Model 3 crazy vampire drain

[israndy]

Makes me kind of happy that I got my car the day before this update was put out, so I NEVER got to experience the kinds of issues you guys describe. I was shocked by the phantom loss that TezLab identifies, but will watch it. Perhaps it's a high percentage of the low miles I put on it the first few days... Just signed up for TeslaFi as everyone here seems to have, so now I have two apps banging on my car, eating the battery.

-Randy

 

[insaneoctane]

Makes me kind of happy that I got my car the day before this update was put out, so I NEVER got to experience the kinds of issues you guys describe. I was shocked by the phantom loss that TezLab identifies, but will watch it. Perhaps it's a high percentage of the low miles I put on it the first few days... Just signed up for TeslaFi as everyone here seems to have, so now I have two apps banging on my car, eating the battery.

-Randy

Is the consumption of either these apps documented or well understood? I was considering TeslaFi but not if it increases vampire drain in a significant way

 

[Msjulie]

So here's my car's over night report. Temp outside currently 54F (means it was a little lower over night). +12 hours has elapsed, 1 mile of range was consumed (vs 5-6 normally). Car didn't 'clunk' the contactors until I opened the door (as before, yeah!) and the screen was dark so it had to reboot. I have seen that before on overnights but not so much on the previous release but the prior. It takes a few seconds, that's fine by me

 

[URFIR3D]

That's awesome, guess it's going to sleep now.

I'm gonna def need the SC to put me on either 2018.10.5 or 2018.12 ASAP. I'm losing 7 miles per night, and that's at 60-70 degrees!

 

[privater]

So another night has passed, Im glad to report after 11 hours, it only lost 1 mile.

And I can reconfirm the display is off when I opened the door in the morning, a indicator it’s sleeping during the night.

 

[URFIR3D]

That's great news! I'm gonna stop by the Service Center this Saturday anyways and ask them to upgrade my Firmware.

 

[SigNC]

The app also says "waking up" when you connect to it now.

 

[TexasEV]

That's great news! I'm gonna stop by the Service Center this Saturday anyways and ask them to upgrade my Firmware.

The service centers are busy enough. Wait your turn.

 

[URFIR3D]

The service centers are busy enough. Wait your turn.

As I said, I needed to stop by there ANYWAYS, Scheduled 2 weeks ago, before 10.5 was even out.... I'm already going for an unrelated matter, so while I'm already there I'm gonna have them update me.

PS: Saying "Wait your turn" assumes I'm trying to cut in line and delay the process... and you know what happens when you assume. To be fair, I can see why you made that assumption, I should have written it as "I'm gonna stop by the Service Center this Saturday anyway, I'll ask them to upgrade my firmware"

 

[SuckerDJ]

I still saw a 6 mile loss over 12+ hours yesterday with 10.5 installed and plug still in car. Will try it without plug tonight. Anyone else still see 5+ mile loss on 10.5?

 

[SigNC]

I lost 1 mile over a 10 hour period last night.

 

[israndy]

So how about we compare rate over 10 hours? Maybe we need a spreadsheet to see who is normal and who isn't

My TeslaFi trial for my new Model 3 Vin 8891 built 3/18 shows:

11 Hours 26 Minutes -131.22 Miles -28.45 kWh

That seems VERY high, no?

-Randy

 

[cellogig]

I still saw a 6 mile loss over 12+ hours yesterday with 10.5 installed and plug still in car. Will try it without plug tonight. Anyone else still see 5+ mile loss on 10.5?

Just picked up the car yesterday. I have 10.5. Temp. 70 parked in garage. 6+ hours.
6 miles lost.

 

[URFIR3D]

Unfortunately we don’t know how TeslaFi taxes the battery with the current firmware. So I would recommend not using any external tools.

SuckerDJ, ya that seems very high....

 

[Msjulie]

Low 50s, car hasn't been drive since Thursday afternoon, 12 miles lost

 

[israndy]

So if we are to NOT use tools like TeslaFi and TezLab we track the drain via the Tesla app? Just check in every hour or so?

-Randy

 

[TexasEV]

So if we are to NOT use tools like TeslaFi and TezLab we track the drain via the Tesla app? Just check in every hour or so?

-Randy

Have you heard of the Hawthorne effect, where the act of observing something changes what you are observing? This would be a real life example of it.

 

[israndy]

Like if I leave a cat in the car, you can't tell if it's dead or alive until you come back to the car?

-Randy

 

[URFIR3D]

Well checking every hour is also pinging the car, better off checking every 12 hours. You’ll get more accurate results of what your car does when left alone.

My car makes all kinds of weird noises all the time for no reason and flashes the lights. Clearly I’ve got some software bugs

 

[israndy]

Or hardware, if it was software the update should have fixed it, made it behave like all the others. Shame you can't just plug it into iTunes and erase it to be sure.

-Randy