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TL/DR – Red Wheel of Death in FSD Beta – lose all AP functions, turn it off and you’ll get AP only, no NOA.
On a recent 600mi trip the Red Wheel of Death came up and knocked out all AP functions of FSD Beta. This was the only warning I received on the trip. The FSD Beta screen stayed same, but no TACC, AP or NOA. Apparently it did not like the overpass on the onramp to PA turnpike. It had no problem with it when I came off the same ramp at Breezewood. I went through the toll booth, pulled to the side, put it in park and then resumed trip, nope still no functions for you. Found a pull off on highway, put in park again, turned off Navigate, got out of car closed the door and then got back in. Still no FSD Beta functions. Screen still remained FSD Beta even though I was on a highway, which was interesting to see. Normally it switches to NOA on it’s own when you hit a highway and then back to FSD Beta when you exit highway. The Screen was no different on the highway than FSD Beta screen around town. I then went to AP screen and turned off FSD Beta. AP screen now showed on highway with the two blue lines. No NOA capability though. Reached a Supercharger and charged up. Turned FSD Beta back on and still no FSD Beta capability or NOA. Reached my destination and did a reboot. Later that evening I turned FSD Beta back on, screen came up but no functionality. Still no NOA either. During trips that evening the screen would switch back and forth from the AP screen to the FSD Beta screen while driving on back roads but still no functions, which was odd to see the screen cutting in and out of FSD Beta as you are driving. Next morning everything was back to normal after it had a good sleep through the night. There was no wifi connection at this location, if it did anything with Tesla it had to have been done through the network.
I did hit the camera button when it freaked out and gave the red wheel of death. Something for the tesla code warriors to look at. Return trip home with FSD Beta was fine. Oh, tunnels now stay in NOA when on highway, they don’t drop to AP when you have FSD Beta turned on. It did struggle with the back mountain roads around the greater Pittsburgh region. Many times hitting or overrunning the double yellow. Concerning when a work truck on those narrow back roads is coming at you and has those wide mirrors and wide wheel wells, dually. Didn’t have problems with seeing over blind hills, i.e., the old phantom braking hot spots, had lots of intermittent slowing though. Did slow down most of the time hitting sharp curves, several times it went in a little fast though, just making sure you’re paying attention. Did miss a left turn even though it called it out and showed it. Also missed the right turn in the two lanes for the on ramp even though it showed it, decided it wanted to take a bite out of the barriers straight ahead, uh no, not today. Too many times it did not turn on the blinker when making exits off highway or turns. Sometimes it would other times not.
I wish the fall back when FSD Beta gets tangled up, was back to normal NOA. Almost had a bad one when it didn’t slow for a sharp exit on the highway, had to jump on the brakes and keep the car from going off the road in the curve, that was some good Talladega. Opps. You forget when you have been using NOA for so many years, that AP alone (which FSD fall back puts you in) isn’t going to do that. It doesn’t take exists. Gets the blood flowing. Everybody awake out there.
So if you get the Red Wheel of death, just go to the screen and switch off beta, you’ll get AP back, but no NOA, or you can just drive manually, ughhh, painful.
Stay safe and keep testing. Check is in the mail or even better, free supercharging being added to your account for being a tester. LoL. Have a Teslarific day.
TL/DR – Red Wheel of Death in FSD Beta – lose all AP functions, turn it off and you’ll get AP only, no NOA.
On a recent 600mi trip the Red Wheel of Death came up and knocked out all AP functions of FSD Beta. This was the only warning I received on the trip. The FSD Beta screen stayed same, but no TACC, AP or NOA. Apparently it did not like the overpass on the onramp to PA turnpike. It had no problem with it when I came off the same ramp at Breezewood. I went through the toll booth, pulled to the side, put it in park and then resumed trip, nope still no functions for you. Found a pull off on highway, put in park again, turned off Navigate, got out of car closed the door and then got back in. Still no FSD Beta functions. Screen still remained FSD Beta even though I was on a highway, which was interesting to see. Normally it switches to NOA on it’s own when you hit a highway and then back to FSD Beta when you exit highway. The Screen was no different on the highway than FSD Beta screen around town. I then went to AP screen and turned off FSD Beta. AP screen now showed on highway with the two blue lines. No NOA capability though. Reached a Supercharger and charged up. Turned FSD Beta back on and still no FSD Beta capability or NOA. Reached my destination and did a reboot. Later that evening I turned FSD Beta back on, screen came up but no functionality. Still no NOA either. During trips that evening the screen would switch back and forth from the AP screen to the FSD Beta screen while driving on back roads but still no functions, which was odd to see the screen cutting in and out of FSD Beta as you are driving. Next morning everything was back to normal after it had a good sleep through the night. There was no wifi connection at this location, if it did anything with Tesla it had to have been done through the network.
I did hit the camera button when it freaked out and gave the red wheel of death. Something for the tesla code warriors to look at. Return trip home with FSD Beta was fine. Oh, tunnels now stay in NOA when on highway, they don’t drop to AP when you have FSD Beta turned on. It did struggle with the back mountain roads around the greater Pittsburgh region. Many times hitting or overrunning the double yellow. Concerning when a work truck on those narrow back roads is coming at you and has those wide mirrors and wide wheel wells, dually. Didn’t have problems with seeing over blind hills, i.e., the old phantom braking hot spots, had lots of intermittent slowing though. Did slow down most of the time hitting sharp curves, several times it went in a little fast though, just making sure you’re paying attention. Did miss a left turn even though it called it out and showed it. Also missed the right turn in the two lanes for the on ramp even though it showed it, decided it wanted to take a bite out of the barriers straight ahead, uh no, not today. Too many times it did not turn on the blinker when making exits off highway or turns. Sometimes it would other times not.
I wish the fall back when FSD Beta gets tangled up, was back to normal NOA. Almost had a bad one when it didn’t slow for a sharp exit on the highway, had to jump on the brakes and keep the car from going off the road in the curve, that was some good Talladega. Opps. You forget when you have been using NOA for so many years, that AP alone (which FSD fall back puts you in) isn’t going to do that. It doesn’t take exists. Gets the blood flowing. Everybody awake out there.
So if you get the Red Wheel of death, just go to the screen and switch off beta, you’ll get AP back, but no NOA, or you can just drive manually, ughhh, painful.
Stay safe and keep testing. Check is in the mail or even better, free supercharging being added to your account for being a tester. LoL. Have a Teslarific day.
