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I am also on 2020.48.35.5 and 2019 Raven S Standard Range, 19K miles. No issues with anything the past few updates. I usually power off and reboot after each update. It hasn’t taken any longer than usual for the screen to come back on. The screen hasn’t blacked out during mid-drive and everything has been fine. Try to take note of the date and time when it occurs and have Tesla check the system logs. Maybe you had a bad update? Tesla can push the update to you again, if needed.
I have had my screens go dark while driving multiple times over the past year. I have a 2020 MX. I was told a "hardware fix is coming" but I haven't heard anything. Today it happen again and when I rebooted, now my MCU is not working properly and I have this error message, My navigation screen is frozen and the small driver display, is not displaying information correctly. I have a service appointment scheduled in two weeks, but a bit worried as I'm doing a long road trip in the first week of August.
 

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Over the past 2 updates, I noticed my MCU will go completely black and take awhile to reboot (5-10 minutes). It's quite dangerous when driving because I have no idea what gear I am in, my turn signals don't work, etc.

I have a 2019 Model S Standard Range and am running on 2020.48.35.5.

Anyone else experience this or shall I visit the Service Center?
My 2020 Model S LR+ has steadily increased in blackouts to now every time I drive, sometimes 2 times! Tesla Mobile service came and cleared the cache 4 days ago and I have had 5 blackouts already! This is very dangerous and frustrating!
 
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Over the past 2 updates, I noticed my MCU will go completely black and take awhile to reboot (5-10 minutes). It's quite dangerous when driving because I have no idea what gear I am in, my turn signals don't work, etc.

I have a 2019 Model S Standard Range and am running on 2020.48.35.5.

Anyone else experience this or shall I visit the Service Center?
I also have a 2019 Model S100. When I got into the car this morning all screens were black. I backed the car out of the garage and did a soft reboot. This started both screens. Last week while driving, I noticed long delays with the maps identifying routes and calculating charging stations.