HVAC controls

[roger waters]

hello all,
Is there a way to disable the hvac from automatically turning on when i open the app(tap or swipe up). Commonly i want to turn on or off a seat heater ( i use the back ones a lot with the kids) and when i open the app it automatically turns on the hvac system, an unwanted action, i just want to adj a seat heater.

thanks,
Roger

2021MYLR

 

[Benito1283]

Unfortunately with the latest update the only ways are via your phone app or voice command. This is a common complaint and will hopefully be rectified with a future update.

 

[noobla3]

Unfortunately with the latest update the only ways are via your phone app or voice command. This is a common complaint and will hopefully be rectified with a future update.

I believe the app also turns on climate first.

 

[roger waters]

well dang, thanks for replying. Where do you file "complaints" w Tesla?

 

[WattsappMTL]

I always have to press the fan or open climate page and press On to start climate. This is the same as it was in V11, and I've never had it turn on climate automatically. I'm using Android app 4.4.2-828.

 

[Two-rocks]

well dang, thanks for replying. Where do you file "complaints" w Tesla?

You don’t - they don’t want to hear it.

V9 was good, V10 made some welcome changes, V11 is total garbage - and any complaint path would overwhelm Tesla.

 

[WattsappMTL]

I always have to press the fan or open climate page and press On to start climate. This is the same as it was in V11, and I've never had it turn oon climate automatically. I'm using Android app 4.4.2-828.

Sorry, irrelevant response I was confused by the use of "app" for the onboard HVAC control. This is one of the drawbacks a lot of us have been complaining about, together with the I ability to even see current seat heater settings without opening the climate page. V10 worked the same way - if climate was off (fan image dimmed) then tapping it would turn on the system. The difference was that you didn't have to do that to access seat heater controls before. I haven't tried tapping the arrow beside temp to open mini-card with seat heater control, would that work?

 

[noobla3]

I always have to press the fan or open climate page and press On to start climate. This is the same as it was in V11, and I've never had it turn on climate automatically. I'm using Android app 4.4.2-828.

On the mobile Tesla App, when I go to climate 'page' and turn on seat warmer, the climate or fan starts to blow automatically. That doesn't happen to you?

 

[WattsappMTL]

On the mobile Tesla App, when I go to climate 'page' and turn on seat warmer, the climate or fan starts to blow automatically. That doesn't happen to you?

Yes it does (can't remember if it was the same with V10 because I typically want cabin heat at the same time anyway). However, if I select seat heat and then turn climate off, the seat heater seems to stay on by itself. I had a weird experience the other day - turned on climate but there was no bacon image shown on the seat and I could not turn them on at all!

 

[noobla3]

Yes it does (can't remember if it was the same with V10 because I typically want cabin heat at the same time anyway). However, if I select seat heat and then turn climate off, the seat heater seems to stay on by itself. I had a weird experience the other day - turned on climate but there was no bacon image shown on the seat and I could not turn them on at all!

That's not how it was on v10. That's one of the main complaints of not being able to independently operate those two functions. Not sure why Tesla thought there is a dependency there. Hopefully it will be fixed soon.

 

[WattsappMTL]

That's not how it was on v10. That's one of the main complaints of not being able to independently operate those two functions. Not sure why Tesla thought there is a dependency there. Hopefully it will be fixed soon.

I certainly support the pushback for separating climate and seat heater controls. The current configuration does not work for all operating environments. For clarity, when I said I wanted both on at the same time, I meant when controlling them from the app. Sometimes I turn on cabin heating without seat heaters from the app, but never the other way around. My experience with auto seat heaters in combination with the way I operate the climate system while I'm driving has been completely unsatisfactory.

 

[WattsappMTL]

Yes it does (can't remember if it was the same with V10 because I typically want cabin heat at the same time anyway). However, if I select seat heat and then turn climate off, the seat heater seems to stay on by itself. I had a weird experience the other day - turned on climate but there was no bacon image shown on the seat and I could not turn them on at all!

Again for clarity, this comment refers to controls from the phone app, not the onboard display.