Matrix Headlights

[EvilStryke]

I currently own a 2021 M3SR+ and have been considering ordering a 2022 MYLR. Are the LR’s being built and delivered with Matrix Headlights? I know the Performance models are. Thanks!

 

[CaliX]

No not yet but April 7th Giga Fest in Austin might reveal some updates coming to the Y.

 

[hodes]

I really freaking hope so. Silly that MYLR has been left out. Especially now that the features are now legal in the US.

 

[inductive]

The MYLRs sitting outside Giga Austin still have the old lights :-( Hopefully these are just for testing and they'll run out of the old ones soon...

 

[samovog]

I currently own a 2021 M3SR+ and have been considering ordering a 2022 MYLR. Are the LR’s being built and delivered with Matrix Headlights? I know the Performance models are. Thanks!

I got my new 2022 MIC build MY LR AWD a week ago and it HAS the matrix led. Every LR in the show room had them. As an former M3 owner i can tell you: the difference is crazy.

 

[stevein]

I got my new 2022 MIC build MY LR AWD a week ago and it HAS the matrix led. Every LR in the show room had them. As an former M3 owner i can tell you: the difference is crazy.

AFAIK every MY in Europe has the Matrix LEDs but in US it's only the MYP.

 

[Redgarden]

Are you sure? Do you have a source on this?

 

[bluenycom]

Are you sure? Do you have a source on this?

All MY's outside of North America have new global headlights, AKA LED Matrix. BTW, Global Headlight is the actual name Tesla uses in the part catalog. All Fremont M3 and MYP have these lights in North America. We don't know the official specs of Austin MY yet.

 

[ehadrive3]

I ordered a Model 3 LR (MSM, 19" sport wheels) delivery sometime in August. I've been following all the M3 Matrix headlight posts. It seems that Tesla started to deliver all M3's with new Matrix headlights but then shifted to only including them in the Performance Model and reverted to older style lamps in the LR and RW. In parking lots I've seen newer M3's with what I believe are the matrix lamps. So to investigate this confusion and hopefully gain some clarity, today I went to the Tesla "store" where I ordered my car in Los Angeles in the Topanga Mall to ask a sales person about this. His answer was not what I expected and frankly confused me. I asked him if my LR M3 would come with new Matrix headlights since I've heard only the performance model has them. His answer, as if reading from a propaganda script was, "all 3 versions of the Model 3 NEVER had Matrix headlights, only the Models S & X cars have them." I told him I've seen newer (Chrome delete model) Model 3's with Matrix lights. I've watched all the You Tube videos that clearly show how to distinguish the Matrix lights from the older style. He denied my claim that at one time M3's had Matrix and said "you're wrong, they never had them". Then he said, if you order a Tesla car, Tesla will deliver whatever they feel like with no promises as to features. I was taken aback by his denial of what I've seen and heard on this subject. I've been deliberating whether to refuse the car if it doesn't arrive with Matrix, but I'll probably accept it, bummed knowing that it will diminish the resale value. So according to this Tesla sales rep, everybody who believes or claims to have a M3 with Matrix headlamps is wrong.... I find this hard to digest... curious if anybody else has been fed this propaganda.

 

[JHCCAZ]

I ordered a Model 3 LR (MSM, 19" sport wheels) delivery sometime in August. I've been following all the M3 Matrix headlight posts. It seems that Tesla started to deliver all M3's with new Matrix headlights but then shifted to only including them in the Performance Model and reverted to older style lamps in the LR and RW. In parking lots I've seen newer M3's with what I believe are the matrix lamps. So to investigate this confusion and hopefully gain some clarity, today I went to the Tesla "store" where I ordered my car in Los Angeles in the Topanga Mall to ask a sales person about this. His answer was not what I expected and frankly confused me. I asked him if my LR M3 would come with new Matrix headlights since I've heard only the performance model has them. His answer, as if reading from a propaganda script was, "all 3 versions of the Model 3 NEVER had Matrix headlights, only the Models S & X cars have them." I told him I've seen newer (Chrome delete model) Model 3's with Matrix lights. I've watched all the You Tube videos that clearly show how to distinguish the Matrix lights from the older style. He denied my claim that at one time M3's had Matrix and said "you're wrong, they never had them". Then he said, if you order a Tesla car, Tesla will deliver whatever they feel like with no promises as to features. I was taken aback by his denial of what I've seen and heard on this subject. I've been deliberating whether to refuse the car if it doesn't arrive with Matrix, but I'll probably accept it, bummed knowing that it will diminish the resale value. So according to this Tesla sales rep, everybody who believes or claims to have a M3 with Matrix headlamps is wrong.... I find this hard to digest... curious if anybody else has been fed this propaganda.

I would not pay any more attention to what this guy says to you.

Model Y: As many others, I've been following this issue for a while. My MYLR does not have the Matrix projector lights, and I understood this would be the case a long time before taking delivery - even though it was something I was really hoping would happened sometime in 2021.

Model 3: aside from tons of confirming reports on this forum, how do I know that Fremont-made M3LR and M3P do have the Matrix headlights? Because I've watched the Christmas light show operate on these cars owned by others, and they project the word TESLA onto the wall in front of the car. This is pretty unambiguous proof of the matrix headlight. The Tesla Guru employee that you've been speaking to is incorrect.

