Dear Folks,
I own a late 2019 Model X LR+.
I've put about 4,000 miles on it, mostly freeway driving with Autopilot and I STILL don't have the hang of getting the torque on the steering wheel right. I read the thread, " AutoSteer Techniques? " and it didn't help.
I can't go 50 miles without being nagged (usually more than once) that I'm not turning the wheel — it feels like I have to push quite hard against the servos to get the Tesla to register my action. It's so close to the amount of torque required to disengage Autopilot that as often as not on such a trip I'll accidentally disengage it.
I've read about how resting my arm on the door or center rest and letting my hand hang on the wheel provides sufficient torque for a lot of drivers. It has never worked for me. The car doesn't know I'm there. Maybe I'm too much of a featherweight [wry smile].
I asked Tesla service if there was any kind of factory adjustment for the amount of torque required; they said no. So, either I'm just not getting the hang of it or there's a problem with my car. I don't how to figure out which.
Can anyone here give me some more tricks or pointers to getting the wheel-jiggling right? Or something I might do that would help me to figure out if it's the car with the problem or just me? (For that matter, has anyone even heard of there being a mechanical problem with a model X that would cause this? If not, then I guess that it has to be me.)
Any and all advice and suggestions will be gratefully accepted and tried out. I've got a thousand mile road trip coming up in a month, I'd really like to not be driving myself crazy... so to speak [grin].
Thanks for your help.
- pax \ Ctein
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I own a late 2019 Model X LR+.
I've put about 4,000 miles on it, mostly freeway driving with Autopilot and I STILL don't have the hang of getting the torque on the steering wheel right. I read the thread, " AutoSteer Techniques? " and it didn't help.
I can't go 50 miles without being nagged (usually more than once) that I'm not turning the wheel — it feels like I have to push quite hard against the servos to get the Tesla to register my action. It's so close to the amount of torque required to disengage Autopilot that as often as not on such a trip I'll accidentally disengage it.
I've read about how resting my arm on the door or center rest and letting my hand hang on the wheel provides sufficient torque for a lot of drivers. It has never worked for me. The car doesn't know I'm there. Maybe I'm too much of a featherweight [wry smile].
I asked Tesla service if there was any kind of factory adjustment for the amount of torque required; they said no. So, either I'm just not getting the hang of it or there's a problem with my car. I don't how to figure out which.
Can anyone here give me some more tricks or pointers to getting the wheel-jiggling right? Or something I might do that would help me to figure out if it's the car with the problem or just me? (For that matter, has anyone even heard of there being a mechanical problem with a model X that would cause this? If not, then I guess that it has to be me.)
Any and all advice and suggestions will be gratefully accepted and tried out. I've got a thousand mile road trip coming up in a month, I'd really like to not be driving myself crazy... so to speak [grin].
Thanks for your help.
- pax \ Ctein
[ Please excuse any word-salad. Dragon Dictate in training! ]
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-- Digital Restorations. Photos Restored Digitally by Ctein
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