Rear View Mirror...no auto dimming

What's your VIN? I'm guessing 10,xxx?

Depending on the age of the car, there was a period where fog lights did not come with the tech package and were discontinued for a bit while they were re-designed. I recall some owners were upset when their cars came without fog lights (were on the list of items when they ordered) and Tesla agreed to retrofit. Perhaps the previous owner of your car just never bothered to inquire about the "missing" fog lights. Tesla should be able to tell, via the VIN, whether your car was eligible for the retrofit.

If you have the Tech Package, you should have profiles and memory seats. I don't recall a time when that was ever split out from the Package.

And it sounds like you have a defective rear view mirror. There is no ON/OFF switch (much to my wife's chagrin since she doesn't like the mirror dimmed and doesn't even use the manual dimmer on her other car at night). There really should be a switch like every other car has.

mknox said:

If you have the Tech Package, you should have profiles and memory seats. I don't recall a time when that was ever split out from the Package.

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i think they screwed around with the profiles and memory seats too. included not included with the seat package with the tech package. something like that lol but I recall some owners being pissed they didnt get the profiles and memory seats too.

yobigd20 said:

i think they screwed around with the profiles and memory seats too. included not included with the seat package with the tech package. something like that lol but I recall some owners being pissed they didnt get the profiles and memory seats too.

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I seem to recall hearing reports that early vins with textile seats not having memory seats, but I can't recall if they had tech.

Cyclone said:

I seem to recall hearing reports that early vins with textile seats not having memory seats, but I can't recall if they had tech.

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Now that you mention it, I do recall there were some differences with the textile seats... but I thought it was only that you couldn't get seat heaters with them...

jimtelsa said:

Then found out I dont have user profiles, and dont have lumbar support, or memory seats?

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You don't have lumbar support at all? Or your memory doesn't remember the lumbar support? (my driver profile doesn't remember my lumbar support settings)

yea, why is that? the profile should remember lumbar.

my rear view also stopped dimming - apparently this is common. the sensor on the side facing you, fails. so the side 2 dim, but the center does not.

SabrToothSqrl said:

yea, why is that? the profile should remember lumbar.

my rear view also stopped dimming - apparently this is common. the sensor on the side facing you, fails. so the side 2 dim, but the center does not.

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And here I thought the one sensor controlled all three mirrors. Learned something new today.

I don't think profile remembers lumbar setting.

And non-leather seats meant no seat heaters.

Take her back and make them fix her! Sorry to hear that.

My mirror has stopped dimming too. I think it is a common problem.

mknox said:

There really should be a switch like every other car has.

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Agreed. I love automation but not in every case. Searching through various touch screen settings to do something simple makes no sense to me.

I used to say that about locking the doors so I was delighted to see v7's new "lock door" icon prominently displayed and easy to get at.

I have a 2013 non-tech 60.

I have lumbar, but not memorized per profile.
I have textile 8-way (12-way?) heated memory seats, memory steering wheel, but not memory side mirrors.
I have electrochromatic rearview mirror, but non-dimming non-folding side mirrors.
Oddly enough, I also have the upgraded interior lighting and lighted door handles.

Some of the earlier cars had the flip switch for the rearview. If you don't, Tesla needs to fix your electrochromatic operation.

Maybe previous owner retrofitted new seats or maybe they are just not working. But, the sig's have heated seats so it should work. I'm assuming you've tried pressing the seat button on the 17" at the bottom and 3,2,1 numbers appear showing the heat is on. Also, assuming you've pressed the driver profile button at the top of the 17" and configured profiles?

jimtelsa said:

I have contacted Tesla regarding the mirror my Vin is in my Signature

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Many of use an app called tapatalk on phones and tablets which doesn't show signature lines. If your VIN is in the 10-15k range, many of these cars were delivered without fog lights.

In Tapatalk to see a signature tap on their avatar image.

Cyclone said:

And here I thought the one sensor controlled all three mirrors. Learned something new today.

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Actually, I think the sensors on the internal mirror do, in fact, control all three. The mirror has a forward facing sensor (for ambient light) and a rear facing sensor (to detect headlights from behind). When is's daytime and light outside, the mirror won't dim. If you hold your hand over the forward facing sensor on the back of the mirror for a minute or two, all three mirrors will begin to dim. It assumes it's dark out, but is sensing bright light "from behind". Try it and see for yourself.

I think the OP has a problem with the inside mirror's dimming ability, but the sensors are probably working fine.

What this points out, moreso than any other car perhaps, is that with Tesla S the huge variability and lack of record or definition of what "should be" on any given car means: buyer beware on the used market. The car is "as-is". You must look for and test every feature on the car before you make the deal. There's even variance of a particular feature... 'hill hold brakes' now has two possibilities: 2 second hold or "infinite" hold, your hardware determines which. This is the downside of fluid release updates.