Disclaimer: This post is my story for the trunk shield. I am NOT trying to sell you one. They're kinda expensive anyway!
When I picked up my Model 3 in November, I had no idea there was (and still is) an epidemic of break-ins of Tesla M3s around the Bay Area. I live in the North Bay and visit the city often. When traveling I always carry possessions of mine in the trunk. In the lower trunk, I always have a charging cable, jack pads, scissor jack, tire repair kit, air pump, and my spare tire "skateboard." I then have my computer, suitcase and a number of other things I need or want in my travels in the main trunk. I also do shopping at different stores while in the city. So by the time I return home, my trunk is loaded with all kinds of goodies.
Since there isn’t a lock on the rear seat release, I started to look into how I could better protect the trunk area. I figured out and designed a shield that would block the trunk by using the 8mm bolts being used for the rear seat latches. Basically, it’s a physical barrier between the car and the trunk area. I had never designed anything of this type of product in my life, but I could see a good solution and decided to make it.
After I made it and was feeling proud of it, I thought maybe others would want to protect their trunks as well and I offered them for sale. Shortly after posting it to Reddit, somebody pointed out that a thief could easily break the window and open the trunk, frunk, glovebox, and my garage door via the display.
My initial thought was, “Are you kidding me? That’s crazy!”
I knew that Tesla was going to release “Sentry Mode” soon. But had no idea how it would work.
In the meantime, I emailed Tesla about the display issue. Also, I posted on TMC, Reddit and the Facebook Model 3 group that everybody needed to ask Tesla to fix this display access.
Fast forward to today. “Sentry Mode” is slowly being released. I have yet to get it, but it looks like the display is off limits if the alarm is going off. If that’s the case (and I think it is), I'm a happy man. With my trunk shield and Sentry mode, my stuff in the trunk is as safe as it’s going to get. Man, I love this car!
That’s the story of the “Trunk Shield”.
When I picked up my Model 3 in November, I had no idea there was (and still is) an epidemic of break-ins of Tesla M3s around the Bay Area. I live in the North Bay and visit the city often. When traveling I always carry possessions of mine in the trunk. In the lower trunk, I always have a charging cable, jack pads, scissor jack, tire repair kit, air pump, and my spare tire "skateboard." I then have my computer, suitcase and a number of other things I need or want in my travels in the main trunk. I also do shopping at different stores while in the city. So by the time I return home, my trunk is loaded with all kinds of goodies.
Since there isn’t a lock on the rear seat release, I started to look into how I could better protect the trunk area. I figured out and designed a shield that would block the trunk by using the 8mm bolts being used for the rear seat latches. Basically, it’s a physical barrier between the car and the trunk area. I had never designed anything of this type of product in my life, but I could see a good solution and decided to make it.
After I made it and was feeling proud of it, I thought maybe others would want to protect their trunks as well and I offered them for sale. Shortly after posting it to Reddit, somebody pointed out that a thief could easily break the window and open the trunk, frunk, glovebox, and my garage door via the display.
My initial thought was, “Are you kidding me? That’s crazy!”
I knew that Tesla was going to release “Sentry Mode” soon. But had no idea how it would work.
In the meantime, I emailed Tesla about the display issue. Also, I posted on TMC, Reddit and the Facebook Model 3 group that everybody needed to ask Tesla to fix this display access.
Fast forward to today. “Sentry Mode” is slowly being released. I have yet to get it, but it looks like the display is off limits if the alarm is going off. If that’s the case (and I think it is), I'm a happy man. With my trunk shield and Sentry mode, my stuff in the trunk is as safe as it’s going to get. Man, I love this car!
That’s the story of the “Trunk Shield”.
