Did you key come with a band around it?

[A-Wimoweh]

Saw a news article stating that the key band was just released and available for sale in the tesla store. It came on my keys when I got my car last year. Have these been coming on the keys for new cars, or did I just get lucky? If you got a 2018, did the key already have the band?

 

[MorrisonHiker]

Saw a news article stating that the key band was just released and available for sale in the tesla store. It came on my keys when I got my car last year. Have these been coming on the keys for new cars, or did I just get lucky? If you got a 2018, did the key already have the band?

They've been delivering these with keys since June 2016. Our 2016 and 2017 cars all came with the key bands. The 2018s were Model 3s and didn't come with fobs. I'm pretty certain any 2019 cars we buy will come with them as well.

 

[jvl007]

What kind of bands? The rings?

Took deliver of 18 MS end of December (Dec 18 Build) and both fobs did not come with any bands or rings. They were still in the mfg bags that I had to rip open.

 

[OPRCE]

Got mine in June 2018, no bands on the fobs.

 

[talels]

I didn't get any bands for my fobs. September 2018 delivery.

 

[Brettski]

2018 May delivery, 2 fobs each with bands. I thought it was standard.

 

[Greengolfer]

I purchased a CPO, 2014 P85 in October of 2017. Both fobs came with the bands. I assumed it was standard as well.

 

[A-Wimoweh]

I got my car at the end of November 2018, but the car was built back in June 2018. So I guess what happened was they stopped including these as part of the sale sometime after mid year, and just now made them available again by purchasing online.

 

[EtrekVelocity]

On delivery (July 18') I just asked service for a band and they gave me one for each fob.

 

[dalamchops]

i got them during delivery sept 2018, though they really aren't that great, the band stretches after a while and the key always fall out

 

[cityberty]

What kind of bands? The rings?

Took deliver of 18 MS end of December (Dec 18 Build) and both fobs did not come with any bands or rings. They were still in the mfg bags that I had to rip open.

I think our service center referred to it as a thong

 

[jlv1]

My 2017 S came with the "thong" band on the fobs. My wife's 2018 X did not come with anything for the fob (even a lanyard, even though there is a place to put the lanyard). I asked about it and some suggested asking service for them, but service said they no longer had them.

My wife really liked the band so I found a near identical (for S or X) on Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07KPZ5DSZ/

 

[MorrisonHiker]

i got them during delivery sept 2018, though they really aren't that great, the band stretches after a while and the key always fall out

Mine have lasted over two years and are still as good as new.

 

[trm2]

They need to offer these with different colors so it is easy to identify key 1 vs key 2 or key for a Model S s a Model X, etc.

 

[lardlad00]

I got them with my Model S in June 2016 but did not get them with my X in January 2017. X was delivered factory direct though.

 

[jlv1]

They need to offer these with different colors so it is easy to identify key 1 vs key 2 or key for a Model S s a Model X, etc.

The Tesla shop only offers black. The band on Amazon (that I linked to above) comes in several colors. I got my wife a red one to match her X.

 

[ucmndd]

i got them during delivery sept 2018, though they really aren't that great, the band stretches after a while and the key always fall out

+1

2 years in, mine is loose to the point that I don't quite trust it.

 

[jlv1]

Like @MorrisonHiker, the band for my S is nearly 2 years old and still as good as new. A little dusty, maybe. I don't have anything on the ring; maybe that makes a difference.

 

[MorrisonHiker]

Like @MorrisonHiker, the band for my S is nearly 2 years old and still as good as new. A little dusty, maybe. I don't have anything on the ring; maybe that makes a difference.
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Maybe @dalamchops and @ucmndd got an X band on an S fob?

 

[Doanster1]

Those bands look bad IMO. Slippage possibility as well. Why not get the full-coverage sleeves from Abstact Ocean? Myriad of colors to boot.