I thought that this would not be possible with a Tesla due to the way the access is designed. Lots of things have to happen for you to lock yourself out of the car.
So, I was at a free CCS charger. Just before connecting the car to the charger, I checked on my Tesla app on the car and the app was not able to communicate with the car. I thought that the problem was the app, so I rebooted the phone. Left the phone on the charging pad and got my RFID card for the CCS charger from my wallet and left the wallet on the passenger seat. I get out of the car with my RFID card to start the charger and that moment, the auto close feature of the door slams the door closed and locks the car. The phone had just rebooted and I hadn't entered my pin yet, so it did NOT act as a phone key. My key card was in my wallet on the passenger seat. So, I first try to call my wife from somebody else's phone but her phone was off. Left a text message for the wife to unlock the car from her Tesla app from the other person's phone as well. After several messages and no response from her, I called Roadside assistance (again, from a borrowed phone). Unfortunately, they told me that my car was offline and they could not remotely unlock it
After 1 hour, my wife finally called back on the borrowed phone I called her from and the lady whose phone I borrowed came back to where I was so I could talk to my wife. She tried again to unlock the car via the app with no success.. So, she ended up driving 30 minutes to meet me at the charger to unlock the car with her phone key..
Had to reboot the car for the car to come online again.. For whatever reason, car lost connectivity and would not re-connect to the network until I rebooted it.
That was almost a perfect storm.... something that should never happen in a Tesla.. Luckily, after a total of 2 hours, I was finally able to get back into my car. Lesson learned.
So, I was at a free CCS charger. Just before connecting the car to the charger, I checked on my Tesla app on the car and the app was not able to communicate with the car. I thought that the problem was the app, so I rebooted the phone. Left the phone on the charging pad and got my RFID card for the CCS charger from my wallet and left the wallet on the passenger seat. I get out of the car with my RFID card to start the charger and that moment, the auto close feature of the door slams the door closed and locks the car. The phone had just rebooted and I hadn't entered my pin yet, so it did NOT act as a phone key. My key card was in my wallet on the passenger seat. So, I first try to call my wife from somebody else's phone but her phone was off. Left a text message for the wife to unlock the car from her Tesla app from the other person's phone as well. After several messages and no response from her, I called Roadside assistance (again, from a borrowed phone). Unfortunately, they told me that my car was offline and they could not remotely unlock it
After 1 hour, my wife finally called back on the borrowed phone I called her from and the lady whose phone I borrowed came back to where I was so I could talk to my wife. She tried again to unlock the car via the app with no success.. So, she ended up driving 30 minutes to meet me at the charger to unlock the car with her phone key..
Had to reboot the car for the car to come online again.. For whatever reason, car lost connectivity and would not re-connect to the network until I rebooted it.
That was almost a perfect storm.... something that should never happen in a Tesla.. Luckily, after a total of 2 hours, I was finally able to get back into my car. Lesson learned.
