Driver settings with a phone key.

[Nickybum]

Hi, forgive me if this has already been asked previously, but I feel sure that I read somewhere that when you open a Tesla with a phone key the car recognises the driver and adjusts all the settings under that user.

So for instance if my wife went to use the car after me once she opened the car the seats, mirrors, etc would all adjust to her settings. Then when I went back to use the car, likewise it would adjust all the settings back to my settings.

I know that by touching the touchscreen and selecting my name this forces the adjustments, but I thought the car had the ability to do this just by recognising the phone key (and not having to touch the user on the screen).

Am I wrong?

 

[jmaddr]

You just need to "associate" the key to the profile. See here:

Model 3 Owner's Manual | Tesla

Learn how various adjustments (mirrors, seats, etc.) are saved to a driver's profile so you only need to adjust them once.

www.tesla.com

the section "Linking a Driver Profile to a Key"

 

[Nickybum]

I've already done that, and it works, but only if I select the relevant driver on the touch scree.

What I'm thinking should happen is that even when you open the car door the settings should change to match that drivers phone key - it doesn't.

 

[bluenycom]

I've already done that, and it works, but only if I select the relevant driver on the touch scree.

What I'm thinking should happen is that even when you open the car door the settings should change to match that drivers phone key - it doesn't.

You have to link the profile with your phone key. On the Lock setup screen, just click on the on the key currently being active, it would link it to the current profile.

 

[avs007]

I've already done that, and it works, but only if I select the relevant driver on the touch scree.

What I'm thinking should happen is that even when you open the car door the settings should change to match that drivers phone key - it doesn't.

How did you unlock the door? If you used proximity unlock, it goes by whichever phone happened to be connected via blutooth at the time... I have this issue, where the car detected the wrong phone, becuase they are both in range, so it will use that profile...

If you tap your phone however, it seems to always use the profile associated with that phone, since there is no ambiguity.

 

[Arthur31]

Yep luck of the draw sometimes between me and the wife but 95% of the time it picks the correct driver profile.

 

[HellsKitchen]

Is there a list somewhere of which settings are saved to profile? Mirrors, steering wheel position, etc are saved but what about vents, driving modes, passenger seat position, etc?