Anyone having an issue with their Tolltags not working on their Model S? I am having problems getting the Tolltag to work on the Tollway (I live in Dallas, Texas) and in our gated community where the signal isn't picked up by the gate-opener. I've been told it is due to the electric current around the car. I've tried placing the stick-on Tolltag in various places. The only one that registers, though not reliably, is on the panoramic roof.
They don't work through the windshield. Will have to get license plate 'bar' version and attached on front plate. Known issue.
This has been known from the beginning. It is not "electrical current" around the car. Lol. There is one spot that was designed on the windshield for toll tags but has been hit or miss as to it working. It is the black spot just to the right and behind your rear view mirror.
I was told by Tesla that most of the windshield is coated and the only place which is not is the little hatched area on the right side of the rear view mirror. That is where I have placed my i-Pass transponder and it is working fine. Make sure your device is small enough.
What is the purpose of the windshield "coating" that prevents the RFID transponder in toll tags from working. The comment about someone thinking that the toll tags don't work because of the "electric field" the car generates made me chuckle.
All - They absolutely work... hold it up just in front of the rear view mirror stalk - works for me every time (EZPass).... Aaron
Many of us are having the transponders installed behind the nose cone. See the thread about removing the nose cone without tools...
Whats the point of going through all the hastle? For almost 5 months now with my iPass, i've just been using Vtoll and has been working fine. They just read the license plate and deduct the funds from my account.
As a Dallas native, I can tell you that TollTags work a little differently. Most areas have the scanners that you just drive through and it doesn't stop you. Some though, are unmanned airport security gates that won't raise the gate without reading your TollTag. If you don't have one, you have to back out of traffic and go to a different entrance. Very cumbersome.
The mirror stalk placement worked, I thought. But I was wrong, in Texas they were just reading my license plate. That was spelled out on the bill. No additional charge for either method.
DFW Airport is my main issue. Can anyone confirm the tolltag works at DFW Airport gates (in and out)? If they don't scan at the airport, you don't get in or out. The gates and scanners at DFW Airport were all recently updated (replaced) in mid-September of this year. NTTA toll scans on the highway doesn't count because they'll default to reading your license plate as you sail through at 75 mph if they don't pick up your tolltag. DFW Airport does not raise the gate if you don't get a read on your tolltag when you are standing still waiting with a line of cars behind you.
All good suggestions, and I will try the dark area on the windshield as that is the only untried location. I live in a gated area and that is the real issue because their reader has lower frequency than tollway readers. Other option is to go to Tollway Authority and have them take a portable meter reader to see where it picks up the transponder. I will be back in touch.
Sorry to hear it doesn't work... I know they're not reading my license plate because most of the toll lanes here have a green light or "Toll Paid" electronic sign that indicates it worked... Aaron
In the Houston area, some of the EZ Tag stores have a test lane where you can drive your car though the lane and verify if the tag is registering. In January, when I first got my MS, spent quite a bit of time experimenting until I verified the sport with the black dots works reasonably well. I did pick up both a windshield tag and the license plate tag from the EZTag store - just in case, so that if I do run into problems with the windshield sticker, I'll just mount the license plate tag inside the nose cone. However, it seems to be working OK for me - not only with the EZTag highway sensors - but also with the gate to my neighborhood that also reads the EZTag.