Wife was taking our daughter to her taekwondo class this evening and there was snow falling here in Brampton. Was on the phone with her and she insisted the car seemed to be slipping and while on the phone I hear her yell " Omg, omg!!". She's like I braked but the car didn't stop at a stop sign just slid. I asked her how bad were the roads and she said it wasn't too bad. So I decided to call her again after an hour or so once they got back home and first thing she tells me is she won't be touching that car again. I asked what happened and she said it didn't stop again and luckily car infront got out of her way in time with a gesture and a honk after. Then she said a message appeared somewhere along the lines of " if vehicle doesn't stop/brake contact telsa". She said she didn't remember exactly the words but along those lines. I don't have snow tires on them appt is next Friday. However roads weren't that bad to where the car wouldn't stop....I'm in the States and kind of worried and upset at the same time thinking I got her a car I felt was safe and she's telling me she wouldn't get in it.again sorry to make this long but anyone else have this problem?? On phone holding for an hour with telsa hopefully they can provide some answer. First post here also.
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Model 3 didnt brake / stop!!
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The stock tires are slick in any snow condition - and there is very little regen in those conditions. Not being use to using the brake doesn’t help either.
There is probably absolutely nothing wrong with the car. You just don’t have the right tires on yet and an adjusted driving style...
Like she pressed the brake pedal and the car wouldn't stop? Or she was expecting the regenerative braking to stop/slow the car and it didn't engage? Because those are 2 very different things and any discussion of one won't really be applicable to the other.
Agree but it's how she explained it, car shakes when trying to brake and "if vehicle doesnt stop contact telsa" are the concern for me. Roads were mote wet as to full on snow.
Pressed the brakes and wouldn't stop.said it just shakes as if it's trying to stop but isn't. She doesn't really use Regen alot. Also low speed, local roads. So nothing like coming off a. highway or something.
Like ABS kicking in on a slick road - which is like “just shakes”?
Doesn’t need much snow to clog up the crappy all seasons and cause the car to slip/slide when you want it to stop.....
For sure will get those changed, on the phone now tech said no errors showing but motors were spinning when they shouldn't have been.
Tesla tech told you “motors were spinning when they shouldn’t have been”?
Or your wife/you feel they shouldn’t have been?
That situation is my worst nightmare. Sorry to hear your wife experienced it. Either rotors were wet and trying to dry (shuttering) or she was pushing accelerator (brake cuts off motors/overpowers motors). Regen brakes don’t dry rotors and regen will let go if slowing with regen and hit wet manhole cover for instance. Curious if tesla finds fault/error but doesn’t sound like tires unless a patch of ice near stop sign.
SC appointment sat
Will update after SC appointment. Fingers crossed.
Techniques
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Reading you are still on All Seasons, was Regenerative Breaking still on the Standard setting? The shaking feeling to me could have been ABS/traction control while on Standard Regen.
I only question it because I had to do an errand this evening while the snow was coming down and had a slight slide on my street while braking but I still had regen on Standard. I changed regen to low and was ok for the drive. Roads were snow covered, and still on All Seasons.
I only question it because I had to do an errand this evening while the snow was coming down and had a slight slide on my street while braking but I still had regen on Standard. I changed regen to low and was ok for the drive. Roads were snow covered, and still on All Seasons.
Regen is set to low. Her settings are as close to an ice.you can get, doesn't use Regen much anyways. She was.even saying it couldn't get.up our driveway with a little snow.
Techniques
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Well it’s good you have a appointment coming up. Please report back any findings Tesla has.
Glad everyone is safe.
I'm interested to see what happens after your SC appointment. I'm in North Brampton and we had a lot of snow. I didn't experience the braking issue but had to be lighter on the acceleration. I did notice it handle a lot better than my bmw. I have rwd, all seasons and full Regen on.
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dmd2005
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All-season tires are more like no season tires and glad you’re getting winter tires next week. Under 7 degrees C and tires are hard as hockey pucks and won’t help out much in even a small amount of snow. I was stuck once on a small incline in my ICE car and that embarassment made me realize all-season tires are useless in the winter.
Sounds like the abs kicked in if the brakes/car were shaking or vibrating. Glad nobody was hurt and reassure your wife that winter tires will make a huge difference. The only thing that touches the road surface are the tires, so it doesn’t matter how good your brakes are if your tires aren’t suited for the conditions. That’s why I have Nokian Hakka R3’s for most of the winter and also a set of Nokian Hakka 9 studded tires when the roads are icy.
Sounds like the abs kicked in if the brakes/car were shaking or vibrating. Glad nobody was hurt and reassure your wife that winter tires will make a huge difference. The only thing that touches the road surface are the tires, so it doesn’t matter how good your brakes are if your tires aren’t suited for the conditions. That’s why I have Nokian Hakka R3’s for most of the winter and also a set of Nokian Hakka 9 studded tires when the roads are icy.
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I see a few issues.
Wife was on phone distracted.
The distraction allowed her to miss the stop sign and did not brake in time.
Wife was driving too fast for the conditions
It can never be the wife's fault, it has to be the cars.
Wife was on phone distracted.
The distraction allowed her to miss the stop sign and did not brake in time.
Wife was driving too fast for the conditions
It can never be the wife's fault, it has to be the cars.
I really don't want to call FUD on all this, but I'm really damned close to it.
Go to an empty parking lot to try to reproduce the message and the problem. The message could be warning you that you press the brake and gas pedal at the same time. This message clears as soon as you release either pedal.
