pano roof - vent position changed

[jerry33]

It never provided any ventilation before in the "vent" position--at least none that I could ever feel. 15% was ideal for parking, but they got rid of that because some folks couldn't figure out that you weren't supposed to drive when it was at 15% (caused a whistle) and whined to Tesla, so now 20% is the minimum useful opening. Unfortunately, that's too much unless you have the heat shields, then it's okay.

 

[scaesare]

I encourage everybody to report this as a problem via voice command: "Bug Report: <describe issue here>"

Even if it's intentional behavior, we can let them know we preferred the old behavior...

 

[mknox]

Just didn't work work that way, so now I just pre cool and leave the sunroof closed.

I have no evidence to verify whether this is effective or not, but as a rule, if it's sunny and hot, I'll leave it in Vent position, then close it when I turn on pre-cooling via the app.

 

[Cyclone]

I have no evidence to verify whether this is effective or not, but as a rule, if it's sunny and hot, I'll leave it in Vent position, then close it when I turn on pre-cooling via the app.

Are you using Remote S or another app? I ask b/c I was unaware of a close option on the Tesla app. I hope I just missed it though.

 

[scaesare]

Are you using Remote S or another app? I ask b/c I was unaware of a close option on the Tesla app. I hope I just missed it though.

In the Tesla app it's a button on the upper portion of the "Controls" page.

 

[Cyclone]

In the Tesla app it's a button on the upper portion of the "Controls" page.

Lol. The "vent" button turns into "close". That explains it. I never saw the "close" button, so never hit "vent" before since I didn't want to walk out to the car to close it.

 

[Shaggy]

Let me offer what I do on my car... vent, but then crack the passenger rear window ~1/2". When in motion, this creates a slight vortex and the car cools.

 

[AmpedRealtor]

I find the new vent position to be almost perfect. I always felt the previous vent position left too large of an opening along the front of the pano roof, into which someone could throw things into my car, or god forbid, pour something into my car. I was concerned enough about it that I hardly ever used the feature. Now I use it much more. In my previous cars, only the rear of the roof lifted when in vent position, but on the Model S, the entire panel shifts up, so there is no way to open just the rear end.

 

[pete8314]

Sunroof no longer reaching the correct 'Vent' setting

I noticed yesterday that when sliding the sunroof to the Vent mode, it moves just enough to pop up by a few mm, but it's not fully moving to the correct position, really it's just enough to make a bunch of wind-noise, but with almost no venting. Anyone else had this issue, is there an easy reset/calibration procedure? I've rebooted the center screen, and done several full move cycles with the sunroof, but there's no difference.

 

[jerry33]

Existing thread: pano roof - vent position changed

 

[Jason S]

Old vent position: open past 20%, then back to 12%. New vent position 0% to 12%.

I'm tending to use 20% for real venting now anyway. The new 12% might be ok if there is a chance of rain?

 

[Brightonuk]

And here is one owner who is grateful for the 12%
After parking the car for the night yesterday we had a torrential downpour and a huge clap of thunder that woke me up around 2am at which point I remembered venting the sunroof earlier in the day.
I closed it via the app but this morning I dreaded the damage in the car but :biggrin: nothing inside the car.

 

[pete8314]

Thanks all. If the sunroof is designed properly, then leaving it open won't allow rain in when tilted/vented....I know my old A5 had a little drip ridge running along it that drained to the channel surrounding the sunroof; it was left vented several times during some major rain storms with no water getting in. Anyway, that aside, it doesn't seem like a very elaborate solution to the wind noise problem.

 

[DMA]

I've got exactly the same problem since 1,5 week.
When you open the roof (more than 20%), then close it back to vent (12%), it goes back into his correct position.
When the roof is closed, but you vent it, it's like it blocked.
This is not a feature, but a bug, confirmed by the Tesla engineers when I brought the car for a diagnose.
It seems that the joint is working properly and prevents the roof from opening into its vent position.

I have an appointment in September to fix it. I'll let you know if they it's confirmed.

 

[pete8314]

Same here, heard from my SC this morning, I have an appointment on Wednesday for a 'new firmware upgrade' to improve the venting issue.

 

[DMA]

That's really strange! The problem started about the same time I got 6.2.51 update.
But at the SC the guy was categoric it was a hardware failure, while I wasn't so sure.
Now you tell me this could be a software issue...

 

[scaesare]

I find the new vent position to be almost perfect. I always felt the previous vent position left too large of an opening along the front of the pano roof, into which someone could throw things into my car, or god forbid, pour something into my car. I was concerned enough about it that I hardly ever used the feature. Now I use it much more. In my previous cars, only the rear of the roof lifted when in vent position, but on the Model S, the entire panel shifts up, so there is no way to open just the rear end.

While the new vent position may be perfect for not allowing anybody to deliberately pour something in your car, it no longer actually.. uh.. "vents".

 

[alin3]

I took delivery of a new 70D last week and the car updated to 6.2 software the the first night of ownership. The pano roof "vent" position is the "new" barely venting position. I'll give my service center a call and have them also take a look at it.

 

[mknox]

I took delivery of a new 70D last week and the car updated to 6.2 software the the first night of ownership. The pano roof "vent" position is the "new" barely venting position. I'll give my service center a call and have them also take a look at it.

They'll probably just tell you it's "operating as designed", but if enough people complain, it may get addressed in a subsequent firmware update.

 

[DMA]

Just updated this night to 6.2 (2.5.36): my roof is working again when I put it on "vent" (12%).
So it seems that it was a software issue after all (vs a hardware issue confirmed by my service center...).