Tesla Motors Club
Hey, folks,
I set my scheduled start time for charging to 12:00 AM in order to take advantage of off-peak rates. I leave my Model 3 plugged in at all times. I also set a calendar reminder on my phone to remember to stop charging at 8:00 AM (I charge at 120V, so don't always get a full charge overnight). This has worked fine for 18 months+ of Model 3 ownership. But lately - possibly since the latest update - turning off charging in the Tesla app only temporarily stops charging. It then starts charging again automatically after a few seconds.
The correct behavior would be to stop charging when I click "stop charging" in the app. And stay off until 12:00 AM when it should resume charging, based on the scheduled charging start time. But it isn't working that way any more. I'm wondering whether it is related to the new "Scheduled Departure" feature (which I am not using). Anyway, I was kind of annoyed that the car was going to be charging all day during peak house while I'm at work. But I did find a workaround, which I'll share in case anyone else has the problem.
If you go in and adjust the "max charge" slider to below your current charge level, the app switches to "Charge Complete" and then it does *NOT* resume charging automatically. And now that you have done that, you can actually slide the bar back up to your normal daily charge point, and the car will respect the "Scheduled Charging" time again.
I'm going to contact Tesla support about this but was curious whether anyone else has noticed this issue. It probably doesn't affect most users, who charge at a faster rate and likely have a full charge in the morning.
I set my scheduled start time for charging to 12:00 AM in order to take advantage of off-peak rates. I leave my Model 3 plugged in at all times. I also set a calendar reminder on my phone to remember to stop charging at 8:00 AM (I charge at 120V, so don't always get a full charge overnight). This has worked fine for 18 months+ of Model 3 ownership. But lately - possibly since the latest update - turning off charging in the Tesla app only temporarily stops charging. It then starts charging again automatically after a few seconds.
The correct behavior would be to stop charging when I click "stop charging" in the app. And stay off until 12:00 AM when it should resume charging, based on the scheduled charging start time. But it isn't working that way any more. I'm wondering whether it is related to the new "Scheduled Departure" feature (which I am not using). Anyway, I was kind of annoyed that the car was going to be charging all day during peak house while I'm at work. But I did find a workaround, which I'll share in case anyone else has the problem.
If you go in and adjust the "max charge" slider to below your current charge level, the app switches to "Charge Complete" and then it does *NOT* resume charging automatically. And now that you have done that, you can actually slide the bar back up to your normal daily charge point, and the car will respect the "Scheduled Charging" time again.
I'm going to contact Tesla support about this but was curious whether anyone else has noticed this issue. It probably doesn't affect most users, who charge at a faster rate and likely have a full charge in the morning.