Updated 04/25/2021: Tesla released the optional "Enhanced Anti-Theft System" (EATS) in late 2018 for Models S and X in the U.S. (and Canada?). For $350 (US) owners received car-tilt and in-cabin motion detection (in addition to standard locked door/trunk security) to combat an (at that time) notable increase in Tesla car thefts. To get these enhanced security features in the U.S. you had to buy the optional system (or a used car that already had it installed). In Europe, applicable Tesla cars from a certain date onward automatically came with the enhanced security package. I believe.
If you have installed or are interested in the EATS :
If you have installed or are interested in the EATS :
- Check this out -- "Anti-Theft System" Labels, and
- Be aware that perhaps for some cars the EATS has been physically installed but may not be functioning.
- Look for a "Tilt / Intrusion" on/off slider setting in the lower half of the "Safety & Security" touch screen
Its presence, I believe, should prove that (a) the EATS has been installed and (b) it is probably working properly.
...Or
- Look for two sensors in updated interior ceiling assemblies, either just above the rear-view mirror (Model S) or in an upgraded ceiling light (Model X).
The sensors are an indication of EATS installation, yes. But note that their presence does not guarantee that the EATS is functional.
- Check for the "Tilt / Intrusion" On/Off slider control setting. As stated above, if it is there your installed system is probably OK. But if you have the EATS installed, with no "Tilt / Intrusion" control, your Enhanced Anti-Theft System may not be functioning at all. (Mine isn't.)
- Another (somewhat drastic) test (suggested on TMC by YouTube's "Tesla Guy," a Model S driver), best performed away from people, is with all security settings armed to (a) open a window and exit the car, (b) remove the key-fob away from the vicinity of the car (or put it in a Faraday box) until your car locks down), then (c) without physically touching anything stick your arm through the open window inside the cabin and move it around near the overhead EATS sensors. If the EATS is functioning, the security alarm will quickly make a godawful racket until you can retrieve the key-fob. (Mine does not.)
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