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Where is the gps antenna on raven cars?
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zanary
Active Member
Are you trying to prevent your spouse from tacking you? You can always turn off Mobile Access, they the GPS coordinates won't be sent back to the Tesla NOC... You're location will be completely private...
The online parts catalog shows this as the GPS antenna.
The online parts catalog shows this as the GPS antenna.
Thanks for your post, but I want to know where on the car the antenna is located so that I can temporarily cover it with aluminum tape.
The in car manual used to say that the cameras don't read speed limit signs and would be updated in a future release. I see that those notes are gone, so I wanted to block gps data and check if the car was reading speed limit signs.
Theflash95
Member
As far as I can tell it's not (reading the signs)... there are many areas around where I live where the speed limit in Tesla's database differs from what is posted and the speed limit in the car show the incorrect one.
I covered that area with an 18 inch by 18 inch piece of aluminum foil and the car was still able to receive gps data. I don't see how the antennae could receive gps signals through aluminum foil.
Try to cover to area directly above the front window "Camera unit" thingy. Not so much that the camera's can't see anymore though. The Model 3 has it's GPS Antenna there I believe and maybe the S and X now too (or a second antenna for redundancy). My previous information "should" be correct but Tesla is known to change things and they are not always very vocal about such changes.
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Aggmeister2010
Active Member
Obviously it's been a while, but here's where it is. Top driver corner of the trunk lid. I'm not entirely certain, but it looks like you have to remove the glass to get to it.
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Old GPS design engineer here.
Way back when GPS was still new, we designed a GPS receiver for an aircraft customer. They wanted to test the effect of moving the aircraft into a hangar, where the GPS signal would be very attenuated. They had a test set, with the antenna up on their roof. One tester was sent up to the roof with a metal garbage can to place over the antenna. When he went back downstairs his colleague asked him why he didn't cover the antenna. He did cover the antenna, but the GPS receiver had enough sensitivity that it could still track the satellites.
Conclusion: Aluminum tape will probably not do what you want it to do.
Old pilot here. There are 31 in service GPS satellites used to be fewer - there are backup older sats that are still in orbit on standby. I think my airplane has to have contact with a minimum number of satellites ( I think 7 ) to shoot WAAS approaches. I get a popup on my panel with I am without signal or on or more satellites that I should see drop off line even at 35,000 ft. Point is, sensitivity (as shieldsbrown says) is like getting FM in a freeway tunnel. Hard to escape signal.
Sbaimo
12/15 LR black/white 21” no FSD delivered 6/30
GPS not working on my refresh S. Can’t figure out where the heck the car is.
Silicon Desert
Well-Known Member
Its like one other poster said, I doubt that putting anything on top of any gps device will block the signals. They don't need a direct line of sight from the sky to the device. Try it with your cell phone and you will see. You would need to block the gps receiver pretty much from all around in many cases.
Hayseed_MS
Spreader of "Endless Non Sequitur"
Did you call customer service? They would be "just as excited as you" to find your vehicle for you.
Dane Jasper
Member
My 2013 Model S has forgotten where it is - map is frozen at a location. Prior to it completely freezing up, it showed the vehicle offset a bit from the road it was on, and directions would get confused if there were other roads that aligned with the erroneous location.
So, took it in for service. They have told me that there's a nick in one of the back window traces, which is the defrost, but somehow that is used by the GPS too, so I need a new rear window. And maybe a new GPS antenna. But this seems like nonsense. What does continuity of the rear window traces have to do with the GPS, except that you might have to remove and reinstall the rear window to get to the GPS antenna - so they want me to buy a new rear window. So confused.
Am I being taken for a ride? Any other ideas for resolving a stuck GPS?
So, took it in for service. They have told me that there's a nick in one of the back window traces, which is the defrost, but somehow that is used by the GPS too, so I need a new rear window. And maybe a new GPS antenna. But this seems like nonsense. What does continuity of the rear window traces have to do with the GPS, except that you might have to remove and reinstall the rear window to get to the GPS antenna - so they want me to buy a new rear window. So confused.
Am I being taken for a ride? Any other ideas for resolving a stuck GPS?
Wol747
Active Member
My 2020 S has recently been unsure of its position on switching on the car, the icon being miles away and pointing in any direction. Never used to take any time to get the ephemeris and almanac but not so now.
My XM is often times blanks out for no reason, I am in Dallas burbs. Sometimes 10 miles for goodness knows why. Had it in for check at SC twice and they say it checks out fine. The first thing the look at is the rear window - tech showed me the antenna wire in the rear glass. I never had a problem in my Mercedes (6) with XM. I often think the XM folks see Elon as a competitor and threat so we Tesla owners become the lowest form of users. Maybe Elon can pipe with the Starlink system. I'd pay up for the real time weather radar.
Wol747
Active Member
Putting the Wx radar onscreen oriented with the car and range would be relatively easy and a brilliant addition. I like to keep away from cells that look as if they are full of hail!
