Charge Port opens in Car Wash. Anyone have this happen?

[agmonaco]

Has anyone ever entered a car wash in car wash mode and had the charge port open while in car wash or exiting car wash mode? My wife said it has happened to her a few times. She noticed it open after she pulled out of car wash.

 

[M109Rider]

Never happened to me.
Is she certain she was in car was mode. Maybe she took it out of car wash mode too soon, and the dryer pressure opened it. ?

 

[Mateo83]

I only hand wash mine

 

[GtiMart]

You have two options. You can stay in Drive, which is super easy in hold mode otherwise you need to hold the brake. The charge port will never open in Drive. That is what I do but I use touchless car washes where the car doesn't move.
The other option is to enable car wash mode, the feature was added exactly for this purpose. It will even let the car free roll, for example when the car wash has a conveyor...
EDIT Car wash mode has a very low speed limit and it automatically gets out of it if you exceed that speed. Make sure you enable it only once at the car wash...

 

[Ostrichsak]

We had nothing but problems with Carwash mode. We gave up entirely and now just put the vehicle in N for the carwash and manually fold rthe mirrors from the screen then unfold them and put back in D once done. This is the easiest way and the things like the wipers and charge port that Car Wash that is supposed to disable is disabled anyway because you're in Neutral.

Car wash mode is a great idea but it's buggy as all get out and causes incredibly stressful situations (to the point where my wife began fearing the carwash in our new Model Y when we've been taking Teslas through the same carwashes several times a week for many years now) that are entirely avoidable if you simply act like it doesn't exist.

I've tried to voice my concerns but was mostly met with ridicule from other members of this very forum. This is another example where the older cars got it right. You don't have to do anything at all other than cost to a stop and make sure you don't trigger (H) mode and your seatbelt remains on. You do that and the car just rolls and at the end you can simply press on the accelerator peddle to drive away. Couldn't be any easier.

The advent of the new motor type made this far more complicated. The benefits far outweigh the cons though IMO but it just magnifies Tesla's insistence for releasing features that haven't been fully QC'd on it's paying customers and even forcing it upon them in several instances.

 

[Ostrichsak]

I only hand wash mine

This post is super helpful.

 

[Mateo83]

This post is super helpful.

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[agmonaco]

We had nothing but problems with Carwash mode. We gave up entirely and now just put the vehicle in N for the carwash and manually fold rthe mirrors from the screen then unfold them and put back in D once done. This is the easiest way and the things like the wipers and charge port that Car Wash that is supposed to disable is disabled anyway because you're in Neutral.

Car wash mode is a great idea but it's buggy as all get out and causes incredibly stressful situations (to the point where my wife began fearing the carwash in our new Model Y when we've been taking Teslas through the same carwashes several times a week for many years now) that are entirely avoidable if you simply act like it doesn't exist.

I've tried to voice my concerns but was mostly met with ridicule from other members of this very forum. This is another example where the older cars got it right. You don't have to do anything at all other than cost to a stop and make sure you don't trigger (H) mode and your seatbelt remains on. You do that and the car just rolls and at the end you can simply press on the accelerator peddle to drive away. Couldn't be any easier.

The advent of the new motor type made this far more complicated. The benefits far outweigh the cons though IMO but it just magnifies Tesla's insistence for releasing features that haven't been fully QC'd on it's paying customers and even forcing it upon them in several instances.

No reason for anyone to be anything but polite. Thanks for ur answer.

 

[CMTwinDad]

We had nothing but problems with Carwash mode. We gave up entirely and now just put the vehicle in N for the carwash and manually fold rthe mirrors from the screen then unfold them and put back in D once done. This is the easiest way and the things like the wipers and charge port that Car Wash that is supposed to disable is disabled anyway because you're in Neutral.

Car wash mode is a great idea but it's buggy as all get out and causes incredibly stressful situations (to the point where my wife began fearing the carwash in our new Model Y when we've been taking Teslas through the same carwashes several times a week for many years now) that are entirely avoidable if you simply act like it doesn't exist.

I've tried to voice my concerns but was mostly met with ridicule from other members of this very forum. This is another example where the older cars got it right. You don't have to do anything at all other than cost to a stop and make sure you don't trigger (H) mode and your seatbelt remains on. You do that and the car just rolls and at the end you can simply press on the accelerator peddle to drive away. Couldn't be any easier.

