Model 3 Software Update 2018.42.x

[barjohn]

I received 42.2 on Monday night. I have an issue with the web browser that I haven't seen mentioned elsewhere. The touchscreen input areas seem to be off. For example, if I try to hit the back button it reads that as the 'X' and closes the browser. I hope it's a bug and not an issue with my touchscreen, but I haven't noticed problems anywhere else in the UI.

I mentioned it in my post too. The touch pads are off. I find if I carefully approach it from the right side of the back button it will work but it is very tricky. While this version appears to be much faster, even on LTE, and a bit more solid, I have had it freeze up and require a reboot.

 

[ElectricCanuck]

I just got 42.2 but don’t see autopilot on nav. Did they remove it from this update? Sorry if I missed the discussion on this.

I don't see it either.

 

[GPinzone]

I don't see it either.

It has to be enabled in the configuration menu. It's off by default. Second, you ALSO have to enable it on the screen when you navigate to your destination.

 

[samta09]

Does Tesla send it’s update on waves? It’s strange that some owners have gotten it while others have not.

 

[Treasure]

Does Tesla send it’s update on waves? It’s strange that some owners have gotten it while others have not.

Yes, they do.

 

[Peter Lucas]

A lot cheaper than FOBs for some other brands. I'm pretty sure I've read that FOBs for BMW or Audi can cost $300+.

I can confirm that a BMW electronic key sells for about $350. That was several years ago.

 

[MMBTUS]

Yes, several have. However there haven't been any installs of 2018.42.2 on any Model 3's since Saturday. Just gotta wait for Tesla to start pushing out updates again. Most of us (myself included) are still waiting for this newer version.

Yes. On Tuesday.

 

[FSKT]

I can confirm that a BMW electronic key sells for about $350. That was several years ago.

. . .and that's for an additional / replacement key, not the original one that came with the car. Our best hope (for a not-$300-plus fob) is if Tesla considers at least one Fob to be a sort of "original equipment" thing, and only charges a bunch for any additional Fobs . . . .

 

[artemeus]

Sweet. So in the UI you enable it via the "Regen: Blackout" setting.

Yup, release gas, wake up in a car on the shoulder, battery at 100%.

 

[MMBTUS]

any notice on a more stable web browser in 42.x?

No. It’s just so slow it just seems unresponsive at times.

Tested using Ookla, download speeds were

I saw a video that 42.2 gives S/X some of their split screen capability back.... Does that mean split screen capability is now available to 3s???

No. Not with my version of 42.2.

 

[ATechGuy]

It has to be enabled in the configuration menu. It's off by default. Second, you ALSO have to enable it on the screen when you navigate to your destination.

Which configuration is that? It's not under the Navigation page...

 

[MMBTUS]

No. It’s just so slow it just seems unresponsive at times.

Sorry, battery died after starting the note. Ironic.

Tested Sparky using Ookla, download speeds were very slow on a WiFi router that pumps 500Mbps everywhere. Incoming ISP bandwidth is full gigabit. My iPhone held right next to the MCU reported 300/100 down/up speeds. Sparky reported 16/3. On WiFi. Did not test OTA. Can it be better? Not likely.

I suspect the funky performance of the browser relates to inherent low bandwidth capabilities. If I’m getting 16 Mbps, the Tesla WiFi radio was not designed for speed at all. So the browser seems unresponsive. But it eventually works, even when driving, god help us.

 

[diamond.g]

Doesn’t the internet connection get VPN’ed back to Tesla before going out? Seems like the VPN tunnel speed isn’t that great.

 

[MMBTUS]

That could be a factor too. Best not to expect much from the browser. Can’t imagine regulators allowing it once it draws headlines when someone does something stupid. Hope it’s not me.

I can’t decide if the 42.2 regen brake tweak increases or decreases stopping force. I had one occasion to brake hard for a quick yellow and felt less “help” than I would have liked. Coulda been situational. Have not tested at all speeds.

