OK. By the way, I tried a Sandisk drive and it couldn't handle the read/writes and broke. Ordered a replacement for free and just gave it to my mom to use.
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Dashcam Flash Drive Repeatedly Disconnecting
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Sandisk make many types of flashed based products with widely different capabilities for different applications. Micron and Samsung also do this.
Can you link the card you got? I have a 21 Model Y with the same issue as everyone else here, the usb drive that came with the car just won’t stay connected. I bought used about a month ago but am still waiting for the paperwork so I can claim ownership. Would love to solve this without ticketing and going through all that mess!
ultra-long life microSD card: a guaranteed lifespan of at least 15 years.
SanDisk has just released a new micro SD card that guarantee a 15 years lifespan. It has different capacity choice and is already available on Taobao.
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These are built for dash cams. USB’s are not.
Tesla should really switch.
Travis9x
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I'm having the same issue in my brand-new M3, I got an ultra-fast 1TB USB stick, but the connectivity keeps dropping-out whenever the car tries to record a sentry event. Weirdly, the included Tesla USB drive seems to have no problems, but 128GB isn't big enough for my use. I also got a SanDisk high-performance 1TB MicroSD, and USB 3.0 reader, so I'll try using that and see what happens.
Travis9x
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Tried the MicroSD with high-speed USB adapter, but it gave a notification to "Remove and re-insert USB drive for faster speed". I did exactly as it said, but it just gave the same message again. I left it alone to see if it would still work, but it didn't even try to record any sentry events. I tried using it through a USB hub, and it didn't give the notification message anymore, but also still wouldn't record sentry events.
I eventually swapped back to the original Tesla USB drive provided, but now that isn't working either, having the same disconnection problems as my bigger & faster USB drive originally tried.
I'm at a loss of what to try now, so I'll probably need to schedule a service appointment.
Travis9x
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UPDATE: Tesla Service advised that this is a known issue, and they are working on a firmware update to fix it. Related, Elon also tweeted about the problem, saying a firmware fix will be coming "soon™".
I ended up getting that SD card the other day and everything has been perfect since. Not a single drop since setup. Thanks for the recommendation!ultra-long life microSD card: a guaranteed lifespan of at least 15 years.
SanDisk has just released a new micro SD card that guarantee a 15 years lifespan. It has different capacity choice and is already available on Taobao.
These are built for dash cams. USB’s are not.
Tesla should really switch.
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