High Beams not working?

[reidthaler]

Car is about 3 weeks old, so this is the likely time of something electrical not working.

The auto dim high beams worked initially, and now the only way to turn on the high beams is to pull the stalk toward the driver and hold. When I push forward, I only get a grayed out icon on the screen. If I try to hold it forward, there is no click, and nothing changes. It's the same on all modes--on and auto.

Am I missing something obvious or is it service time?

Thanks,

Reid

 

[boiler81]

I believe you need to push the stalk rearward to activate high beams. I thought forward action if "flash-to-pass". Maybe we both should read the manual

 

[reidthaler]

Tesla Model 3 manual

 

[compu85]

Tesla Model 3 manual

Yes, the gray icon indicates auto high beams, which you're turning on and off. In the settings menu, you can disable auto high beams and then pushing the stalk forward will always toggle the lights on and off.

 

[ngogas]

crack open the manual on this one. lol

 

[reidthaler]

ok. Took off auto high beams and works. Will auto dim still work?

 

[swaltner]

When you have auto-high beams turned on and ready (grayed out headlight icon with an A in the status bar), several things need to happen before the high beams activate. I have found:

• It has to be dark - they don’t activate during day or dusk or just after sunset - it needs to be dark - you can’t even be near street lights - they activate out in the boonies, not in the city
• You have to be moving - they don’t activate when you are parked or driving at just a couple mph. You need to be moving something like 20 mph for them to activate
• The road ahead needs to be empty - any vehicles nearby or even signs along the side of the road will keep the high beams off - construction barricades along the road in my area temporarily disable the high beams

 

[reidthaler]

Swaltner

Thanks so much. That's a big help, and a good reason why we were getting so frustrated. It sounds like auto high beams should be renamed to something like Boonie mode, the Sticks, or No Burb.

 

[Twiglett]

Swaltner

Thanks so much. That's a big help, and a good reason why we were getting so frustrated. It sounds like auto high beams should be renamed to something like Boonie mode, the Sticks, or No Burb.

Not really
They work fine in most cases but you have to know what they’re supposed to do
They work by detecting bright objects in-front of the car, in which case they drop to low. In which case they’re working as designed.
Unfortunately (or fortunately ?) this is a tech car which requires a level of manual reading that most cars do not.
It really is a double edged sword that requires experimentation. I’ve just got the V9 upgrade and had no clue how to switch the games out of full screen mode. Being stuck in the car with Asteroids in full screen mode is a little odd
Off to read the V9 Manual now, good luck with your journey!

 

[swaltner]

Atari games - exiting full screen mode x triple tap on the touch screen.

Mine gave this info as I entered full screen. Don’t just blindly hit OK to confirmation dialog boxes on the screen.