&^%$% Owner's Manual!

[Pruitt]

You would think, after five years of ownership, Tesla could make the owner's manual work properly!

For all that time, it has not displayed correctly except on very rare occasion. They say there's nothing wrong with it, but it doesn't work!!!!!!

 

[Cal1]

Have you tried all the usual Tesla recommendations? E.g. resetting both displays a couple of times? I've had this in the past and found it helped a couple of times

 

[X-pilot]

You would think, after five years of ownership, Tesla could make the owner's manual work properly!

For all that time, it has not displayed correctly except on very rare occasion. They say there's nothing wrong with it, but it doesn't work!!!!!!

Another option is to go on the web & download a PDF copy. View on any other type display/phone/pad/etc.

 

[Pruitt]

Have you tried all the usual Tesla recommendations? E.g. resetting both displays a couple of times? I've had this in the past and found it helped a couple of times

Yes, I have. It helps once. Then the next time I have to do it again. And with my MCU taking over five minutes to boot up these days, it's a bit onerous.

And the most irritating part of it is, I shouldn't have to do that at all.

 

[SO16]

Yeah unfortunately software updates just make MCU1 too slow for certain tasks like this for a lot of people. I suspect MCU2 doesn’t have this issue. I will get MCU2 once the new service center in my town opens in a month or so.

 

[alexgr]

Opening Owner's manual completely freezes my M3 computer and turns on the AC blower to max.

 

[SO16]

Opening Owner's manual completely freezes my M3 computer and turns on the AC blower to max.

Even after rebooting?

 

[alexgr]

Even after rebooting?

Yes. It's totally reproducible.

 

[Greatsave35]

I just got MCU2, tried to view the manual and it crashed.

 

[DerbyDave]

I just got MCU2, tried to view the manual and it crashed.

Store it on your phone in PDF downloaded from Tesla. Works most of the time if your phone works. Ashamed Tesla can't get it to work in the car.

 

[alexgr]

I just got MCU2, tried to view the manual and it crashed.

I have MCU2 HW3 and the manual worked before (last year ... maybe) but not anymore.

 

[Cal1]

Ah yes and we’re really expect them to produce a fully functional self driving car? Hell it can’t even self park!

 

[alexgr]

Ah yes and we’re really expect them to produce a fully functional self driving car? Hell it can’t even self park!

Well, I should admit that software glitches on my other much less technically sophisticated cars are more serious even though they run a negligible fraction of code lines compared to Tesla. If anyone is close to a self driving car that's Tesla. Who said it will run without glitches?

 

[airborne spoon]

Ok I'm the first one to always say RTFM when people ask questions. However, you have had the car for 5 years WTF do you need in the manual still? I've damn near memorized the thing after the first like 6 months when i got the car ages ago.
If a brake pedal reboot doesn't fix your issue then try a factory reset, if it doesn't factory reset everything then you have a eMMC or main board issue. i had my mainboard take a crap on me after i had the eMMC fixed so i just did the MCU2 upgrade.

 

[Pruitt]

...you have had the car for 5 years WTF do you need in the manual still? I've damn near memorized the thing after the first like 6 months when i got the car ages ago.

Two reasons -

• They keep changing things, and
• It never worked long enough for me to memorize it.

 

[Pasralph1]

Opening Owner's manual completely freezes my M3 computer and turns on the AC blower to max.

This just happened to me, too. Screen went black and I had to do a hard reboot! I can't find the manual on the website -- I was going to print a few pages.

 

[SO16]

This just happened to me, too. Screen went black and I had to do a hard reboot! I can't find the manual on the website -- I was going to print a few pages.

I just Google it.

“Tesla model S user guide” for example. Shows right up.

 

[TarmacSurfer]

Opening Owner's manual completely freezes my M3 computer and turns on the AC blower to max.

I just tried this today and - SAME THING!!! bizarre!

I saved a version to my iCloud and now I can access it that way but that’s a very odd and has-to-be-embarrassing oversight / glitch!

 

[Jjdsyd]

It’s incredible how poorly implanted this is. Even on MCU2 it’s hopeless. No search??

 

[JustJohn]

Opening Owner's manual completely freezes my M3 computer and turns on the AC blower to max.

Same. On a 2021 car with 111 miles on it.