I have not personally seen an M3SR+ or new Austin MYSR-AWD, but again there are many discussions on TMC that you can rely on better than your proven-incorrect Tesla employee. That said, I would certainly agree with the part where he told you that Tesla can and will do anything they want, whenever they want, going forward.

 

[hodes]

I ordered a Model 3 LR (MSM, 19" sport wheels) delivery sometime in August. I've been following all the M3 Matrix headlight posts. It seems that Tesla started to deliver all M3's with new Matrix headlights but then shifted to only including them in the Performance Model and reverted to older style lamps in the LR and RW. In parking lots I've seen newer M3's with what I believe are the matrix lamps. So to investigate this confusion and hopefully gain some clarity, today I went to the Tesla "store" where I ordered my car in Los Angeles in the Topanga Mall to ask a sales person about this. His answer was not what I expected and frankly confused me. I asked him if my LR M3 would come with new Matrix headlights since I've heard only the performance model has them. His answer, as if reading from a propaganda script was, "all 3 versions of the Model 3 NEVER had Matrix headlights, only the Models S & X cars have them." I told him I've seen newer (Chrome delete model) Model 3's with Matrix lights. I've watched all the You Tube videos that clearly show how to distinguish the Matrix lights from the older style. He denied my claim that at one time M3's had Matrix and said "you're wrong, they never had them". Then he said, if you order a Tesla car, Tesla will deliver whatever they feel like with no promises as to features. I was taken aback by his denial of what I've seen and heard on this subject. I've been deliberating whether to refuse the car if it doesn't arrive with Matrix, but I'll probably accept it, bummed knowing that it will diminish the resale value. So according to this Tesla sales rep, everybody who believes or claims to have a M3 with Matrix headlamps is wrong.... I find this hard to digest... curious if anybody else has been fed this propaganda.

This sales person is misinformed. It seems very clear to me that Tesla sales representatives have absolutely no foreknowledge of upcoming products/features, or in some cases knowledge about current features, that is not accessible to the rest of us online. I don’t trust anything they say.

 

[Walker60]

Today at the Glendale Tesla Center, 5 out of the 6 new Model 3 LR had the new lights, including mine. 1 did not. All 3 M3P had the new Matrix. All the LR 19’s had the Continental tires. Pro-contact I think.

 

[ehadrive3]

Today at the Glendale Tesla Center, 5 out of the 6 new Model 3 LR had the new lights, including mine. 1 did not. All 3 M3P had the new Matrix. All the LR 19’s had the Continental tires. Pro-contact I think.

Encouraging to hear this news. I’ve got my fingers crossed for my Model 3 LR expected by 7/14

 

[bpobill]

I ordered a Model 3 LR (MSM, 19" sport wheels) delivery sometime in August. I've been following all the M3 Matrix headlight posts. It seems that Tesla started to deliver all M3's with new Matrix headlights but then shifted to only including them in the Performance Model and reverted to older style lamps in the LR and RW. In parking lots I've seen newer M3's with what I believe are the matrix lamps. So to investigate this confusion and hopefully gain some clarity, today I went to the Tesla "store" where I ordered my car in Los Angeles in the Topanga Mall to ask a sales person about this. His answer was not what I expected and frankly confused me. I asked him if my LR M3 would come with new Matrix headlights since I've heard only the performance model has them. His answer, as if reading from a propaganda script was, "all 3 versions of the Model 3 NEVER had Matrix headlights, only the Models S & X cars have them." I told him I've seen newer (Chrome delete model) Model 3's with Matrix lights. I've watched all the You Tube videos that clearly show how to distinguish the Matrix lights from the older style. He denied my claim that at one time M3's had Matrix and said "you're wrong, they never had them". Then he said, if you order a Tesla car, Tesla will deliver whatever they feel like with no promises as to features. I was taken aback by his denial of what I've seen and heard on this subject. I've been deliberating whether to refuse the car if it doesn't arrive with Matrix, but I'll probably accept it, bummed knowing that it will diminish the resale value. So according to this Tesla sales rep, everybody who believes or claims to have a M3 with Matrix headlamps is wrong.... I find this hard to digest... curious if anybody else has been fed this propaganda.

I bet less than 1% of Tesla owners know what matrix headlights are. Your resale will be fine. People come up with the weirdest stuff sometimes.

 

[Nikeugden]

Can someone let me know if this is old or matrix headlight

 

[ehadrive3]

Can someone let me know if this is old or matrix headlightView attachment 826903

Looks like matrix to me but that’s my guess based on other posts with comparison photos. Which model 3 is this and when did you take delivery?

 

[Nikeugden]

Looks like matrix to me but that’s my guess based on other posts with comparison photos. Which model 3 is this and when did you take delivery?

Model 3 performance. Took delivery June 2,2022

 

[Nikeugden]

Model 3 performance. Took delivery June 2,2022

 

[hodes]

Those are Matrix. Run the light show and they will project the word "TESLA" if you want to confirm for yourself, but I'm confident they are Matrix by the number of elements/sections/whatever. Matrix has 3, old style has 5 ish.