My Tesla a prefacelift S is becoming increasing more unreliable. There have been times when I couldnt get it to go at all. Today I couldnt access the main screen. It still motors but I dont think Ill be able to charge it to desired level. Also cant reboot by pressing the 2 scroll buttons. Any suggestions? How do you do a factory reset? Cant access manual.
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Model S giving much grief
- Thread starter eclectricdave
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Where abiuts in Melbourne are you?
We could plug in the Scan My Tesla Tool for you if you need. Perhaps give you a better idea of the health of the car etc
Have you had the MCU1 SSD Recall completed and/or upgraded to MCU2?
Mine is a Pre-Facelift 2015 so should have the same connectors as yours from memory.
Im in Sandringham. Havnt had MCU2 fitted thought you had to wait for Tesla to ring first. Would like to try your scanner.Where abiuts in Melbourne are you?
We could plug in the Scan My Tesla Tool for you if you need. Perhaps give you a better idea of the health of the car etc
Have you had the MCU1 SSD Recall completed and/or upgraded to MCU2?
Mine is a Pre-Facelift 2015 so should have the same connectors as yours from memory.
Seems to me you have a Faulty eMMC in MCU. Book an appointment at Brighton Tesla and they will replace under recall warranty etc...
If you have issues after that post here and we can try to assist further.
As a paid upgrade, you just book it in if you want it. The consensus appears to be that it's well worth the money.
I thought you could retain FM and DAB if you got the new radio module at the same time?
Yeah I believe you can for an extra charge... Around $5-800 from memory.
At some point in time people stop liking to spend $$$ on 8 year old Vehicles.
Might not make as much sense if your just waiting for a Model Y etc...
Gone to Tesla for a new mem module & 12V battery.
Should make her good as New
I still have the MCU1 on my Model S and had some issue last year. Whilst talking to Tesla they were able to analyse remotely my eMMC and they told me it was still quite healthy At the time. Still have my MCU1 and they resolved my issues last year and it has been stable although not fast since That time. #No-eWaste
raynewman
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I think there's still likely to be some occasional glitches with the Newer Software running on the Nvidia Tegra Processor on the MCU1 System unfortunately. Thankfully the Double Press is a quick fix to resolve issues when they arise.
Certainly I haven't had to do that anywhere near as much with MCU2 Upgrade..
Certainly I haven't had to do that anywhere near as much with MCU2 Upgrade..
Still have my (2016 facelift) original MCU1. After a couple of little screen glitches back in 2019, I asked about the replacement and they said no, wait till it properly fails. But it's been fine ever since. It will probably survive until the terms of the free replacement have expired, so I'll end up buying a MCU2 with radio - I won't have a choice as upon resale any buyer would have to do it anyway.
I had a bubble in my screen and they replaced that under warranty. But also, I mentioned that I had sound dropouts (couldn't even hear the indicators tick) and unreliable Bluetooth pairing. They said straight away that's the eMMC and offered to replace it at the same time. Since the replacement, my phone pairs before I've even got my seat belt on.
So it's worth being aware that it isn't just display glitches or loss of the display - it could be sound, bluetooth, or pretty much any intermittent annoyance.
Now I have a good MCU till 2024 when the 3G network gets turned off...
