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Is my car the only one that has terrible AM/FM reception? AM is atrocious, FM is manageable but frustrating at times.
Is my car the only one that has terrible AM/FM reception? AM is atrocious, FM is manageable but frustrating at times.
Is my car the only one that has terrible AM/FM reception? AM is atrocious, FM is manageable but frustrating at times.
Is my car the only one that has terrible AM/FM reception? AM is atrocious, FM is manageable but frustrating at times.
(The reception reminds me of the mid-1980's "antennaless" cars where a dipole antenna ran up the center of the windshield and stretched across the top. Similarly, Tesla has the antenna built into the rear glass on the Model S.)
(The reception reminds me of the mid-1980's "antennaless" cars where a dipole antenna ran up the center of the windshield and stretched across the top. Similarly, Tesla has the antenna built into the rear glass on the Model S.)
I'm also getting poor radio reception - fm,hd, internet (slacker) and xm radio. I'm 45 mile south of Boston. We get excellent fm & xm reception in our honda crv and mercedes. I do intend to mention it to Tesla service. We just got the car 2 weeks ago (600 miles) and are going through out "shakedown" perod.
What are "AM" and "FM"? Are they like these shiny discs that non-Tesla drivers keep telling me about? Are they for when you're out of 3G range and your USB sticks die?Is my car the only one that has terrible AM/FM reception? AM is atrocious, FM is manageable but frustrating at times.
What are "AM" and "FM"? Are they like these shiny discs that non-Tesla drivers keep telling me about? Are they for when you're out of 3G range and your USB sticks die?
I would gladly take a sharkfin antenna on my tesla MS if that would solve the problem.
I live south of Los Angeles and AM stations that previously were easy to listen to now are skipped by the radio since the signal is so poor. The local service center is aware of the problem and told me that in the software update there might be a fix for this.
I was doubtful that a software change would help. There was no update for the reception so perhaps it is in the works but I would not hold my breath.
Every company has its priorities. I think that Tesla (Elon Musk) wants to show that the car can be used for long distance travel and so has prioritized getting the cross county charger network up and running. Other issues like the battery problem that got much media attention was resolved in months. But he radio issues don't seem to get much attention from Tesla. I think if there was a newspaper article pointing out that this advanced 21st century car has worse reception than a 1935 Buick on AM there might be a quick fix.
The charging station north of San Diego in San Juan Capistrano was scheduled to be open the summer of 2013. It still is unavailable. So going to San Diego is very iffy. If the station was needed to go across country it would have been ready in the summer of 2013.
I bet that at least ten times the number of Tesla owners would like to go to San Diego than go cross country since the most Tesla owners are in California. But it is not as important to the company to access San Diego then showing the car can make it across the US.
Ultimately all large companies act like large companies.