My car is at the service center right now for this issue. They reportedly fixed it. Before going to pick it up, I turned the AC on LOW. The AC mode (I'm reasonably certain) was set to AUTO and measured the temperature ever 2 minutes. Clearly it's not fixed. After 20 minutes, the interior temperature only dropped to 79F (from 120F). Outdoor temp, 85F. Mostly sunny, a little bit of overcast.
Time/battery%/temp
3:43pm @ 58% 120F set to 68F
3:45 @ 57% 97F set to LOW
3:47 @ 57% 89F
3:49 @ 57% 87F
3:51 @ 56% 85F
3:53 @ 56% 83F
3:55 @ 56% 82F
3:57 @ 56% 81F
3:59 @ 55% 80F
4:01 @ 55% 80F
4:03 @ 54% 79F
I have a 2018 Pre-heatpump Black Model 3.
Does anyone have some tangible data measurements on how quickly their car cools down, or feel like they're suffering this problem too? Looking for some validation. I know I have everything against me right now running the AC in park in the sun with a black car, but these numbers still seem way low. Car has always had this problem, and coming up on the 4 year warranty.
I found this video measuring 111F -> 68F in just over 4 minutes, but not sure if it was in the sun or not. I'm assuming @ 111F it probably was in the sun.
Time/battery%/temp
3:43pm @ 58% 120F set to 68F
3:45 @ 57% 97F set to LOW
3:47 @ 57% 89F
3:49 @ 57% 87F
3:51 @ 56% 85F
3:53 @ 56% 83F
3:55 @ 56% 82F
3:57 @ 56% 81F
3:59 @ 55% 80F
4:01 @ 55% 80F
4:03 @ 54% 79F
I have a 2018 Pre-heatpump Black Model 3.
Does anyone have some tangible data measurements on how quickly their car cools down, or feel like they're suffering this problem too? Looking for some validation. I know I have everything against me right now running the AC in park in the sun with a black car, but these numbers still seem way low. Car has always had this problem, and coming up on the 4 year warranty.
I found this video measuring 111F -> 68F in just over 4 minutes, but not sure if it was in the sun or not. I'm assuming @ 111F it probably was in the sun.
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