Tips for FWD not opening high enough in garage?

[xanatos]

A while back I took home a MX for an overnight test drive and one of the issues I had was the FWD not being able to open high enough while in the garage. At first I thought it was because I was trying to open them while the garage door was opened and maybe blocking it, so I tried it again while the garage door was closed, and same result.

I think maybe it's due to the garage opener motor right above the MX, maybe when the FWD is trying to fold up it gets blocked by the opener and thus can't open all the way?

I attached some pictures, wondering what solutions others have come up with for dealing with this issue, aside from loading/unloading passengers in the driveway first before driving into the garage?

 

[JohnSnowNW]

My garage ceiling is several fee taller than yours and my FWDs are pretty picky about where I park the vehicle. For me, it seems to be the garage door rails that keep them from opening fully. As long as I park in a specific place they open just fine.

It sure looks like the sensors are picking up on the garage door motor, and I honestly don't see a solution...other than maybe reversing into the garage instead.

I've said it before, but Tesla needs to have an option for the doors to ignore obstacles in certain places. I can't tell from the pics if the doors could really impact the garage motor, but at least in my garage there is no way for them to hit anything.

 

[jeffro01]

Looks like plenty of room to get in and out to me... I have even less space on my drivers side FWD...

Jeff

 

[Ruffles]

There is an option to always fully open at your location. First - verify they can completely open . Next, go into the doors screen and hold the FWD buttons to override and force them to open. Once you do this, there will be an option to always open full in this location (it will be up to you to make sure you park in such a ways they can ignore the sensor and open safely).

 

[eml2]

Tesla needs to have an option for the doors to ignore obstacles in certain places

I think you can overwrite it by press and hold the FWD open button after it stops. You'll hear a beep and it will then continue to open while you keep pressing the button.

 

[l4sythe]

A while back I took home a MX for an overnight test drive and one of the issues I had was the FWD not being able to open high enough while in the garage. At first I thought it was because I was trying to open them while the garage door was opened and maybe blocking it, so I tried it again while the garage door was closed, and same result.

I think maybe it's due to the garage opener motor right above the MX, maybe when the FWD is trying to fold up it gets blocked by the opener and thus can't open all the way?

I attached some pictures, wondering what solutions others have come up with for dealing with this issue, aside from loading/unloading passengers in the driveway first before driving into the garage?

Even if the door motor wasn’t there, and the garage door was shut, I don’t believe the doors would open fully. My assumption comes from parking in a multilevel parking garage with ceilings theoretically high enough to allow the doors to fully open, but they don’t. The doors do go up a few inches higher than the ones in pictures shown, so my passengers have to duck and get out,

 

[JohnSnowNW]

I think you can overwrite it by press and hold the FWD open button after it stops. You'll hear a beep and it will then continue to open while you keep pressing the button.

You can, but it's not always convenient. Such as when I'm holding my 14 month old.

 

[ModlS3XY]

Reversing into the garage will fix your issue. Based on your pictures, the ultrasonic sensor on the roof of the MX is what is picking up the garage door motor and preventing the doors from opening further.

 

[jboy210]

Reversing into the garage will fix your issue. Based on your pictures, the ultrasonic sensor on the roof of the MX is what is picking up the garage door motor and preventing the doors from opening further.

Agreed. If you look at the panel in between the falcon wing doors you can see the sensors. They are black and look just like dots. Just like the ultrasonic sensors used in the front and rear bumpers.

 

[xanatos]

Agreed. If you look at the panel in between the falcon wing doors you can see the sensors. They are black and look just like dots. Just like the ultrasonic sensors used in the front and rear bumpers.

I'm not very good with back in parking . Would summon work for backing in?

 

[CannonFodder42]

I have the same issue. I can quite happily open my doors all the way by overriding it and it doesn't get close to hitting anything, but the automatic opening often doesn't open that much, even when i've set it to always open fully at this location

 

[ModlS3XY]

I'm not very good with back in parking . Would summon work for backing in?

