Rear passenger unbuckled alert with seats folded down

[seismicsanic]

Whenever I have the rear seats folded down in the Y and have a light weight on it (like a box of books), I get frequent flashes on the MFD saying that the middle passenger (or sometimes a side passenger) is unbuckled. Its very annoying because even if I swipe the alert away, going over a bump causes the alert to re-appear.

I have an appointment scheduled with tesla service to investigate, but they want to charge $100 to look at the issue to determine if its something thats covered under warranty (and hopefully waive that fee if it is).

Does anyone else have this issue? I would assume there should be some kind of sensor that disables that seat belt alerts if the seat is folded down.

 

[PatinCT]

Same... middle seat alert shows up if the seats are folded down.

 

[LevelHeaded]

Same and mentioned it at service this week. They said they “found a loose clip under the rear seats and that may have fixed it, but have escalated to engineering as well.” Happened on the way home, so looks like they don’t know how to fix yet. Mine doesn’t require anything but the weight of the seats themselves. Warning rapidly appears and disappears consistently when going over dips/bumps in road

 

[Merlot]

We were moving a few boxes and folded our Y seats down. Same alert appears as well.

 

[Cmos2000]

Same here. Service told me it would addressed in a Software update

you can tap the alert on the screen and tell it there is a child seat there. It will stop alerting then.

 

[COguy]

you can tap the alert on the screen and tell it there is a child seat there. It will stop alerting then.

Not sure why I never thought to do this but it is genius. Ours is very sensitive so the software fix will be appreciated.

 

[Levelheadsteve]

I haven’t driven with the rear seats down, but if a rear passenger slightly leans their hand on the middle seat or my daughter pulls her foot up and rests it partially on the middle seat, the alarm goes off.

 

[floydturbo]

Buckle the seat belt for the middle prior to folding down, my warning went away.

 

[P&J-W]

Same issue 6xxx vin sending vid to tesla Monday

 

[P&J-W]

Same issue 6xxx vin sending vid to tesla Monday

Talked to service. Cancelled mobile device they are working on a fix.. said the sensor is too sensitive.

 

[bbmertz]

Talked to service. Cancelled mobile device they are working on a fix.. said the sensor is too sensitive.

Same here. Took it to the service center and received the following write-up: “Item is currently under investigation due to too sensitive occupant sensor. Utilizing the child seat option disables the alert function.”

 

[bbmertz]

Push the red seatbelt alert button on the screen and it will switch to child seat mode.

 

[JKKJ]

Vin 69xxx, and I am also having this issue in December. Anyone have a fix yet? I just submitted a service ticket today.

 

[BreatheEasier]

The only 'fix' is to switch to child seat mode when the seats are folded down. I have the driver side rear seats folded down on every trip for the dogs, so I've gotten used to doing this, and it stops the alerts every time.

 

[PorthosJon]

Still happening 7 months later.

I also bought a couple of those seat belt “dongles” that you can plug in to stop the nag warning. I’ve even had it sometimes with my backpack on the passenger seat, so I keep those dongles at the ready

 

[Z_Lynx]

Still a problem. Went looking for posts on this and adding my observation here.

I prefer having my back seats down instead of up. My solution was to buckle the center belt (I see that suggestion above).

HOWEVER, you leave it that way for a while and you end up with what appears to be permanent damage to the center section (seats have been up for a couple weeks).

The buckle is not at all flexible and not forgiving.

I have not yet tried the suggestion to mark it as a child car seat. Is this a permanent solution or do you have to do this every time you get in the car?

If not "permanent", I don't think this is acceptable.

 

[PagodaY]

My 2 cents - my MY VIN (048XXX) 17K miles, is driven 99% of the time with the back seats down flat. That's because we load the car up many many times to the gills with heavy stuff and never have we had this warning. I sat in the center back seat the other day and the seat belt notification came on, so the system is working properly.

Leads me to think that there is a problem with you're cars and you should pursue the issue with Tesla, you should not have to "trick" the car into behaving properly.

 

[Big Earl]

Just set the seats to child seat mode. No more nag.

 

[Z_Lynx]

I'll go give it a try, Big Earl (the child seat mode).

I totally agree with you, PagodaY, that I should not have to trick the car into behaving properly.

 

[RichAZ/CapeCod]

Just set the seats to child seat mode. No more nag.

This solution has been posted at the start of this thread. Just touch the little black round child-seat warning symbol and it'll go away.

Rich