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Open Driver Door with Fob - Non-PUP
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Yinn
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Can they? Yes, it's a software setting to enable that on your car. Will they? No, they won't; but you can certainly try and ask.
I have to ask why? To avoid finger marks on the chrome? That's about the only benefit I can think of.
They won't do it, maybe in the past Tesla may have done it but now they are more "corporate" and that initial great Tesla white glove service is diminished or gone.
On a cold wintry day, I would love to have the hands in my pocket to trigger door open via fob as I approach the vehicle and jump right in instead of reaching out press and wait for door to open. Might seem insignificant, but I used to feel that about the auto door close on brake till I miss it immensely whenever I get a rental car to drive.
That's not a bad idea actually, might try it tomorrow! I have PUP and have tried living with the full auto door opening, but had a few close calls when it popped open and therefore disabled it. But using the key fob might be a good solution.
BlueBird
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Join the team of owners that got stuck between the PUP as separate options and the PUP included where those options were clearly overpriced. Even the Tesla sales staff were playing down PUP and were not even fully trained with the options. They told me that Fobs were opening all doors and only the automatic opening was part of the PUP. You can read more about users asking for adding some of the PUP options to existing cards in the thread Premium Upgrades Package for Old-timers!
You can't, that's the OP's very point!
But I've also discovered that it doesn't appear to work with PUP either unless you have auto-door opening enabled, which was a slight disappointment. I've given up with the fully auto-opening driver's door because sooner or later it catches you out and the potential consequences are simply not worth the utility. I had a couple of very close calls when the door popped open just a little earlier than I was expecting on approach in a tight situation. I thought using the key fob to trigger the door opening might be a good compromise, but seems it's all or nothing. Oh well, having to actually press the door button is a serious first world issue, lol!
BlueBird
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I did not know those options could not be separated. Tesla should definitely be considering the fob and auto-opening as two distinct options as they are completely unrelated. As for “serious first world issue”, I agree with you but the fob would be VERY convenient to us living in the great north when our temperature drop under -25c and the fragile door handles are covered with salt or when we have ice rain followed by -20c temperature drops.
I understand it would be nice to have that feature. But when you disable auto-doors on the main screen you also lose the ability to open the front doors with the key fob. Maybe there is some workaround as I haven't looked any deeper into it, but I doubt it.
I suggest you send Tesla support an email requesting to unbundle the automatic doors feature. While I don't have PUP on my 2018, I submitted the suggestion back in early 2017 when I had PUP on the previous car. Looks like almost 2 years later nothing has changed. I guess fart app is progress.
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