The advent of the new motor type made this far more complicated. The benefits far outweigh the cons though IMO but it just magnifies Tesla's insistence for releasing features that haven't been fully QC'd on it's paying customers and even forcing it upon them in several instances.

I’ve had similar problems as you with car wash mode. It’s unreliable. I’ll have to experiment with your method, thanks for the tip. I didn’t realize simply putting it in neutral would disable the charge port and wipers.

 

[zoomer0056]

We only take our ICE through the automatic car wash and always ask the attendant to tape the gas door closed.

 

[Ostrichsak]

No reason for anyone to be anything but polite. Thanks for ur answer.

It's weird how people came at me as if I kicked their kid for daring to challenge Tesla.

 

[Ostrichsak]

I’ve had similar problems as you with car wash mode. It’s unreliable. I’ll have to experiment with your method, thanks for the tip. I didn’t realize simply putting it in neutral would disable the charge port and wipers.

I wish I had realized it sooner. It's far more simple than trying to use the mode that was created for that moment.

 

[Ostrichsak]

We only take our ICE through the automatic car wash and always ask the attendant to tape the gas door closed.

Wut?

 

[herrlich98]

I haven’t found Car Wash Mode buggy at all.

I have found it awkward and non-intuitive to use. It has taken me awhile to get to a place where I have a smooth flow of using it. And I’m still not 100% on ending it especially if there is a car close behind me in the wash. I also found getting into Neutral took a little practice in the days before Car Wash Mode was a thing.

A good explanation and walkthrough video is by Chuck Cook, the FSD Beta unprotected left guy. He did a YouTube video recently walking through the whole process of using it.

 

[johnnycnote]

I haven’t found Car Wash Mode buggy at all.

I have found it awkward and non-intuitive to use. It has taken me awhile to get to a place where I have a smooth flow of using it. And I’m still not 100% on ending it especially if there is a car close behind me in the wash. I also found getting into Neutral took a little practice in the days before Car Wash Mode was a thing.

A good explanation and walkthrough video is by Chuck Cook, the FSD Beta unprotected left guy. He did a YouTube video recently walking through the whole process of using it.

I've had no issues with car wash mode, but maybe I don't wash my car enough (once every couple of months?). I saw that video by Chuck, I never realized there was so much to it..

 

[eskudo12791]

I've had no issues with car wash mode, but maybe I don't wash my car enough (once every couple of months?). I saw that video by Chuck, I never realized there was so much to it..

I use a touch wash once a week to once every other week that drags my car through and have never had any issues with car wash mode. Once the attendant has me lined up I enable it, hit free-roll and let it rip. Charging port has never opened, no oddities here.

 

[PatinCT]

I've got car wash mode down now and even switched car wash to go with a system on a conveyor belt vs. the one that uses the rollers... it's easy now as long as you press A, A, B, B, DOWN, UP, RIGHT, LEFT

 

[Kairide]

Maybe your wife is inadvertently yelling open butthole while in the car wash.

 

[M109Rider]

We had nothing but problems with Carwash mode. We gave up entirely and now just put the vehicle in N for the carwash and manually fold rthe mirrors from the screen then unfold them and put back in D once done. This is the easiest way and the things like the wipers and charge port that Car Wash that is supposed to disable is disabled anyway because you're in Neutral.

Car wash mode is a great idea but it's buggy as all get out and causes incredibly stressful situations (to the point where my wife began fearing the carwash in our new Model Y when we've been taking Teslas through the same carwashes several times a week for many years now) that are entirely avoidable if you simply act like it doesn't exist.

I've tried to voice my concerns but was mostly met with ridicule from other members of this very forum. This is another example where the older cars got it right. You don't have to do anything at all other than cost to a stop and make sure you don't trigger (H) mode and your seatbelt remains on. You do that and the car just rolls and at the end you can simply press on the accelerator peddle to drive away. Couldn't be any easier.

The advent of the new motor type made this far more complicated. The benefits far outweigh the cons though IMO but it just magnifies Tesla's insistence for releasing features that haven't been fully QC'd on it's paying customers and even forcing it upon them in several instances.

I’ve never had problems with car wash mode. It’s super easy to use, and works every time flawlessly. Not sure what problems or bugs you guys are seeing ?

 

[Mike_TV]

The pressure from the water or the dryer fans at the end are opening the charge port door. There are almost ten ways you can open the charge port door and pressing on the door with your hand is one of them.