But whatever they did makes a big difference in terms of efficiency. I’m getting numbers I have not seen before for identical trips under similar conditions. You can bet this tweak was efficiency driven, not by driver esthetics.

 

[boaterva]

Strange calibration behavior. Our 3 didn’t have it at all, I could enable NoA immediately. The X, started at 67% and needs to be driven to see how it catches up.

I was definitely surprised the 3 was ‘all set’.

 

[chibi_kurochan]

I just got 42.2 but don’t see autopilot on nav. Did they remove it from this update? Sorry if I missed the discussion on this.

I'm on the same boat as you. got it from Service Center push today. No Nav on AP for me.

 

[ATechGuy]

I mentioned it in my post too. The touch pads are off. I find if I carefully approach it from the right side of the back button it will work but it is very tricky. While this version appears to be much faster, even on LTE, and a bit more solid, I have had it freeze up and require a reboot.

So, maybe this is why I couldn't see anything in the users manual after the update. I see the forward/backward buttons, but nothing in the section. And pressing on the two arrows does nothing.

 

[dailo]

Anyone have an issue where they can't unlock their doors if they open the trunk first in this release? For some reason when I open the trunk first I can't open the doors until I open the Tesla app.

 

[barjohn]

Update on more testing. 42.3 is now out but it may be a while before we see it.

I have been reporting a lot of bugs so maybe they will start addressing some of them. Even though Have use HOV lanes selected, it doesn't seem to be aware of where they are or where they go. The same is true for toll roads which are sometimes combined toll road and HOV lane here in southern CA. For example, if I am on a freeway in the left most lane and suddenly an HOV or toll lane opens to the left, it ignores it and it can be hard to get it to go in that lane even by turning on the turn signal. I came to the end of a freeway (55 fwy) in Newport Beach and it let me know that NOA was done but it then switches to AP and starts accelerating to my set speed even though cars are stopped dead ahead of me requiring me to slam on the brakes.


If the route it wants is not the route you want to take it keeps nagging you to change lanes to exit where it wants to exit and there is no override other than to ignore it. It would be nice to have a way to say, no don't change lanes. It was trying to navigate to my home from Newport Beach by a route I know from experience is horrible and was completely ignoring a better route that would use the HOV and toll lanes.


The ding to tell you it wants to change lanes does not happen when it initially puts up its message that looks just like the keep hands on wheel one but some time later (15-30 secs). Seeing that it is a lange change request can be difficult as the light grey color they use is so faint. They need to darken it some, make the display larger and give the message a different color frame than black. Also, it sometimes wants to change lanes for no apparent reason and it wants to move you out of the HOV lane into a slower traffic lane.


It has difficulty where the left barrier wall on an underpass juts out further and the steering goes a bit crazy as it turns first one way and then another at high speed. It doesn't seem to realize it could just continue straight ahead. Part of that is because I find it tending to hold to the left side of the lane rather than the center or right side. When there are only inches between the yellow line and the barrier wall it can be a bit unnerving to be so close, especially on turns. We aren't racing at Seabring so we don't need to hug the wall on turns.


It does see cars moving into your lane suddenly and for the most part react in real time to hit the brakes or slow down. I did have one occasion where I had to apply the brakes hard do to someone suddenly pulling into the lane in front of the car in front of me though it did try to stop. It wasn't applying the brakes hard enough for me to feel certain we wouldn't hit them.


On a slow crawl merge to the left, I had a car in the left front quadrant that was trying to sneak ahead of me and my car suddenly tried to move forward and turn into him and I had to hit the brakes and take control until the merge was complete.


This is still a huge step up from just AP but they need to make the maps HOV/Toll aware and they need to let us select different routes including waypoints.

 

[S3XY]

No. It’s just so slow it just seems unresponsive at times.

Tested using Ookla, download speeds were

No. Not with my version of 42.2.

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