Driver profile switch and trunk release???

[Transformer]

1. What makes the car randomly switch to my wife's driver profile?
   • Then it starts readjusting the seat when I get in. (Her profile is set for Easy Entry so it won't immediately squash me.)
   • Is it that her phone was recently near the car or contacted the car, even though I'm getting in with my phone?
   • Or that she accidentally tapped the app's Android notification?
2. Last night, the car warned me that the trunk was "open" in the garage. Nobody touched the car in hours but indeed it was released. What could cause that?
   • Maybe my wife unknowingly released the trunk via the phone app?
   • Any other possibilities? If I'd triggered it via the app, the notification wouldn't have been so puzzling.

 

[GenralSpecific]

If her phone acts as a key and she is close enough to the car about the same time as you enter, it’s pretty much random which one it’ll pick.
As for the trunk, someone hit a button or something. I don’t have android so I can’t guess how those notifications look.

 

[Transformer]

I don’t have android so I can’t guess how those notifications look.

The Android Tesla app's notification usually looks like this:

amidst all the other notifications to scroll through.

That's a bit risky for people who are imprecise with their taps & scrolls or don't understand some of the fine distinctions in the UI. I hear "What just happened?" often. Hmm. I should show her how to adjust the UI timeouts.

 

[GenralSpecific]

As of this morning, I stand corrected regarding the significant other unlock issue. My fiancé was nowhere near the car and as far as I know I hadn’t been for sometime, but sure enough I sat down in the car hit the brake, and it went to her profile. The only thing I can imagine is that the bedroom (where her phone was) is not that far away from the garage and maybe her her Bluetooth signal is strong enough to make it there.

 

[Transformer]

Yes, Bluetooth phone signals can go through walls. The car seems to unlock when my phone gets within about 10', so through the garage wall to the adjacent room is viable for my wife's phone.

But it's weird that the distant signal is taking precedence over my phone which is entering the car.

 

[Transformer]

Tesla releases new software update with 2 new small features - Electrek
> Tesla software update 2020.40 includes a new feature...
>> To avoid connecting to the wrong nearby phone, you can now set your priority Bluetooth device. Your car will attempt to connect to the priority device associated with the profile selected before it attempts to connect to other paired phones.