Blindspot beep?

[E-Lectric]

Love the car. But the picture of the cars around my car on the screen are not a substitute for a beeping noise when someone is in my blind spot and I activate the lane change signal. Is there no audio alert that I can activate?

 

[J1mbo]

As luck might have it, this feature has just started to be rolled out in a new firmware update.

What are the odds of that....

 

[dusdev]

This should be available in the 2019.4 firmware

 

[E-Lectric]

This should be available in the 2019.4 firmware

Wow! Great! Seems doable just w software. Glad to hear it is in the works!

 

[E-Lectric]

As luck might have it, this feature has just started to be rolled out in a new firmware update.

What are the odds of that....

50/50! Honestly, it is the first product I’ve bought where it’s clear people building it are using it and learning from that! Love the updates. Keep em coming!

 

[ohsnapclick]

Tesla rolls out location-based auto folding mirrors, better blind spot warning in new software update

 

[jcal0820]

How many people have already gotten this update. Also, since this sounds like it’s tied to the Autopilot feature, do you need to have autopilot activated for this feature?

 

[DR61]

How many people have already gotten this update. Also, since this sounds like it’s tied to the Autopilot feature, do you need to have autopilot activated for this feature?

As I understand it, Autopilot safety features are active on all current Teslas. Optional Enhanced Autopilot includes among other features Autosteer and TAC. So I expect the blind spot warning will be coming to all cars.

 

[run-the-joules]

How many people have already gotten this update. Also, since this sounds like it’s tied to the Autopilot feature, do you need to have autopilot activated for this feature?

I got it, dunno how wide it's gone yet.

 

[AlanSubie4Life]

How many people have already gotten this update.

2019.5.4 is on the rise, about 3-4% of vehicles now it looks like, based on TeslaFi/Stats data. There were apparently some delays as they iterated through 2019.5.1, 2019.5.2, 2019.5.3

 

[Elmexiken]

Got it last night. Sentry mode working, haven't been able to try chime, but I heard it doesn't work.

 

[reheat]

I got the update last night and tried the blind spot chime but I only see the red line and did not hear a chime. I tried it by signaling when there is a car in my blind spot, but I did not try to turn into that lane, not sure if the chime would activate on turn or not.

 

[Snow Drift]

I got the update last night and tried the blind spot chime but I only see the red line and did not hear a chime. I tried it by signaling when there is a car in my blind spot, but I did not try to turn into that lane, not sure if the chime would activate on turn or not.

I don’t have it yet, but did you turn it on?

“To enable the blind spot warning chime, touch Controls > Autopilot > Blind Spot Warning Chime”

 

[reheat]

I don’t have it yet, but did you turn it on?

“To enable the blind spot warning chime, touch Controls > Autopilot > Blind Spot Warning Chime”

Yup, thats the first thing I checked.

 

[jcal0820]

For those who have this update and the feature is now active, do you also have Autopilot active (paid) as well?

 

[Elmexiken]

Yup, thats the first thing I checked.

Same here. On, but not working.

 

[KenF]

No, the chime has nothing to do with Autopilot.

As far I can tell, the chime only chimes when the car thinks you will hit something, i.e., when you initiate a lane change and start to turn the wheel when a car is in your blind spot. Just enabling the turn signal does not trigger the chime.

 

[Needsdecaf]

No, the chime has nothing to do with Autopilot.

As far I can tell, the chime only chimes when the car thinks you will hit something, i.e., when you initiate a lane change and start to turn the wheel when a car is in your blind spot. Just enabling the turn signal does not trigger the chime.

Yeah, and that seems like a fail to me.

 

[Need]

So I was trying to make it go off this morning and couldn't. I didn't want to make the car next to me thinks I am going to hit him, so what I did was signal and change into the next lane and timed it just right so when I am in the next the lane, the car in lane over will be at my blind spot and I kept the signal on for a bit. No chime.

 

[DR61]

Two test cars, one a Tesla with the update, need to go out on a divided highway with light traffic and test this. The chase car goes into the blind spot of the Tesla and is prepared to brake back if necessary. The Tesla tries the lane change (should see the red line on display when turn signal is on). Report back.