My car randomly turned itself on. WTF?

[AmericanPharoh]

This happened to me on saturday. The mirrors were folded out already, thought it was a weird glitch. I get in the car and press the brakes, and no start up chime. Must've been on the whole time, luckily just a few hours outside. I checked if anything was missing cause it was unlocked.

 

[jkn]

Weird events. Weird speculation:

Tesla has access and control over network for all cars they have made. Each car must have unique ID in the network. If somebody hacks into that network and tries to steal a car, but does not know the ID, he ends up waking up wrong car. Perhaps car tells its location after waking up...

I'm probably incorrect, but you should report all weird events to Tesla.

 

[Kutu]

I had the problem with my Model S and my Model X turning on randomly. Even with the FOB more that 20 feet and one floor away, it happened. I put both FOB's in a Faraday shield container/bag and the problem when away!

 

[mspohr]

So i pick up my phone to make a call, and I realize that i can't hear anything. I check my audio connection and it showed bluetooth active. I check which device it is and it say it's my Tesla. Well ok what they hell, because it's been sitting in my garage for the last 5 hours. I go out to the car, and it's on. Center screen is on, driver display is on, AC is on, music is playing, etc. The car was even unlocked.

I call Support. I get the stellar answer of "that's the preconditioning". Um no, i have that disabled, and even if it was on, it doesn't explain the music and screens being on, and the car unlocking itself. I'm told "we'll pull some logs and get back to you".

Hopefully I don't wake up with a car that's auto-initiated summon into my street :/

(PS - no, i didn't leave a key in the car)

I think the car has become sentient.
Face it, we are no longer in control.

 

[Marsnaut]

Has anyone heard back from Tesla yet?

 

[jpetro414]

I better go check my car...

i think there was an update last night and now i'm getting a liitle extra phantom draining. Don't know what the update was all about since Tesla likes to keep there software updates to themselves.

 

[jpetro414]

i think there was an update last night and now i'm getting a liitle extra phantom draining. Don't know what the update was all about since Tesla likes to keep there software updates to themselves.

Maybe mine was on also. That would explain the extra phantom mileage.

 

[democappy]

You all got me so paranoid I pulled up the app to see if my car was on in the parking lot. It wouldn't update and told me there was a server error. I never get that so now I am extra paranoid, but not sure if it is worth walking out the parking lot to check.

 

[KidDoc]

I'm getting server errors on my app as well today. I haven't noticed the issue you guys are reporting but I haven't exactly been checking in on the car either. Interesting that their servers are down now.

 

[ASUComputerGuy]

My car was not on last night, but am currently getting the server error in the Tesla App, too. Also, just updated to the 17.32.6ca28227 build yesterday.

 

[Impala1ss]

There are no posts like this reported on the Tesla Mod S Forum which seems to be down now and won't let me post.???????????

 

[jddssc121]

Has anyone heard back from Tesla yet?

Nope! I plan on calling back this AM when they open.

 

[maximumblue]

My S did that started itself in the garage also. They checked it from Ca. and it said yes it was running at that time but was OK . However we have a locked garage , what if it happens while I am at a store or a hotel in an open parking lot?

 

[JonathanD]

My S did that started itself in the garage also. They checked it from Ca. and it said yes it was running at that time but was OK . However we have a locked garage , what if it happens while I am at a store or a hotel in an open parking lot?

Then it's a good day for Hobo Howie!

 

[jddssc121]

Called my service center back. So far they have found nothing in the logs. Like the the logs don't even show the car was on/unlocked, regardless of how. They're going to "dig deeper" into the logs.

 

[EnjoyingLife]

Called my service center back. So far they have found nothing in the logs. Like the the logs don't even show the car was on/unlocked, regardless of how. They're going to "dig deeper" into the logs.

Wakes itself up and deletes it's loggings like it never happened. Wasn't there a scifi flick with something similar? I don't remember what movie it was...

 

[rxlawdude]

You folks seeing this behavior - is your phone with BT on your person or within range (30-50ft)?

 

[MorrisonHiker]

You folks seeing this behavior - is your phone with BT on your person or within range (30-50ft)?

I used BlueTooth during a road trip and returned home around 8:15 pm. We found the car was still on 2 hours later but I believe I'd already turned BlueTooth off some time between 8:15 and 10:15 pm.

 

[mspohr]

Wakes itself up and deletes it's loggings like it never happened. Wasn't there a scifi flick with something similar? I don't remember what movie it was...

I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that.

 

[rxlawdude]

I used BlueTooth during a road trip and returned home around 8:15 pm. We found the car was still on 2 hours later but I believe I'd already turned BlueTooth off some time between 8:15 and 10:15 pm.

I haven't experienced the issue being described, and did a test without my fob but with my cellphone present. No doors opened, so the BT theory seems disproven.

A real puzzlement.