I just picked up a 2018.5 MS (w/oak and dark bezel) last month and while going through all of the settings could've swore I saw Car Wash Mode as I planned on getting a wash after pickup. Yet checking again last week it's nowhere to be found. Am I dreaming or was it never an option on this MY? Did it get scrubbed w/the holiday update?
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Car Wash Mode?
- Thread starter BulldogsRus
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airborne spoon
Active Member
Just put it in neutral and make sure the wipers are off. No different than taking any other car to the wash
Ostrichsak
Well-Known Member
You don't need to put the car on neutral. Leave your seatbelt on and don't engage the hill hold by pressing the brake too firmly when you come to a stop.
Ostrichsak
Well-Known Member
Doing something you normally would do, and doing something the car wash guy holds the Put In Neutral sign up makes it easier so you don't accidentally engage the hold feature, or accidentally press the accelerator as you go through the wash. To each their own way, I guess. 
Ostrichsak
Well-Known Member
You don't normally lift your foot off of the accelerator when sitting stationary at a red light or anywhere else for that matter? That's all this is.Doing something you normally would do, and doing something the car wash guy holds the Put In Neutral sign up makes it easier so you don't accidentally engage the hold feature, or accidentally press the accelerator as you go through the wash. To each their own way, I guess.
You're making it seem FAR more complex to try to make your point when it's easily the least complex of solutions offered. You literally slow to a stop and do nothing more. This is an action you do dozens if not hundreds of times every single time you drive the car. It's one of the most fundamental aspects of operating your Tesla and trying to make it seem needlessly complex or even dangerous is just silly.
Some people just need conflict in their life and will needless create it where it doesn't exist.
Ostrichsak
Well-Known Member
Who's conflicted? I gave the simplest solution to this lack of "car wash mode" and you felt the need to insert emotion and hyperbole to construct a strawman as if you were getting some sort of commission if the OP takes the time to place the car in neutral. It's a wasted step on a Tesla. Simple as that.
As an update, my 2020 with a permanent magnet front motor goes into hold mode when you stop, even when you never apply the brakes. I think this is true for all models with a permanent magnet front motor. Arriving at a car wash, I need to put the car in neutral. Perhaps your car is different in this respect, @Ostrichsak .
Mario Veras
Member
I’ve heard it’s not a good idea to take a Tesla to automatic car wash and instead should be hand washed.
True, but if you find a car wash that doesn't damage the car, it is better than not washing it, particularly over winter. I used to hand wash all my cars, but I am older (and wiser) now. All my cars, including car washed ones, always bring top valve when I sell/trade them, so it really doesn't matter that much unless you want to be esoteric about car washing. The results are the same to your car's long term value.
