Autopilot is not working

[Yaely]

I got my Tesla model 3 four days ago and today when I was on the highway I noticed that I don’t have the autopilot option. (Blue steering wheel icon).
I have enabled it under settings, tried to reset the screen and even calibrated the cameras. Didn’t help.
Has anyone experienced that and was able to fix?
Thx !

 

[6spdcoupe]

And you pushed the gear shift level down twice while driving?

 

[TBrownTX]

I got my Tesla model 3 four days ago and today when I was on the highway I noticed that I don’t have the autopilot option. (Blue steering wheel icon).
I have enabled it under settings, tried to reset the screen and even calibrated the cameras. Didn’t help.
Has anyone experienced that and was able to fix?
Thx !

It takes time for the cameras to calibrate, mine took a few days to show up. If you reset and choose to calibrate the cameras, you reset them again and it will take even longer to show up. Go rack up some miles and it'll light up soon enough!

Tim

 

[5150]

I got my Tesla model 3 four days ago and today when I was on the highway I noticed that I don’t have the autopilot option. (Blue steering wheel icon).
I have enabled it under settings, tried to reset the screen and even calibrated the cameras. Didn’t help.
Has anyone experienced that and was able to fix?
Thx !

If grey, it is ready to use autopilot. It can determine lanes etc. If blue, then it is engaged/using. If no steering wheel then it can't determine lanes and won't engage.

 

[Yaely]

And you pushed the gear shift level down twice while driving?

Sorry, can you please clarify your answer? Not sure what you mean?

 

[Yaely]

If grey, it is ready to use autopilot. It can determine lanes etc. If blue, then it is engaged/using. If no steering wheel then it can't determine lanes and won't engage.

It’s grey but when I click on it nothing is happening. Do I need to do something to start like the first reply suggested?

 

[JohnCE]

It’s grey but when I click on it nothing is happening. Do I need to do something to start like the first reply suggested?

There is a calibration time. The autopilot icon should have some sort of progress meter on it. If it is calibrated then you hit the stalk down twice quickly to engage autopilot.

 

[6spdcoupe]

Sorry, can you please clarify your answer? Not sure what you mean?

The thing sticking out behind steering wheel that you push down to put to D. I forgot the name of it sorry. But when driving push it down 2x and the small grey wheel icon at the top of the screen screen shoukd turn blue

 

[Yaely]

The thing sticking out behind steering wheel that you push down to put to D. I forgot the name of it sorry. But when driving push it down 2x and the small grey wheel icon at the top of the screen screen shoukd turn blue

I just watched a YouTube video and feel pretty stupid. I am not sure why I didn’t think of looking that up earlier

 

[6spdcoupe]

I just watched a YouTube video and feel pretty stupid. I am not sure why I didn’t think of looking that up earlier

learning all these new features is just part of the fun

 

[Microterf]

Glad you were able to get it engaged. Did you purchase the FSD package? If so, make sure you watch some stuff on navigate on autopilot etc.

 

[JulienW]

The thing sticking out behind steering wheel that you push down to put to D. I forgot the name of it sorry....

Gear Stalk

 

[Yaely]

Glad you were able to get it engaged. Did you purchase the FSD package? If so, make sure you watch some stuff on navigate on autopilot etc.

No I didn’t. Does it worth to invest 10k on that?

 

[Microterf]

No I didn’t. Does it worth to invest 10k on that?

Not yet. NoA is amazing, but for the current features, it's not worth it over Autopilot. Plus they will have the subscription available soon

 

[Yaely]

If grey, it is ready to use autopilot. It can determine lanes etc. If blue, then it is engaged/using. If no steering wheel then it can't determine lanes and won't engage.

So autopilot is working!!
When I watched that video online I noticed that they animated lanes on the screen turned blue. Mine didn’t.
Any reason why?

 

[DSolie]

Please take a moment in your new car and read the manual. These are pretty unique vehicles, centered around you the driver. There are a lot of things that are not like a normal vehicle.

 

[5150]

So autopilot is working!!
When I watched that video online I noticed that they animated lanes on the screen turned blue. Mine didn’t.
Any reason why?

Hmm, no idea really. While in autopilot I've not experienced that. Reading around someone suggested doing a hard boot to see if that clears it up. Another suggestion, although I find it odd, is that the car isn't 100% confident where lanes are. If that were true, I would think it would just disengage, and steering wheel icon would go grey, or go away.

 

[6spdcoupe]

So autopilot is working!!
When I watched that video online I noticed that they animated lanes on the screen turned blue. Mine didn’t.
Any reason why?

Are you sure its actually on autopilot and not just cruise control? If the lines are blue it will follow the road. Push the right stalk down 2x rapidly. The first down activates cruise control and the second down is autopilot which makes the lanes blue.

 

[Yaely]

Are you sure its actually on autopilot and not just cruise control? If the lines are blue it will follow the road. Push the right stalk down 2x rapidly. The first down activates cruise control and the second down is autopilot which makes the lanes blue.

I was. Now it’s working . Thx so much