Crashnburn80's Tesla Model 3 Performance Longer Range Build

I think it is a bug introduced in the recent update. The car did it again today, had never done it before the update. Lots of people in the Tesla community are recently reporting the same issue.

 

We opened and closed all the doors earlier today and that has seemed to fix it. We'd missed your prior post (probably because I was so annoyed at walking back and forth from the restaurant we were at to the parking garage we were parked in), and ended up doing it because it was apparently a likely solution to the cruise control failing to work (which had started yesterday). We hadn't thought to do it previously simply because there was no alert that a door had been left open.

 

Exactly. If the car has an error condition preventing a function, the cause of that error should be presented to the user. If it simply said a door was detected to be open, even if it wasn’t actually open, it would have been much less frustrating.

 

Also, report it to Tesla. Just click the voice command button on the wheel, say “Bug Report” followed by stating the issue. Sends Tesla the bug report along with a snapshot of your vehicle diagnostics.

https://www.tesla.com/ownersmanual/model3/en_gb/GUID-85DDA8E1-596D-4980-9C17-C4F4E0FAA280.html

 

Dropped the 19" EV01s off for powder coating today, hauled them there in my 1st Gen Tacoma. When I got there I noticed the Tacoma was very low on gas and was almost instantly annoyed I couldn't just refill it at home. Looking forward to getting the wheels back, possibly this week, and mounted with my all season performance Goodyear Electric GT tires. It is now getting down into the mid-30s here in the evenings and high 20s overnights, and that is too cold for the current summer only tires to be used.

I've noticed that if charging the car from a low state of charge using the mobile charger, it will overcharge the car 1-2% above what is set in the app. First time coming back across the state and recharging the car at home it was set to max charge of 90% and when the car stopped charging it was at 92%. Supposed to avoid going over 90% unless needed. So I thought I had reset it to 88% max charge, and again after the weekend of driving everywhere, when the car recharged it was at 91% (turns out I had set the slider to 89% in the app). Hmm. Doesn't do it in normal charging, or super charging. Just using the mobile level 1 110v 16A charger from low charge (roughly 20-30%). Haven't tried with a level 2 charger. So I now set my app to a peak charge of 88%.

I know of someone that does zoom meetings from their phone all the time with FSD. It will be interesting to see what kind of safety mechanisms (if any) the integrated app has if the car is moving.

 

This has been my experience as well.

 

Interestingly, that is only my experience when charging from a low state of charge. 60%+ and the charge level is spot on 90% every day. No big deal, I just bump the peak charge down a few points to adjust accordingly. Sentry is set to always off at home since the car is garaged indoors. Interesting note on temps, my garage is noticeably colder with the Tesla. Daily driving the Tacoma I'd pull a hot truck into the garage multiple times a day, and the constant heat cycling influx from the truck would keep the garage temps up. With the Tesla having virtual zero heat loss, the garage does not get this constant huge influx of free heat. I knew the truck helped heat the garage, but I was really surprised to the extent it made a difference.

 

I may bump my charge limit down once I get my wall charger installed. Right now I'm just using the 110v mobile charger, so the extra buffer is nice since recovery times are far longer.

 

I need that feature in AZ summer weather.

What brand of wall chargers are y'all using? I noticed Costco was pushing a sale on the Juicebox 40. Wondering if it's any good?

 

Got my plates today. Yeah, I'm definitely not running a legit front one. Previous post on the matter:

While this appears to be a front license plate spotted in the wild, it is not an actual legit plate.


Here they are, replica plate stickers:
https://customlicenseplates.us/

These are now legal in Cali, but not yet any other states. However chances for getting stopped with a replica 2nd plate are very small. I've been cited for no front plate many times and at this point in life am really not interested in that hassle. This seems like the perfect solution with no drilling and contouring to the body. Based on WA often following Cali in vehicle requirements, hopefully they will be approved here too. To state the obvious, the front and rear plates of course match, this isn't anything more than a practice to avoid drilling into the car or avoiding unsightly bracketed plate holders while providing a more aerodynamic contoured surface. I'm sure more states will adopt these for the front in the future.

 

The cars are expensive and the primary concern around longevity is the battery. The device trusted to care for the battery is the charger. In-line with many of my usual recommendations is to buy OEM. You're trying to save what, maybe $50? over risking a $50k+ asset? I'm sure many of the aftermarket chargers would be fine-ish, but for the relatively small price difference why would you not buy the one specifically designed for your vehicle by the vehicle manufacture, especially considering the investment price in the vehicle?

 

Within a month of getting my M3P, Tesla has updated the M3P tail lights with a few functional changes, but most notably the rear signal are now amber instead of red. Sigh. I hate red rear signals, they are a dumb American only lighting thing, which is significantly inferior in every scientific safety study/metric vs amber. I'm at least excited that Tesla has broken away from the domestics and joined the imports in going with global tails using rear amber signals, as every automotive lighting enthusiast and automotive lighting engineer would support. Too bad the big 3 still don't make the change, despite all the safety lighting data.

https://driveteslacanada.ca/news/te...h-america-to-add-amber-turn-signals-and-more/

 

When not signaling the signal lights appear nearly the same, the tails are still red in color, the signals just flash amber instead of flashing red. The new lights are also brighter, and the lamp coloring a little darker/richer, which I think looks a bit sportier. Tesla rolled out the same update on the model Y earlier. Below are the MY tail change examples.

Old light


New updated light


I’ll be curious if I can swap the new tail assemblies into my car, once spare parts are available.

Edit: Article for the Y:
https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-model-y-taillight-improvement/

 

Took the Goodyear Electric GT tires and Tesla TPMS sensors to the wheel shop today. Wheels should be out of powder coat in a day or two, being ready for pickup fully mounted and balanced with the new tires. Also picked up my 18 EV01s, they really don't look bad at all. Pretty optimistic on being able to flip them at not a horrible loss. Looking forward to getting the new tire setup mounted since I'm often running these summer tires in the high 30s and the new setup will be lighter, more aero efficient, and better performing tires in cold weather while also being lower rolling resistance.

Also installed update 2022.40.2.1 Notable features include:
1) Dog mode + sentry at the same time (not a need I have)
2) Unlock all doors by holding door open button (not a need I have)
3) Optimizing battery supercharging preconditioning based on set destination supercharger power level (more efficient and therefore lower cost)
https://www.notateslaapp.com/software-updates/version/2022.40.4.1/release-notes

Unfortunately for my amber turn signal ambitions, several aftermarket companies that sell rear model 3 tails specifically state a split in their product support for cars with amber signals vs those with red. If a 3rd party product is compatible with red signal cars, but not amber, it must mean a wiring change between updates, which means swapping the OEM ambers will not be a plug and play operation. Sigh.