to put it in Brake Hold mode then I simply open the door and walk away.
So if in a car wash that’s touchless is there any worry of the charge port opening while in park?
So if in a car wash that’s touchless is there any worry of the charge port opening while in park?
I had to take the car through a Touchless wash twice in the past 24 hours (don't ask!) and didn't even think about the possibility of the charge port door opening. Had the car in Park both times and all was fine. I suppose going forward, I'll leave it in Drive with brake applied/in hold just to be on the safe side.
Warning:Will charge port open when phone is in car with me and the port is touched by brushes when the M3 is in neutral?
Warning:
I had my new m3, in P, in a carwash last month where the car stands still and brushes move along the car..
Yes the brushes touched the chargeport door, that then opened.
Result: a mangled chargeport door and a dent in the rear fender.
When I contacted Tesla they refer to page 158 of the manual where they advise not to use carwashes with brushes (only 95% of carwashes in The Netherlands use brushes..)
I like to wash my car at home too, but in Michigan, we have a good 4-5 months of salty road slush blanketing our cars and it is too cold to wash at home.
You can put the car in N and you don't have to do either of the aboveI had to take the car through a Touchless wash twice in the past 24 hours (don't ask!) and didn't even think about the possibility of the charge port door opening. Had the car in Park both times and all was fine. I suppose going forward, I'll leave it in Drive with brake applied/in hold just to be on the safe side.
You can put the car in N and you don't have to do either of the above