When I got my latest update there was virtually no indication what had changed other than some (silly) "fireplace" BS Easter egg. Do not get me started on that thread again. No mention was made to changes in other areas except "bug fixes" or "upgrades."
However, I have just been back to the dealer again (for the 7th time (or so)) for a malfunctioning driver's seat this time, a popped-out front fender skirt, and the USB camera recorder. They fixed the skirt, said they ordered the seat from Norway (huh?) and had no idea what was wrong with the camera system which would stop recording without notice despite plenty of space being available on the USB memory stick. While the car was in the shop, they not only failed to wash it as usual but they left the car with all tires at 38-36 lbs. tire pressure. I would have thought they would have taken the time to do a quick safety check. After all, they had it for three hours (while I waited).
After the firmware update, the camera seems to be working (so far). That's great.
The seat arrived two days after having been ordered. Apparently, it was given a First-class seat on the latest flight from Oslo or it was in stock locally--too bad they could not have told me this before and too bad they can't put it in for another three weeks.
But more importantly, the Auto Drive programming has changed--dramatically. I do not have the $5000 take-me-there upgrade, so I'm talking about the basic speed-control, steering control Auto Drive. In the past, I could double-tap the stick and the car would track the car in front of me in heavy traffic and 95% of the time keep going for long periods of time, occasionally dropping out of auto-steer if I felt it was getting too close to an obstacle and I pulled on the wheel to correct the car's path (like I'm supposed to) or the car just felt like doing something else. Because of this relatively erratic behavior, I always keep my hands on the wheel--lightly gripping and providing minimal resistance.
BUT since the update, this has changed. Now it drops out of auto-steer far more frequently and at one point, two enormous red hands appeared on the dash screaming that I need to GRIP THE WHEEL. WTF? Even when I didn't get the slap from the red hands, the car dropped out of auto-steer at random times and worse yet, it reset the cruise speed to the current speed. This meant I had to manually reset that too.
This is not cool. Not sexy. Not safe. Not smart. Not acceptable. I now plan to call Tesla Support and spend the next two hours on hold.
However, I have just been back to the dealer again (for the 7th time (or so)) for a malfunctioning driver's seat this time, a popped-out front fender skirt, and the USB camera recorder. They fixed the skirt, said they ordered the seat from Norway (huh?) and had no idea what was wrong with the camera system which would stop recording without notice despite plenty of space being available on the USB memory stick. While the car was in the shop, they not only failed to wash it as usual but they left the car with all tires at 38-36 lbs. tire pressure. I would have thought they would have taken the time to do a quick safety check. After all, they had it for three hours (while I waited).
After the firmware update, the camera seems to be working (so far). That's great.
The seat arrived two days after having been ordered. Apparently, it was given a First-class seat on the latest flight from Oslo or it was in stock locally--too bad they could not have told me this before and too bad they can't put it in for another three weeks.
But more importantly, the Auto Drive programming has changed--dramatically. I do not have the $5000 take-me-there upgrade, so I'm talking about the basic speed-control, steering control Auto Drive. In the past, I could double-tap the stick and the car would track the car in front of me in heavy traffic and 95% of the time keep going for long periods of time, occasionally dropping out of auto-steer if I felt it was getting too close to an obstacle and I pulled on the wheel to correct the car's path (like I'm supposed to) or the car just felt like doing something else. Because of this relatively erratic behavior, I always keep my hands on the wheel--lightly gripping and providing minimal resistance.
BUT since the update, this has changed. Now it drops out of auto-steer far more frequently and at one point, two enormous red hands appeared on the dash screaming that I need to GRIP THE WHEEL. WTF? Even when I didn't get the slap from the red hands, the car dropped out of auto-steer at random times and worse yet, it reset the cruise speed to the current speed. This meant I had to manually reset that too.
This is not cool. Not sexy. Not safe. Not smart. Not acceptable. I now plan to call Tesla Support and spend the next two hours on hold.