Console Lid Warning

[ngogas]

This car is too smart. Scares me lol.

 

[woodguyatl]

This car is too smart. Scares me lol.

Glovebox will do the same.

 

[M109Rider]

Glovebox will do the same.

Can’t wait for the car to turn on bio-defence mode if it senses you farted.

 

[ngogas]

Be cool if I farted it locks the doors and windows. Funny.

 

[Bloomj]

Sorry to revive an old thread...but it’s better than reposting the topic!

Anyway, my wife thought the lid required a press to make it stay in the closed position and the message appeared. I couldn’t believe my eyes so I had to do it again just to make sure I wasn’t hallucinating. Of course it came up again.

My first thought was, awesome! This car can even help me keep my wife from being so rough when closing the lid! My second thought is why? Why does the car even have a sensor to monitor the console lid? The glovebox is an electronic release so that one makes sense, but the console is purely manual. Thoughts?

 

[smatthew]

The console has a light in it that is only on when the lid is open. By monitoring that input, they can detect improper lid closing.

 

[Bloomj]

The console has a light in it that is only on when the lid is open. By monitoring that input, they can detect improper lid closing.

That makes sense. Based on that, what about the armrest cubby? Does it monitor it as well?

 

[dsvick]

That makes sense. Based on that, what about the armrest cubby? Does it monitor it as well?

Probably not, that one is easy to close. You could try to open and close it repeatedly and see what happens.

 

[Tjcross]

Could this be for the Tesla Network? You could tell when someone is in the console and maybe they aren’t supposed to be?

 

[WilliamG]

Could this be for the Tesla Network? You could tell when someone is in the console and maybe they aren’t supposed to be?

Definitely could be used for that purpose. I think some clever person figured out it's likely a warning based on the console light being turned on and off in a short period of time. I suspect that's true because you can get it to bring up that message without even slamming it closed, but by pseudo-closing it enough over and over so that the light goes out and comes on again. Still, pretty clever.

 

[WilliamG]

Probably not, that one is easy to close. You could try to open and close it repeatedly and see what happens.

That one could be programmed at Tesla based on the light, too.

 

[Bloomj]

Could this be for the Tesla Network? You could tell when someone is in the console and maybe they aren’t supposed to be?

What do you mean by Tesla Network?

 

[swaltner]

What do you mean by Tesla Network?

The eventual service to rent a self-driving “ ride, but it would be managed by Tesla, not a 3rd party.

 

[Bloomj]

Gotcha