Is it safe to reset center panel while driving ?

[JPP]

This has the distinct aroma of urban legend BS.

...I guess that's possible, but I have been driving an S since 2013 and have been on these forums and have had discussions with many Tesla support folks, and this is how it has been presented to me.

 

[brianman]

Anecdote...

In the HOV lane coming back from the airport (after picking someone up), I reset both the instrument cluster and the center 17" while auto-steer was active back in early AP1 days. I had some nervous passengers at that time, but no drama otherwise.

 

[HankLloydRight]

I think it is interesting that you asked if it is "safe" to do while driving rather than "possible". Of course the official answer for that from Tesla would be no.

Really? Do you have a link to Tesla's "official answer" on the issue?

It's perfectly safe to reboot both the MCU and IC while driving. No driving functions are effected.

People turn on or off their radio, HVAC or Nav in every other car while driving. It's no different. Sure, the current speed might disappear for a few seconds, but that's about the limit of effect it has on actual driving/safety. There's no need to pull over or test it out in a parking lot.

 

[srredbeard]

Really? Do you have a link to Tesla's "official answer" on the issue?

It's perfectly safe to reboot both the MCU and IC while driving. No driving functions are effected.

People turn on or off their radio, HVAC or Nav in every other car while driving. It's no different. Sure, the current speed might disappear for a few seconds, but that's about the limit of effect it has on actual driving/safety. There's no need to pull over or test it out in a parking lot.

The owners manual. It is a typical legalize statement on their part.

 

[HankLloydRight]

Ok, thanks.. but it doesn't say it's not safe to do while driving.

 

[Matias]

I have reseted it tens of times when driving

 

[Model S M.D.]

Yes. This is an essential aspect of the car, it must be able to drive even without working screens/software. Separation between drive and non-drive systems is an important security measure uncovered when people try to hack our cars. Taken from an article (Tesla Model S hacked: Researchers discover six security flaws in popular electric car):

"Manufacturers must separate infotainment systems and the critical drive systems, tightly controlling communication between them, just as commercial airliners isolate inflight Wi-Fi networks from critical avionics systems. If any gateway between them exists, it must be heavily secured. Otherwise you're effectively saying the iPhone connector and the brakes are of the same safety concern."

 

[jerry33]

Either display can be rebooted at any time. There's no issue with driving the car. It's thought that doing it while parked does a deeper kind of reboot, but in practice (and I've done it many times both ways over the past 5.5 years) it doesn't appear to make much difference in the final result.

 

[f205v]

Only the "deep reset" (4 fingers required) must be performed while parked, because it requires the brake pedal to be kept pressed.
Main screen and instrument cluster can be reset both parked or moving, no difference.

 

[E-Ryc]

I've tried it today, red airbag indicator is lit on dash while rebooting center console. So maybe it's not a good idea to crash while rebooting?

 

[henderrj]

The only thing interesting I've noticed is that while rebooting the center screen doesn't interfere with Autopilot (other than making the speed limit go away), rebooting the instrument cluster while on AP seems to cause a disengagement alarm.

Interesting, it doesn't do that on my AP1 although I've only done it a couple of times. I wonder if it always does on a ap2 cars?