I think my Tesla crashed....

[Erik The Red]

No, I didn’t get in an accident. I was driving on autopilot when all of a sudden alarms went off and it said AP no available. The visualization screen was black (except for the car image) and couldn’t re-engage. After a couple of minutes, visualizations returned, including lane visualization and AP could re-engage again.

Anyone else had this happen? A first for me. Good news is that it made it clear to take over during the crash.

 

[spsheridan]

No, I didn’t get in an accident. I was driving on autopilot when all of a sudden alarms went off and it said AP no available. The visualization screen was black (except for the car image) and couldn’t re-engage. After a couple of minutes, visualizations returned, including lane visualization and AP could re-engage again.

Anyone else had this happen? A first for me. Good news is that it made it clear to take over during the crash.

Yes, it happened to me about 5 days ago in a 2019 Model 3. I was not driving in AP at the time, but just like you, all visualizations except the car image were blank. I was concerned enough that I called Tesla about the issue. Their reply was they couldn't do anything about it unless it became a recurring problem. Not a very satisfying result.

 

[Rangenv]

This recently occurred to me in both TACC and AP. I wasn’t paying attention to the visualization screen, but the alarms went off for me to take over. I hadn’t gotten any nags when I was in AP and it shouldn’t have happened in TACC mode.

 

[croman]

Less likely with HW3. My AP2 has been doing it once or twice during long road trips. I think it's maxxed out.

 

[Cheburashka]

Happens fairly rarely for me also. Takes a few minutes to come back.

 

[vraev]

It has happened a couple of times for me. It suddenly drops out and I felt it was almost like teh AP computer rebooting + MCU rebooting. It took a bit of time to recover. Car still stayed functional though. It is these times where I like that we have two displays and not a central MCU alone...atleast we can monitor our speed and drive the car safely.

 

[Akikiki]

You folks do of course (smiling at ya) realize that all this software is still considered beta. You are doing what you are supposed to do - take over. That's your job in the car.

 

[BigNick]

Another reason L5 FSD will require redundant hardware.

 

[KyleDay]

Yes this ha happened to me on my ap2.0 ape a few times - the reason is that th autopilot computer (ape) crashes and takes 1-2 minutes to reboot (hence losing Tacc and AP and all visualizations).

 

[Erik The Red]

Not sure if I find it comforting or not that others have had a similar experience.

Yes, I know it’s software. Software crashes from time to time. It’s just disconcerting when driving.