Wanted: lighted charge port hole

[Prairie]

Wanted: a light on the actual charge port connection. i have trouble in the dark seeing the hole to insert my home charger into the charge port. The Tesla symbol lights up to show charge status but it’s not enough to see the hole to put the charger into. Seems like it would be a simple thing to do. Also a problem at supercharger after dark (5 pm in winter).

 

[Rice&Curry]

A simple no cost solution will be to use the phone flashlight to see things in the dark.

 

[FirstInTown]

Buy a previous version 2016 - 2020 Model X before they decontented the thing. Old 2020 had a nicely lit charge port. Along with a full steering wheel, turn stalks, light control stalk, wiper stalk, shift stalk, and better sounding audio system. A couple of the things I miss on our 22 that the 20 had.

 

[ElectricIAC]

A simple no cost solution will be to use the phone flashlight to see things in the dark.

That costs battery power.

 

[Rice&Curry]

That costs battery power.

or may be wait till it is daylight - no battery power required

 

[Prairie]

A simple no cost solution will be to use the phone flashlight to see things in the dark.

Yes but then I hold phone in left hand over door of charge port and charge cable in right hand and hope I don’t drop purse and other stuff taking out of car in garage. Put a light in the port

 

[Prairie]

or may be wait till it is daylight - no battery power required

Only for the minute that the charge port door is open and charger isn’t inserted and charging. They have the light to indicate charging status (white, orange, green) so why not same around hole for charger?

 

[jboy210]

Given that Tesla may or may not ever add a ring light, you could install a motion activated light that illuminates the area in the garage. We have one in a closet we got from Amazon.

 

[Mister Rafiki]

Given that Tesla may or may not ever add a ring light, you could install a motion activated light that illuminates the area in the garage. We have one in a closet we got from Amazon.

I got sometime similar.. sensor that switches light on and then off.

 

[Prairie]

I got sometime similar.. sensor that switches light on and then off.

I found an old give-away key chain with a tiny flashlight. I put it on the fob and will use until it quits working.

 

[Sophias_dad]

I'm 'shocked' you can't just approximate where the hole is based on the status light.

I was going to suggest strapping a keychain light(probably electrical taped) onto the charge handle so the button is just forward or back of the charger button, but it seems you already got most of that idea.

Photon Micro-Light II PRO LED Keychain Flashlight even comes in a 'demo' mode that gives you 12 seconds of light per press. I used to have one that would auto-shutoff after three minutes, but it might be discontinued, sadly.

 

[Prairie]

I'm 'shocked' you can't just approximate where the hole is based on the status light.

I was going to suggest strapping a keychain light(probably electrical taped) onto the charge handle so the button is just forward or back of the charger button, but it seems you already got most of that idea.

Photon Micro-Light II PRO LED Keychain Flashlight even comes in a 'demo' mode that gives you 12 seconds of light per press. I used to have one that would auto-shutoff after three minutes, but it might be discontinued, sadly.

Yes, so far I guess where the charge hole is and jiggle around to make it fit. Just not very elegant When a simple illumination ring would make it plainly visible. One of those “ room for improvement” items in this $130K car.