-
Want to remove ads? Register an account and login to see fewer ads, and become a Supporting Member to remove almost all ads.
Tesla app down - 503 maintenance error?
- Thread starter Tian
- Start date
Cardo
Active Member
Seems like this was a fairly significant outage. I wonder if Elon will let us know what happened?
However, it needs to be pointed out this only affects remote access (and logging in). Your phone will continue to work as a key (and be able to send commands to the car) when in Bluetooth range. Whatever you do, DO NOT log out of the app when the servers are down, as then you will lose key functionality and you wonāt be able to log back in until the servers are back up.
Iām sure, much like last time there was a significant outage, the media will claim oodles of Tesla owners were locked out of their vehicles, but that will have only applied to those that deleted/reinstalled or logged out of the app. Talk about the nuclear optionā¦
However, it needs to be pointed out this only affects remote access (and logging in). Your phone will continue to work as a key (and be able to send commands to the car) when in Bluetooth range. Whatever you do, DO NOT log out of the app when the servers are down, as then you will lose key functionality and you wonāt be able to log back in until the servers are back up.
Iām sure, much like last time there was a significant outage, the media will claim oodles of Tesla owners were locked out of their vehicles, but that will have only applied to those that deleted/reinstalled or logged out of the app. Talk about the nuclear optionā¦
WannabeOwner
Well-Known Member
Zilla91
Active Member
Do people regularly log out of the app? Had my car for nearly a year and I've never logged out once.
Pink Duck
Active Member
I liked how ā503 Server Maintenanceā was an artfully rebranded 'Service Unavailable' HTTP status code 
Marmaduke 1169
Member
I gave it a go as I had my key card on me anyway , back up now not that it matters for me as I'm on a train into London
phil4
Member
I think it's an oft recommended step when an app doesn't work, logout, uninstall, reinstall, log back in type thing.
I'm not saying I do it, but I've seen it recommended on many websites for app problems.
Cardo
Active Member
Which in this case is very not recommended as it disables the app until the servers return. But unfortunately itās what a lot of people do as āthatās what you do when the app doesnāt work.ā
Tesla goes down across Europe leaving some drivers unable to charge cars
The app issues began in North America before spreading to Europe.
metro.co.uk
What tends to happen is that people sometimes log out & in in an attempt to resolve a connectivity problem ... thinking that it's their phone/app and that it may be resolved by logging out/in. In some instances that not be a bad idea ... but ... not very often! (I don't think I've ever done it either.)
Similar threads
