Key Fob - not available in NZ

[Member]

Hi Tesla

Owners, does anyone know why we can't purchase the key fob here or in Australia, but you can purchase in USA, Singapore, Hong Kong and U.K?

 

[Matt_NZ]

That must have been a recent change as I had seem them in the store a few months ago.

What do you need the fob for though that the Phone Key doesn't do?

 

[Audietron]

Hi Tesla

Owners, does anyone know why we can't purchase the key fob here or in Australia, but you can purchase in USA, Singapore, Hong Kong and U.K?

If you are looking for a ring instead of FOB, I got one unused Ring purchased from USA...
Handy for second driver, or mostly passanger...

 

[Ecoli]

If you have an Android phone with NFC and Tesla app you can use it to unlock the car
The same way as using the key card

 

[FlyingKiwi]

If you have an Android phone with NFC and Tesla app you can use it to unlock the car
The same way as using the key card

Two questions..

1) How do you set this up?
2) Why wouldn't you just use bluetooth since every smartphone has bluetooth?

 

[Audietron]

Two questions..

1) How do you set this up?
2) Why wouldn't you just use bluetooth since every smartphone has bluetooth?

No setup.... condition is your tesla app set as key...
Tesla app many time doesn't automatically open doors, specifically if you lock/unlock car remotely, next time chances ot doesn't open via Bluetooth proximity... second scenario when non-key mobile connected to car before locking...

I was caught out few time, ended up using my ring to open door.

 

[Matt_NZ]

I think I can count on one hand when my phone key has failed to work over the last three years. I have an iPhone tho.

 

[FlyingKiwi]

Ditto, Bluetooth always works if the phone is awake and the tesla app running.

Tested the NFC thing, and it requires you have the Tesla app open on screen. Guess it might have uses if you were going to park in a particularly dodgy neighbourhood and wanted no possibility of the car unlocking until you were right at the drivers door.

 

[Audietron]

Ditto, Bluetooth always works if the phone is awake and the tesla app running.

Tested the NFC thing, and it requires you have the Tesla app open on screen. Guess it might have uses if you were going to park in a particularly dodgy neighbourhood and wanted no possibility of the car unlocking until you were right at the drivers door.

In dodgy neighborhood you don't want car door to open at all

 

[khayyam]

My android phone sometimes doesn't work without fiddling. (open app, enable / disable Bluetooth etc). I think often the problem is that the app needs to be updated, somehow it doesn't automatically update in the same way as all the other apps and needs manual updating. I have considered the fob but it's never (quite) got that annoying.

 

[m3lol]

sometimes my car won’t auto unlock unless my iphone is awake.

And it usually happens when i am holding something heavy in one hand and forces me to put said things down

 

[Audietron]

sometimes my car won’t auto unlock unless my iphone is awake.

And it usually happens when i am holding something heavy in one hand and forces me to put said things down

One of the reasons my wife calls Tesla my mistress...
All the dramas, demands, unreliability, and uncertainty... and I still happily pay for it

 

[Ecoli]

Two questions..

1) How do you set this up?
2) Why wouldn't you just use bluetooth since every smartphone has bluetooth?

There is no setup, it just works
It's a useful fallback if you are having issues with BT with the phone or car
I would still recommend carrying the keycard as well

 

[carlson7696]

One of the reasons my wife calls Tesla my mistress...
All the dramas, demands, unreliability, and uncertainty... and I still happily pay for it

100%

 

[DanBoy]

I just purchased a key fob from the US Tesla site and used ‘youshop’ to send it here. Worked perfectly for the last two years as a backup to the phone.

 

[Audietron]

I got some 40 piece of accessories from USA using Amazon USA version, and few by using Amazon AU and UK version

 

[Audietron]

I noticed that android mobile phones with latest updates, rremoves specific access when not used for 24 hours or more, like nearby devices detection... this internet fails to open car when approaching...

I found that if you go to Tesla mobile app permissions and disable auto remove access option, it fixes the car unlocking issue altogether.

 

[Audietron]

Mobile App is playing up with bad formatting and mixing up words we write... Apologies for hard to understand last poat

 

[Ecoli]

I noticed that android mobile phones with latest updates, rremoves specific access when not used for 24 hours or more, like nearby devices detection... this internet fails to open car when approaching...

I found that if you go to Tesla mobile app permissions and disable auto remove access option, it fixes the car unlocking issue altogether.

updated to android 13 on the 4th Dec I think, no issues so far
phone is Samsung