This is not even an officially publicised copy of the manual, and it sure ain't the manual that your car came with. They haven't even told you all of this, how can they be lying?
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Updates to Model 3 Owner's Manual, including speed limit sign recognition
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This is not even an officially publicised copy of the manual, and it sure ain't the manual that your car came with. They haven't even told you all of this, how can they be lying?
I have noticed this too, however while the operation is consistent on a per sign basis, it is not consist in operation overall as with some signs the indicated speed changes right at the sign as before. Also with the same update I have noted many roads where there was no speed limit displayed before where the correct limit is now displayed. So it appears there has been a large scale update of the GPS based maps. However I have also noticed some very specific new errors - e.g. in a long stretch of road near me where the speed limit is 50, there is a short section where the Model 3 now thinks it is 30 (there is no sign, and it never was 30 - just an error) and suddenly applies the brakes - a bit scary if there is someone driving behind you and for any passengers! Hopefully these issues will all get cleaned up.
It's linked from my Tesla.com account when I access the manual online. How much more official can it get?
RachH
"Christine" Model 3 Blk Obsidian, LR, AWD
I noticed something new when I took my car to the body shop. May not be new to all of you.
When he disengaged my cell phone app, he went in and put my car in 'Service Mode'. This makes it to where the technicians can't drive my car faster than 7 mph. This keeps them from having some fun with my car when I am not around- I was told by my rep.
When I dropped it off the first time in February it didn't have that option.
Just an FYI to all of you who may be dropped your car off at any shop other than Tesla Service.
When he disengaged my cell phone app, he went in and put my car in 'Service Mode'. This makes it to where the technicians can't drive my car faster than 7 mph. This keeps them from having some fun with my car when I am not around- I was told by my rep.
When I dropped it off the first time in February it didn't have that option.
Just an FYI to all of you who may be dropped your car off at any shop other than Tesla Service.
BluestarE3
Active Member
The manual initially said the same thing: that you can't use an external battery to open the frunk if the 12V battery in the car is functional. However, people were able to pop the frunk via the tow eye wires even when the 12V battery was functional and later iterations of the manual removed the statement about this technique working only if the 12V battery was dead. Now that this statement is again in the manual, has anyone confirmed this is indeed true? Or is this simply a regression error by the documentation team?
tljdesign
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StealthP3D
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In a perfect world, the Owner's Manual would be updated with every new software release. And the bottom layer of every pizza crust would have a little crunch to it, no matter how long it had been sitting.
However, all my other cars only came with one Owner's Manual which was never updated and Tesla has much bigger things on their menu than just making sure every detail is technically correct for every single software upgrade. In other words, they upgrade the manual when they think the significance of the software upgrade requires a corresponding upgrade to the manual.
Read it and weep all the way back to your next logical replacement car, a Toyota, which only gets worse from the moment you drive it off the lot. But the manual will always be technically correct even though the car keeps getting worse.
In a perfect world, the Owner's Manual would be updated with every new software release. And the bottom layer of every pizza crust would have a little crunch to it, no matter how long it had been sitting.
However, all my other cars only came with one Owner's Manual which was never updated and Tesla has much bigger things on their menu than just making sure every detail is technically correct for every single software upgrade. In other words, they upgrade the manual when they think the significance of the software upgrade requires a corresponding upgrade to the manual.
Read it and weep all the way back to your next logical replacement car, a Toyota, which only gets worse from the moment you drive it off the lot. But the manual will always be technically correct even though the car keeps getting worse.
The car keeps getting better. Shame the company and the leg-humping contingent of the community keeps getting worse.
In a perfect world, the Owner's Manual would be updated with every new software release. And the bottom layer of every pizza crust would have a little crunch to it, no matter how long it had been sitting.
However, all my other cars only came with one Owner's Manual which was never updated and Tesla has much bigger things on their menu than just making sure every detail is technically correct for every single software upgrade. In other words, they upgrade the manual when they think the significance of the software upgrade requires a corresponding upgrade to the manual.
Read it and weep all the way back to your next logical replacement car, a Toyota, which only gets worse from the moment you drive it off the lot. But the manual will always be technically correct even though the car keeps getting worse.
Certainly agree re. priorities. In the meantime, I'd like to know when OM updates happen. Just noticed a new rev of the OM which is awesome and better than any ICE hardcopy that is quietly aging in the glovebox.
Now that I know that they actually do rev the OM, I will check on my own. +1
