InsideEVs: Key Fob free to current owners!

[Nirenk]

That's odd. Because both of my 2 coworkers and I noticed that we had to open up the trunk/door in order for the button on the wand to work. I tried holding the button down and nothing happens when the car is asleep. Do you have some kind of 3rd party app that poll data from the car to keep waking it up?

Coming from Model S, not being able to walk up and unplug the charger was one of my annoyances. For past couple of weeks I have been using a Siri shortcut along with Remote S app, to wake up the car, start the climate in the morning before I am ready to go to work. Now as I walk up to the car, I can unplug the charger without door or trunk unlock because the car is not asleep.

 

[MorrisonHiker]

Coming from Model S, not being able to walk up and unplug the charger was one of my annoyances. For past couple of weeks I have been using a Siri shortcut along with Remote S app, to wake up the car, start the climate in the morning before I am ready to go to work. Now as I walk up to the car, I can unplug the charger without door or trunk unlock because the car is not asleep.

I think they might've changed something in a recent release. Now my S allows me to unplug the charging cable if I have let the car finish charging. Previously, I always had to unlock the car somehow first. If the car is still charging, I have to do the Tesla two-step and walk to the driver's door so that it unlocks automatically via passive entry. Then I step back and can remove the charging cable. If I'm at a public charger, I'll usually just press and hold the rear button on the key fob so that it unlocks right as I get next to it.

 

[CruzinTX]

Well, so much for the free key fob...

Bummer =(... It actually got sold out quickly on Fri when they released it in the Tesla store.

 

[brianman]

I think they might've changed something in a recent release. Now my S allows me to unplug the charging cable if I have let the car finish charging.

This has been around for a long time. I noticed that sometime in 2015 (took delivery of Mercury in January 2015).

 

[FloridaGary]

Shouldn't this thread be closed since the Fob is now confirmed not free?

 

[ecarfan]

Shouldn't this thread be closed since the Fob is now confirmed not free?

Threads don’t get “closed” on TMC just because information offered or linked to in the original post has been shown to be incorrect.

 

[brianman]

Shouldn't this thread be closed since the Fob is now confirmed not free?

The thread title matches the article title that was linked. If you feel strongly about it maybe contact InsideEVs asking them to make a retraction (including following up with Tesla).

Oh wait.... they've updated as well:

Tesla Model 3 Key Fob Free To Current Owners, Included For New

UPDATE: Tesla Model 3 Key Fob Not Free: Listed For $150
**UPDATE: Tesla had initially told us this key fob would be free to existing owners upon request and provided to new owners with purchase of the car at no charge. It now appears that may not be the case. The fob is currently listed for $150 on Tesla’s site. I

So now I know that I can't trust InsideEVs in the future when they say "Tesla has confirmed".

Sigh at misleading customers.

 

[Dan_LA]

Fobs !!! Fobs !!! We don't need no stinkin' Fobs !!!

yes we need Phone Keys that works... but Bluetooth has no worked well in any electronics I've used so far. Not one single reliable.