what's the trick to get autopark to work?!

[doubledrat]

had autopark for several weeks now and have seen it offer to park in my work's car park just once (it didn't do a bad job of it to be fair).

we have clearly marked bays.

what's the trick to get it to actually offer to park for you? I'm crawling along at 5 mph or so - I thought that's all you needed to do?

 

[Dilly]

Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t. Mine’s the same!
Wrong sort of leaves in the car park…

 

[Durzel]

I've found the trick is to be actually in the process of already parking, maybe 1/3 of the way in or more, before it uselessly offers to help.

 

[Buzzliteyear]

Driving slowly at right angles to the lines and not too far away from them and it should show a space. I take it you had come to a stop when near a space?
Also you can start backing towards a space and it will give you the option to autopark.

 

[doubledrat]

Driving slowly at right angles to the lines and not too far away from them and it should show a space. I take it you had come to a stop when near a space?
Also you can start backing towards a space and it will give you the option to autopark.

well this morning for example I crept past about 4 spaces waiting for it to offer - nothing. stopped - nothing. started parking myself - probably nothing, but wasn't paying so much attention to the screen by then.

this is really cr*ppy, I've paid for: navigate on AP, which doesn't work when it's raining or if there's low sun shining on a camera ,autopark that doesn't even show up 90% of the time and summon, which apart from moving forwards & backwards (if I'm standing at the car door), also doesn't work. sigh.

 

[Buzzliteyear]

Yes same here, what is even worse the navigate on autopilot is worse than 11 months ago when I paid for it. Doesn't like traveling in lane 1 when passing exits, now Auto high beam and wipers. We can dream of the future where EAP is more like FSD beta, as seen on Youtube in the US.

 

[Durzel]

well this morning for example I crept past about 4 spaces waiting for it to offer - nothing. stopped - nothing. started parking myself - probably nothing, but wasn't paying so much attention to the screen by then.

this is really cr*ppy, I've paid for: navigate on AP, which doesn't work when it's raining or if there's low sun shining on a camera ,autopark that doesn't even show up 90% of the time and summon, which apart from moving forwards & backwards (if I'm standing at the car door), also doesn't work. sigh.

Now imagine if you paid twice as much for basically exactly the same thing.

 

[WllXM]

I've found the trick is to be actually in the process of already parking, maybe 1/3 of the way in or more, before it uselessly offers to help.

Yes, that's often when it will prompt on the big screen on its own.
But I've found you have to pay attention to the (too) discreet P circled in grey, that will appear on the edge of the visualisation screen when passing next to a parked car, then it will bring up the autopark prompt.

 

[doubledrat]

Now imagine if you paid twice as much for basically exactly the same thing.

ouch. that must sting

 

[GRiLLA]

well this morning for example I crept past about 4 spaces waiting for it to offer - nothing. stopped - nothing. started parking myself - probably nothing, but wasn't paying so much attention to the screen by then.

this is really cr*ppy, I've paid for: navigate on AP, which doesn't work when it's raining or if there's low sun shining on a camera ,autopark that doesn't even show up 90% of the time and summon, which apart from moving forwards & backwards (if I'm standing at the car door), also doesn't work. sigh.

You also paid for Lane Change, which is worth all the money you paid for EAP in my opinion,

When you say the spaces are 'clearly marked' are there solid lines on 3 sides of the spaces?

 

[Pink Duck]

Thanks for the laugh!

(real answer: Wait for Tesla to complete the new parking feature in FSD Beta, then wait for it to ever make its way to our shores)

 

[Tony Hoyle]

Since almost no parking spaces have 3 lines that explains why it basically never works..

 

[Pandinium]

I posted a official Tesla response about this - it can’t be textured surface or have badly painted lines (ie it needs to be black tarmac with solid white line, no coloured lines or block paving etc)

 

[CDrury]

For perpendicular back in parking I have found 2 hints. One is you need to about 3-5 feet away from the end of the actual white parking line for the P in a grey circle to pop up. Too close doesn't work nor does too far away. Secondly, you need to go slightly past the actual spot you want to park in so the tail of car is just past the spot for auto park to register. But then again this system does not always work. Hope this helps.

 

[Jason71]

had autopark for several weeks now and have seen it offer to park in my work's car park just once (it didn't do a bad job of it to be fair).

we have clearly marked bays.

what's the trick to get it to actually offer to park for you? I'm crawling along at 5 mph or so - I thought that's all you needed to do?

Simple
Step 1 sell Tesla
Step 2 buy car that uses the Mobileeye system

 

[Pandinium]

I find the blind spots in mirrors are not great for parallel parking, and no birdseye view on cameras still - but yah bay parking is easier manually

 

[redmunds]

Pull up to where you would normally Stop. After Stopping, put car in Reverse and you should get a prompt on the screen.

 

[GlynG]

I can't say I've ever seen the symbol on screen, I have no trouble parking so not a feature I've ever thought about using - so perhaps I've just not looked at the screen, I see a spot, get into position, then reverse using the door mirrors, never look at the cameras on screen as it's a 2d picture and useless. If it's as good as summon, you will need a shave by the time the car has parked.

 

[Sparkeur]

I had all these problems until I read (on the screen) you have to release the steering wheel when you are parallel or in the case of perpendicular parking, past the slot you want. Worked for me every time since then.

 

[Tony Hoyle]

The old system used to come up with a button on the screen.. the new one (since the last year or so) rarely if ever does.

One thing I've seen youtubers do is put it into reverse first.. might try that, but first I have to find a car park with 3 widely spaced white lines per the instructions.. There are none locally.