Wanted to post this after I had major issues with driving on snowy roads to see if others are experiencing problems. This happened two weeks ago for me and I thought I was crazy. Felt like rear end kept slipping out, especially when hitting bumps. ABS kept going off. Couldn't driver faster than 40mph on highway without losing control. It was horrible.
Two days later got a call from my brother who has a Model S in Michigan, who I had not spoken with about the problem. Told me he went out that morning on snowy/icy road conditions and almost went in the ditch from the car going all over the place. Had to slow down to 35mph in order to stay on the road properly. I explained I had the same issue.
Called two friends who have Model S units as well. One other in WI and one in NY. Neither had problems like we did but they both said they had also not been on snowy/icy roads yet.
A few days later one called me and said they drove out on their first snowy day and and freaked out. Car all over the place. Super frustrated and scared.
Just got a call from my friend in NY and he was still in his car. Sent a video of the road conditions, which were the same we had driven on. Same problem. Scared that crap out of him. He flipped in and back out of Chill just to see if it mattered. For a bit it was normal and then same thing...ABS going off and car all over the road.
Couple notes here. We all have snow tires. Only happens when snow and ice is present and there are slippery conditions...not when roads have salt, etc. Two of the four cars drove last winter and were amazing. All experienced the same issues. One is a 2016 AP1 90D, one is a 2018 P100D AP2.5, one is a 2019 100D AP2.5, and one is a 2020 Raven. I did test my 75 RWD with no snow tires and I had no issues at all. The issue appears to be with AWD units.
Haven't called Tesla yet but will be doing that. Wanted to ping the forum right away to make people away of the potential issue and see if anyone else is experiencing this. I did call another friend who is driving a Plaid and he said he isn't having any issues. We think it may be in a software update related to more aggressive brake regen where one axle drive may be a bit off from the others, but obviously we are not software engineers so we don't know. In the words of one friend "this car is junk if they don't fix the problem as I can't drive with snow on the roads".
Two days later got a call from my brother who has a Model S in Michigan, who I had not spoken with about the problem. Told me he went out that morning on snowy/icy road conditions and almost went in the ditch from the car going all over the place. Had to slow down to 35mph in order to stay on the road properly. I explained I had the same issue.
Called two friends who have Model S units as well. One other in WI and one in NY. Neither had problems like we did but they both said they had also not been on snowy/icy roads yet.
A few days later one called me and said they drove out on their first snowy day and and freaked out. Car all over the place. Super frustrated and scared.
Just got a call from my friend in NY and he was still in his car. Sent a video of the road conditions, which were the same we had driven on. Same problem. Scared that crap out of him. He flipped in and back out of Chill just to see if it mattered. For a bit it was normal and then same thing...ABS going off and car all over the road.
Couple notes here. We all have snow tires. Only happens when snow and ice is present and there are slippery conditions...not when roads have salt, etc. Two of the four cars drove last winter and were amazing. All experienced the same issues. One is a 2016 AP1 90D, one is a 2018 P100D AP2.5, one is a 2019 100D AP2.5, and one is a 2020 Raven. I did test my 75 RWD with no snow tires and I had no issues at all. The issue appears to be with AWD units.
Haven't called Tesla yet but will be doing that. Wanted to ping the forum right away to make people away of the potential issue and see if anyone else is experiencing this. I did call another friend who is driving a Plaid and he said he isn't having any issues. We think it may be in a software update related to more aggressive brake regen where one axle drive may be a bit off from the others, but obviously we are not software engineers so we don't know. In the words of one friend "this car is junk if they don't fix the problem as I can't drive with snow on the roads".