Yes but for summon to work, you would have to line the vehicle coreectly, parallel to the garage walls. Remember that for now summon is just straight forward or reverse.
Have you already tried the "always fully open at this location" option?

 

[brkaus]

If it’s the motor, a jack shaft opener gets it out of the way.

Liftmaster 8500.

 

[Terthen]

Hard for me to nudge here but is there enough physical room to open the doors all the way up (if the sensors weren’t stopping it)? Then you could use the “open fully at this location” which for me works on one door and on the other FWD it opens up 90% of the way and if needed, I manually override to make the door open the rest of the way. You could probably buy yourself an extra inch by lowering car to “very low” at your house as long as you don’t have a steep driveway?

Also if the garage motor is in the way, you could try parking on the right (or left) hand side and moving all the stuff except the thin stuff to the other side? We have a 2 car garage that looks to have the same “margin” on the side walls. We park X on right hand side, and I rearranged our elfa storage unit so the FWD can open up all the way but we can still utilize the space. I feel like the way they open up is to minimize the amount of space to the side of the car, so for that purpose on the side of garage instead of the middle it works really well. We can buckle our kids easily since we are standing up normally under the FWD.

Good luck!

 

[robski]

Looks like there's room to lower the suspension?

 

[xanatos]

Hard for me to nudge here but is there enough physical room to open the doors all the way up (if the sensors weren’t stopping it)? Then you could use the “open fully at this location” which for me works on one door and on the other FWD it opens up 90% of the way and if needed, I manually override to make the door open the rest of the way. You could probably buy yourself an extra inch by lowering car to “very low” at your house as long as you don’t have a steep driveway?

Also if the garage motor is in the way, you could try parking on the right (or left) hand side and moving all the stuff except the thin stuff to the other side? We have a 2 car garage that looks to have the same “margin” on the side walls. We park X on right hand side, and I rearranged our elfa storage unit so the FWD can open up all the way but we can still utilize the space. I feel like the way they open up is to minimize the amount of space to the side of the car, so for that purpose on the side of garage instead of the middle it works really well. We can buckle our kids easily since we are standing up normally under the FWD.

Good luck!

Great advice regarding lowering the car, I didn't even think of that!

 

[brkaus]

Here is a photo of my garage doors w/ the 8500.



I read that you can hold the button inside the B-pillar to ask it to go higher, but you have to watch it yourself.

 

[xanatos]

If it’s the motor, a jack shaft opener gets it out of the way.

Liftmaster 8500.

Wow didn't realize such a thing existed, that's very cool! Needs professional install or DYI?

 

[outie]

Wow didn't realize such a thing existed, that's very cool! Needs professional install or DYI?

That’s a tough question. It depends on your DIY skill and how far you want to go. I had my track lifted as well requiring moving the tensioner spring. I let the garage guy do it. It wasn’t that expensive.

 

[outie]

Hard for me to nudge here but is there enough physical room to open the doors all the way up (if the sensors weren’t stopping it)? Then you could use the “open fully at this location” which for me works on one door and on the other FWD it opens up 90% of the way and if needed, I manually override to make the door open the rest of the way. You could probably buy yourself an extra inch by lowering car to “very low” at your house as long as you don’t have a steep driveway?

Also if the garage motor is in the way, you could try parking on the right (or left) hand side and moving all the stuff except the thin stuff to the other side? We have a 2 car garage that looks to have the same “margin” on the side walls. We park X on right hand side, and I rearranged our elfa storage unit so the FWD can open up all the way but we can still utilize the space. I feel like the way they open up is to minimize the amount of space to the side of the car, so for that purpose on the side of garage instead of the middle it works really well. We can buckle our kids easily since we are standing up normally under the FWD.

Good luck!

If the car is not directly below the opener, you start to run the risk of the FWD window hitting the metal bar / hook when the garage door is opened.