And on a side note --- shouldn't the front louvers be closed during cold weather. Mine appear to be open all the time. Maybe I should cover them with a piece of cardboard, like I did for my old Fords. That might keep it a little warmer ? !Perhaps this is the answer:
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tape it to the vent opening under the dash and bend (direct) it onto your feet just to the left of the (clutch, or where the clutch should be.)
You may want to take a photo of those results, and attach them to a service request.
Indeed.
sounds a bit like my heat issue (lost all cabin heat when it was -12C on a long road trip). Service responded they want the system in “auto” mode as much as possible and that firmware update(s) are coming to correct the issue.
I have the latest update and I see inches in both front and back when getting close. I believe it starts at 30 inches and goes down to 15 before it says to stop.
Based on what I've read it started to happen after last software update. It may or may not be a HEPA related issue. I've read that automatic climate control needs to be changed to manual, turn recirculation and AC ON then it works ok.
What Tesla doesn't acknowledge (or realize?) is that you can't use recirc for very long in cold temperatures, because the windows start to fog up. The solution is to select AC on, but that means the incoming air is being chilled to remove moisture, then heated again to warm the cabin. Not a big deal in an ICE vehicle because the heat is "free". However for an EV, adding the AC cycle will just deplete the battery even faster because the heater has to work even harder.
It's not a solution but a temporary workaround until Tesla provides a fix. There are many reports when people get no heat at all in their Tesla's while driving with kids in freezing conditions. I would prefer to waste some energy than freeze to death (assuming this workaround even works).
Yeah, I was thinking the same after I posted! I've given up worrying about electricity costs to run this car, because it's still cheap even if they are doubled. Apart from staying warm enough, the only issue for me would be inconvenient range reduction if this happened on a road trip.
Initially it was in Manual because I don't like the dash vents blowing hot air at my face. However I switched to Auto part-way through the drive just in case it might help to avoid a heat pump shutdown. Maybe it would have continued to operate normally in Manual, no way to know now.
