Jigglypuff
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I consider autopilot to be all the tesla self-driving tech that's controlled by the same computer. From emergency braking to FSD, it all passes through the same chip and a lot of the same software. It's garbage because it works plain badly, except for spotting cones. It doesn't center well in the lane. It doesn't respond well to user inputs. The acceleration and braking in traffic are jerky unless you do a huge following distance, which means people constantly cutting and thinking I'm an asshole. It doesn't recognize most of what's going on around the car, which is obvious with the visualizations that are downright paleolithic compared to what the competition does. It doesn't notice the cars ahead of the car in front of me, and so when I would lift for a car braking 3-5 cars ahead, autopilot has no clue this is happening and just waits for the car in front of me to slow. Oh, and the phantom braking and steering correction? Puhleeeze!Why to do you say it's garbage? I use it all the time on highway driving and it does very well. in rush hour-type traffic it's especially nice. It is not at all aggressive, so if your goal is to make sure no one cuts in front of you when traffic starts to move then you'll be disappointed, otherwise it's performed close to flawlessly for me. I routinely use it on interstates going 60-65 MPH and it never has an issue staying in the lane or adjusting speed (with the notable exception of phantom braking, but I consider that to be TACC, something used by but separate from AP)
Autopilot is technically only meant/approved for use on controlled access highways, not country roads but before enrolling in the FSDb program I used it a lot on those and it still did fairly well.
If it's turned off, that's not autopilot.
I get software updates regularly. No errors on firmware updates. No improvement on performance either. The UI has gotten better in some ways and worse in others. I finally splurged on sexy buttons, which I much appreciate, though they're hacky.Ouch - something is very off on your car.
Few things might help:
1) Having the firmware re-flashed to your car. A service appointment can have them force the software back onto your car.
2) Factory wipe and reset - like above only a full reset of the car and then loading the latest firmware
3) Re-calibrating the cameras - this is essential as your car can't even stay in the center of the lane. If a recalibrate doesn't solve it, you'll need to have a service appointment to run diags on your car. Could be one of the cameras is out of allignment.
4) Check your settings. There is a setting for lane departure warnings - make sure that's turned off if you don't want it "correcting" you when you drift, or change lanes without signalling.
Hopefully these suggestions help.
I could go through all that, but the car behaves as every other autopilot car I've used, so I'm not sure if it's worthwhile. Seems like a lot of hassle for nothing.
I do get a lot of bugs on the front of the car, but with or without them, performance is equally bad. Sometimes I get a "camera is blocked" message, but I've never used AP in those situations.totally disagree. had a drive today where my autopilot could not activate as the front of my car was covered in bugs (big time!), so radar did not work.
Boy did I miss autopilot on that drive. I would never buy another car without it. never. and that is in its hobbled UK state!
I'd say I have an issue with half the decisions AP makes. The visualizations are a laugh. Look at that shimmying, sliding truck!While I often complain about FSD calling it garbage seems a bit extreme. Today I did a 75 mile highway drive (greater Boston) and my only complaint was it tried to merge onto the highway at too high a speed since it was rush hour and traffic was slow. Otherwise I much prefer it over driving manually. I suspect something is wrong with your car.