Sensor picking up the curb too close to the front?

[andycole]

Hey guys! I just bought a Tesla Model S Plaid and I'm just wondering if this is supposed to happen. My sensors are picking up the curbs and saying I'm heading the curb like that line. That red line gets like over my car but I'm not next to the curb. It's only for the front of the car, not the sides of the car. Does that mean that I have a sensor issue or is this normal?

 

[DerbyDave]

Mine warns me before I reach the parking block, because the suspension settles when the car is turned off and can settle down on top of the parking block, damaging your car.

 

[andycole]

Mine warns me before I reach the parking block, because the suspension settles when the car is turned off and can settle down on top of the parking block, damaging your car.

Ohhh that makes sense. So this is a common thing then and I don't need to take it in. Everyone else's do this too?

 

[James Cole]

What sensors? We don't have no stinkin sensors on our S/Xs!

 

[DerbyDave]

True. I hope they get that vision only stuff working.

 

[WilliamG]

Mine warns me before I reach the parking block, because the suspension settles when the car is turned off and can settle down on top of the parking block, damaging your car.

This is interesting to me. Everyone says that but I’ve never seen it happen. Whether at home (my suspension is set to Very High for my driveway) or out and about and parked, the suspension always stays up. Is there something I’m missing here?

 

[karkrazy]

New MS? That means no ultrasound sensors and Tesla Vision at work… can you share the pic of what you’re seeing? Curious to see what it looks like

 

[DerbyDave]

This is interesting to me. Everyone says that but I’ve never seen it happen. Whether at home (my suspension is set to Very High for my driveway) or out and about and parked, the suspension always stays up. Is there something I’m missing here?

I'd say that's good. In the manual it discusses how the suspension CAN settle over time. If yours does not, that means less leakage, which is definitely not a problem.

 

[WilliamG]

I'd say that's good. In the manual it discusses how the suspension CAN settle over time. If yours does not, that means less leakage, which is definitely not a problem.

I hadn’t driven my car for a week, for example, before this weekend. Car still on stilts in my garage! I still don’t risk it, of course, given the comments here.

 

[andycole]

New MS? That means no ultrasound sensors and Tesla Vision at work… can you share the pic of what you’re seeing? Curious to see what it looks like

I'll take a picture tomorrow!

 

[RL-TheDude]

I just got my S and I notice the vision-only warning system is much more conservative than my M3P was with full sensor array. It’s mildly annoying - even when viewing the feed when parking the set up for the cameras would suggest you’re closer than you are…

 

[RL-TheDude]

New MS? That means no ultrasound sensors and Tesla Vision at work… can you share the pic of what you’re seeing? Curious to see what it looks like

The only noticeable difference is that the warning lines are quite squiggly and change quite rapidly around the car.

 

[WilliamG]

I just got my S and I notice the vision-only warning system is much more conservative than my M3P was with full sensor array. It’s mildly annoying - even when viewing the feed when parking the set up for the cameras would suggest you’re closer than you are…

Yes. The vision-only system is currently absolute trash. Don’t trust it, don’t rely on it. Think of it like FSD. It will make the stupidest “decisions” (in what it shows you) at the worst times.