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New Model X Doors vs 2020 Model X

Hi all!

I just upgraded from a 2020 model x long range plus to a brand new model x plaid.

In my 2020, the front driver and passenger side doors would open all the way with the key fob (as long as they weren't obstructed, of course) but in the new one they don't. They only pop open about 6 to 8 inches then I have to manually pull them open.

Is this a setting I can change or is this just the way the new ones are?
 
Apparently, that's because there are no proximity sensors - the replacement for them is Occupancy Network which Tesla hasn't launched yet. Until then, the front doors just crack open a little as the vehicle doesn't know if it might hit an obstruction.
@Tessellation mentioned the above when on another thread when a member brought up the same issue regarding the newer model doors not opening all the way.
 
They didn’t remove the proximity sensors on the FWDs as well, right?
Yesterday I was supposed to pick up my MX but the left FWD wouldn't go all the way up. They explained to me that it had issues with the left side FWD "ultrasonic sensor." I was like, "I thought there's no more USS," but she said there still is on the wings. Not sure if she just meant sensors in general.
 
I get USS being removed in front and back, and replaced by cameras, but after 6.5 years with an X I would be really hesitant to open the FWDs without the sensors on them. The cameras can’t see above the car where the FWDs are.

And as far as I know our car doesn’t have any sensors in the front doors at all. They use the FWD sensors to determine how much to open.
 
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