Got hit right after parking

[ZeMKChen]

Hi I got hit right after I parked the car on the side of the road and a car backed up and hit the rear end of my car. Is there a way yo pull up that video? I pulled the drive out already and checked the recent and it doesn't show anything... any help would be amazing. Thank you!

 

[jjrandorin]

Have you reviewed the previous threads on similar situations, like these?

Missing Sentry Footage?

I’m fairly new to Tesla, I’ve only had my M3P for around 2 months now. Recently I had something stolen near my car while parked. Thankfully when reviewing my clips I was able to scroll through the past hour and find the little red dot that tells me exactly when sentry started recording. Now when...

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Recent Accident- Sentry/Dashcam did not record the Accident!!

You tap the camera icon if you want it to save the footage, otherwise your footage will be recorded over in an hour. If you eject the disk as you say before it finishes saving (they are 10 minute clips) you may also lose the footage. To confirm it saved you can watch it in the car before...

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And this thread from one of our regular members on how to attempt to recover dashcam footage?

Dashcam in Auto

I got 2021.32.21 update. It has the "auto" mode for dashcam option which I thought is a good choice. I had an USB stick plugged into a usb slot of my Tesla 3 before, and it did record a lot of footage - so the car clearly didn't have a problem using the stick. Today I got in an accident when...

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[dakhlkt22]

Too bad you didn't save your footage as soon as it happened by pressing the camera button on the bottom menu.

The car may save footage automatically too but for an incident that you know just happened, best to do it manually too.

Edit: I just read this thread.

Rear ended - how to get dashcam video from Model 3?

This morning I was hit from behind on I-93 North in southern NH when traffic slowed and then stopped. It scraped paint off and maybe dented my pristine bumper, and smashed the right hand reflector. Minimal if any damage to his car - the license plate hit my bumper. We pulled over to the...

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Yeah, the accident may be recorded on that drive after all. Nice!

 

[freeAgent]

Too bad you didn't save your footage as soon as it happened by pressing the camera button on the bottom menu.

The car may save footage automatically too but for an incident that you know just happened, best to do it manually too.

Edit: I just read this thread.

Rear ended - how to get dashcam video from Model 3?

This morning I was hit from behind on I-93 North in southern NH when traffic slowed and then stopped. It scraped paint off and maybe dented my pristine bumper, and smashed the right hand reflector. Minimal if any damage to his car - the license plate hit my bumper. We pulled over to the...

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Yeah, the accident may be recorded on that drive after all. Nice!

Yeah, I have never used it so far, but this is why I've made the camera button one of my always-on-screen shortcuts.

 

[RayK]

Another option would be to enable the Record On Honk feature. As long as you don't excessively blast the horn (NYC drivers perhaps, or is that just a media stereotype?), then you just have tap the horn when you want to save a recording. Easier to hit and you don't have to take your eyes off the situation to find the icon on the screen (if you have it saved as a favorite) or to search the menus.

 

[ZeMKChen]

Another option would be to enable the Record On Honk feature. As long as you don't excessively blast the horn (NYC drivers perhaps, or is that just a media stereotype?), then you just have tap the horn when you want to save a recording. Easier to hit and you don't have to take your eyes off the situation to find the icon on the screen (if you have it saved as a favorite) or to search the menus.

When ever i used the horn it seems to lag and usually it skips part of the video is that normal?

 

[RayK]

I've used it a couple of times to save recordings and it worked as I expected. I generally wait about 3-5 seconds after the event I want saved. Haven't needed to use it in many months. I'm also on a fairly old version of software (2022.12.3.2) so I don't know if the feature has changed since that time.