Just had a slightly concerning situation with my M3.
Charging on a public chargepoint while waiting for my wife, I ended the charge and as I have done hundreds of times, left my phone in the car, disconnected the charge cable and put the charge cable in the frunk.
The car always seems to lock when I walk round to the frunk, but I never have an issue getting back in. This time, I go to open the drivers door and its locked. Sentry warning flashes up on screen. I'm locked out, and our dog is locked in.
Then the alarm starts going off (either because the dog moved or because I'm trying all the handles) and the full blast music starts playing.
I'm genuinely considering how I'm going to smash a window, but thankfully an amenable passerby lets me use his phone, download the Tesla app, log-in and unlock the car.
Sure enough, once back in the car, it isn't recognising my iPhone as a key. The only difference this time I can think of is that the phone had been in hotspot mode as I was using my laptop in the car.
Not sure if there's a moral to the story, other than denting my trust in the phone key. Hopefully the dog hasn't sustained any long term hearing damage! It has made me wonder whether, given the relative likelihood of dogs and small children being accidentally locked in the car in the event of a phone key failure (perhaps more likely than a genuine alarm situation?), whether the full blast music is potentially more harmful than good.
Charging on a public chargepoint while waiting for my wife, I ended the charge and as I have done hundreds of times, left my phone in the car, disconnected the charge cable and put the charge cable in the frunk.
The car always seems to lock when I walk round to the frunk, but I never have an issue getting back in. This time, I go to open the drivers door and its locked. Sentry warning flashes up on screen. I'm locked out, and our dog is locked in.
Then the alarm starts going off (either because the dog moved or because I'm trying all the handles) and the full blast music starts playing.
I'm genuinely considering how I'm going to smash a window, but thankfully an amenable passerby lets me use his phone, download the Tesla app, log-in and unlock the car.
Sure enough, once back in the car, it isn't recognising my iPhone as a key. The only difference this time I can think of is that the phone had been in hotspot mode as I was using my laptop in the car.
Not sure if there's a moral to the story, other than denting my trust in the phone key. Hopefully the dog hasn't sustained any long term hearing damage! It has made me wonder whether, given the relative likelihood of dogs and small children being accidentally locked in the car in the event of a phone key failure (perhaps more likely than a genuine alarm situation?), whether the full blast music is potentially more harmful than good.