[POLL] Would you leave "walk up unlock" ON if you could disable *ONLY* at home?

[insaneoctane]

I think most people want to leave the walk up unlock function on, but the close proximity of us to our cars at home (unless we live at Wayne manor) means it will unnecessarily unlock too frequently. If Telsa would simply give an added feature underneath the "walk up unlock" feature to "disable when HOME WI-FI detected", I think we'd have a winner.

Thoughts?

 

[gregincal]

I think that it's a bug they need to fix in general. Having an exception for the home is a clunky workaround, because I can think of plenty of other situations where it would cause a problem (parked out in front of a store for instance). Note that this is from the perspective of it working correctly for me, the phone may connect as a key from 40 or 50 feet away, but it never unlocks the car until it detects that I am within a few feet of the car (basically inside the garage).

 

[insaneoctane]

I think that it's a bug they need to fix in general. Having an exception for the home is a clunky workaround, because I can think of plenty of other situations where it would cause a problem (parked out in front of a store for instance). Note that this is from the perspective of it working correctly for me, the phone may connect as a key from 40 or 50 feet away, but it never unlocks the car until it detects that I am within a few feet of the car (basically inside the garage).

It seems to me that disabling at home fixes 99% of issue. Most stores I go into would not cause problems. If you think it's a bug, what is your expected behavior?

 

[gregincal]

It seems to me that disabling at home fixes 99% of issue. Most stores I go into would not cause problems. If you think it's a bug, what is your expected behavior?

It should work exactly the same as the S. Basically when you are right next to the car it unlocks. You can unlock it from a further distance by pressing the unlock button. And in fact that it is exactly how it does work for many people including me, just not everybody.

 

[strykeroz]

At what distance does it operate? My home office is over my garage - would the car remain unlocked while I'm upstairs?

 

[gregincal]

At what distance does it operate? My home office is over my garage - would the car remain unlocked while I'm upstairs?

For me, yes. You have to be less than about 5 feet away from the car for it to unlock. (At least I think so, since I don't have anything above my garage it's hard to test.)

 

[insaneoctane]

Even at 5 feet (if that's Tesla's goal) it still unlocks walking by it in the garage. That would not happen with the proposed change.

 

[gregincal]

Even at 5 feet (if that's Tesla's goal) it still unlocks walking by it in the garage. That would not happen with the proposed change.

Sure, but that doesn't change my answer. I have had to turn of walk up unlock on my Model S several times over the last 5 years for that very reason, but none of the times was at home (camping is the most common time, I hate the car locking and unlocking as I walk around the campsite). At home I usually don't have my fob or my cellphone when I'm out in the garage unless I'm doing something in the car.

 

[WileyTheMan]

Now that I think about it, I'll disable it if it becomes an issue at my house. Maybe they will provide an option to change the range.

 

[Glamisduner]

Hearing all the problems with this I kinda wish they would have just included a fob that unlocks and locks when you touch the handle like my current car does now...

 

[gregincal]

Hearing all the problems with this I kinda wish they would have just included a fob that unlocks and locks when you touch the handle like my current car does now...

Well, if you turn off walk up unlock, then the unlock portion is what you are asking for.

 

[Glamisduner]

Well, if you turn off walk up unlock, then the unlock portion is what you are asking for.

I thought you had to take out a card and hold it up to the car? All I have to do currently is have the fob in my pocket when I touch the handle to unlock it, no futzing with gobs or cards in my pocket.

 

[Robocheme]

I've turned it off because it kept locking and unlocking. I was hesitant about doing this before because I thought that the only way of unlocking the door was through the app. I've recently found out that I could turn off walkup unlock and unlock the door just by opening the handle. This is very convenient and very similar to how it works on my X1.

 

[gregincal]

I thought you had to take out a card and hold it up to the car? All I have to do currently is have the fob in my pocket when I touch the handle to unlock it, no futzing with gobs or cards in my pocket.

No, as long as you have your phone in your pocket it will unlock when you pull on the handle, but not before.

 

[insaneoctane]

85% of folks want this change....

 

[sreams]

85% of folks want this change....

The poll doesn't consider the possibility that Tesla might address this problem with a software update, which would eliminate the need for a workaround like this.

 

[Terry_B58]

Not got my S yet, but as mine will be parked very close to my house, I will just drop my key into a 'Farady Cage' bag when I don't need it. This is also for increased security against 'relay' theft.

The option of 'Disable at Home' does sound ideal though.

 

[N5329K]

None of the above. I want the car to be locked when I lock it, and unlocked when I unlock it. I do not find it convenient or useful for the car to make those decisions and have me search for workarounds as I wonder why it did what it did.
Robin

 

[brkaus]

What exactly is the difference if walk up unlock is disabled on a 3?

And no, I’m generally no it favor of special locking at home. My car will still detect the WiFi if it’s in the drive. And the gos isn’t walkways that accurate.

 

[Robocheme]

What exactly is the difference if walk up unlock is disabled on a 3?

And no, I’m generally no it favor of special locking at home. My car will still detect the WiFi if it’s in the drive. And the gos isn’t walkways that accurate.

If you disable walk up unlock, then you can unlock it by 1) pulling the door handle, 2) using the app, 3) using the keycard. I like option 1 since it's convenient and the car doesn't keep locking and unlocking when I walk by (if I have walkup unlock enabled).