I just want to put stuff in the car w/o drama

[gavine]

This is a feature request that I wonder if I'm the only weirdo who would want it. I have mentioned before my dislike about the fact that opening the door on a Tesla turns everything on.......contactor closes, coolant pump starts running, AC turns on, radio turns on, etc. That's kind of okay if you're going to drive (although I'd still rather have a start button), but quite often I just need to put stuff in the car. This is especially relevant with the Model X when putting something in the back, because now there's the falcon door situation.

I would love to be able to open the windows with the app (or fob) so that I can put things in the car and not have the car boot everything up every time.

Thoughts?

 

[vandacca]

I see the logic in your request, and I too have the use-case every now and then. However, unless they redesign the key fob, I don't see how one could implement such a request. Should be possible with the app.

 

[CUBldr97]

how about a driver select-able setting, don't start or boot up the car until there is weight on driver seat and i hit the brake pedal...IE a start button... And then if I want to start the car, do it through the phone app... also why cant we open the trunk through the phone app?

 

[ccutrer]

how about a driver select-able setting, don't start or boot up the car until there is weight on driver seat and i hit the brake pedal...IE a start button... And then if I want to start the car, do it through the phone app... also why cant we open the trunk through the phone app?

Why can't we open any of the doors through the app?

 

[Stasla]

Why can't we open any of the doors through the app?

Why can't we roll windows up/down through the app?

 

[gavine]

I just read in the manual that you can open all of the windows by holding down the roof button on the fob.

I guess I should have checked before starting this thread. Sorry.

 

[BigMskiman]

I just read in the manual that you can open all of the windows by holding down the roof button on the fob.

I guess I should have checked before starting this thread. Sorry.

Wow, thanks for reading & finding that, let me try it. This general topic is still gonna help owners.

 

[Stasla]

I just read in the manual that you can open all of the windows by holding down the roof button on the fob.

I guess I should have checked before starting this thread. Sorry.

How long do you have to hold it and does the car have to be unlocked? I just tried holding for about 10sec both locked and unlocked and nothing happened with the windows

 

[Buddy]

How long do you have to hold it and does the car have to be unlocked? I just tried holding for about 10sec both locked and unlocked and nothing happened with the windows

I've read on this forum that this feature was removed in a software update.

 

[jerjozwik]

@Buddy is correct. ive tried on my s to no avail.

 

[deonb]

I just read in the manual that you can open all of the windows by holding down the roof button on the fob.

I guess I should have checked before starting this thread. Sorry.

Wow, thanks for reading & finding that, let me try it. This general topic is still gonna help owners.

That feature was removed quite a while ago (2013?) due to people accidentally opening the windows remotely when they have the key in their back-pocket.

 

[gavine]

Great. I request one feature, and they remove it

 

[deonb]

Great. I request one feature, and they remove it

Actually they removed the feature 2 weeks after I complained it wasn't working right. I often had 1 random window of the car that opened itself when I was in a shopping center etc. The remote didn't have such a function - when you pressed-and-held the remote it always opened all Windows - not just 1.

But Tesla service kept insisting that I was butt-dialing the remote. They even pulled logs. My response was that the remote didn't have a "1 random window down" feature even if I WAS butt-dialing it, but they didn't budge on their stance.

However, after they removed the press-and-hold-for-open remote feature the "1 random window down" problem also went away. I still think it was 2 different issues that they fixed at the same time when they happened to work in the same codebase.

Alas. One of those things we'll never know the answer to.

 

[gmtom1]

On my Model S, if I open only the trunk, the car doesn't come on. Is it not the same in the X?

 

[ccutrer]

On my Model S, if I open only the trunk, the car doesn't come on. Is it not the same in the X?

It is the same.