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After normal startup this morning, less than one mile into a drive, all of a sudden I got warnings: "Automatic braking disabled/front motor disabled/unable to drive". Stopped (no choice). Both screens working, but car would not move. Tried soft reboot - no help. Contacted roadside service. Promptly received message from Mariel - was asked to disconnect all USB items and try rebooting again. After reboot, same warnings and car wouldn't budge. Mariel asked for more information to set up a tow. Asked if I could try a hard restart. I was asked to adjust the tire size, which would result in another reboot. I changed size from 20" to 19", and reboot occurred. FIXED PROBLEMS, after which car drove normally with no warnings or anomalies on display. I have no idea what caused the problems - I must admit this is the first time in 7K+ miles I have had a driving problem. Has anyone experienced such a problem?
Cheers!
2020 X 100D
 
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Just had the same issue with my Model X 100d 2017 (mcu2).

I did reboot the the two steering wheel without succes.

I did place a call to Tesla hsing the app. While texting (sms) with the Tesla rep, the car was back working. Tesla rep told me he did nothing.

Was running on 2021.44.25.2
 
I recommend taking it into the service center to get checked. Without knowing what caused it you have no idea if / when it’ll come back. You don’t want to be on a road trip or in a dangerous area where you can’t safely pull over and have it suddenly happen again.