Intro:
Being told by the service center this is normal, but I’ve experienced otherwise via a loaner and a friend’s Tesla model 3. Since my sample size is a bit small it would be great if I can get confirmation from a larger community. Sorry, if this has been discussed already, I’ve searched but didn’t seem to hit on the keywords to find it.
Question:
Is a Model 3 or any Tesla vehicle requiring the driver’s seatbelt to be engaged to stay in drive normal? Can’t find this stated in the manual. Behavior recreate: 1. Press down brake, 2. shift into drive from park, 3. release brake, car automatically shifts into park (with “to prevent rollaway, seatbelt or close door” message etc).
Additional background:
I’m not exactly trying to drive without the seatbelt, but over the years of driving other cars I’ve become accustomed to doing the initial roll out of the driveway without it and then engaging the seatbelt once the car is in motion. I’ve mostly adapted due to my Tesla’s behavior but the few times you forget can be jarring when the car drops into park at 1-2mph. From testing I’ve found that it seems you can actually drive without the seatbelt the whole drive if you’re quick and hard about getting on the accelerator after the brake release and whether or not it’s dropped into park at the next “hold”/stop state seems to be random, so I’m not understanding the intended behavior.
I also have the Bluetooth not connecting automatically and from what I’ve read online and some troubleshooting this added up to be a classic occupancy senor issue. Also, if I do drive outright without the seatbelt the warnings on the screen and dings do not trigger. So, I took the car in to the Tesla Service Center expecting a simple fix or at least for them to at least look at the driver’s seat occupancy senor. However, when I did take it in, I was met with hostile dismissiveness from the staff that very much insisted this (car being dropped into park) is a non-issue and the Bluetooth issue must be my android phone. Customer service issues aside I’m just hoping to understand and confirm the normal behavior from a group that isn’t otherwise incentivized to do a “driver education” fix.
(Can’t wait until other EV makers get their act together.)
Being told by the service center this is normal, but I’ve experienced otherwise via a loaner and a friend’s Tesla model 3. Since my sample size is a bit small it would be great if I can get confirmation from a larger community. Sorry, if this has been discussed already, I’ve searched but didn’t seem to hit on the keywords to find it.
Question:
Is a Model 3 or any Tesla vehicle requiring the driver’s seatbelt to be engaged to stay in drive normal? Can’t find this stated in the manual. Behavior recreate: 1. Press down brake, 2. shift into drive from park, 3. release brake, car automatically shifts into park (with “to prevent rollaway, seatbelt or close door” message etc).
Additional background:
I’m not exactly trying to drive without the seatbelt, but over the years of driving other cars I’ve become accustomed to doing the initial roll out of the driveway without it and then engaging the seatbelt once the car is in motion. I’ve mostly adapted due to my Tesla’s behavior but the few times you forget can be jarring when the car drops into park at 1-2mph. From testing I’ve found that it seems you can actually drive without the seatbelt the whole drive if you’re quick and hard about getting on the accelerator after the brake release and whether or not it’s dropped into park at the next “hold”/stop state seems to be random, so I’m not understanding the intended behavior.
I also have the Bluetooth not connecting automatically and from what I’ve read online and some troubleshooting this added up to be a classic occupancy senor issue. Also, if I do drive outright without the seatbelt the warnings on the screen and dings do not trigger. So, I took the car in to the Tesla Service Center expecting a simple fix or at least for them to at least look at the driver’s seat occupancy senor. However, when I did take it in, I was met with hostile dismissiveness from the staff that very much insisted this (car being dropped into park) is a non-issue and the Bluetooth issue must be my android phone. Customer service issues aside I’m just hoping to understand and confirm the normal behavior from a group that isn’t otherwise incentivized to do a “driver education” fix.
(Can’t wait until other EV makers get their act together.)