Pulled my brand new Model X into the garage, shaking my head at the warning message already on the dashboard saying that "Autopilot cameras not available" but offering the tepid encouragement that they "Features may be restored on a later drive." Happy day one.
I decided, after some encouragement from other owners, that the cameras might need 100 miles of highway driving to "calibrate" before being ready. Argh, but OK. Went to buy groceries, trying not to look at the little yellow warning triangle again.
Coming home, I prepared to back into my garage but hey - the backup camera didn't come onto the screen. I flicked from one screen to the next hoping it was somehow my fault, but nothing worked. I put the vehicle in "Park" and re-started it, hoping the problem would go away. No such luck. Now I was faced with backing into my garage without the camera, and with the side-view mirrors insisting on tilting downward for safety. Blind, apart from over-the-shoulder 1950's style driving, I backed slowly into the same space I've backed into for the past 22 years.
As I edged into the garage, BAM. I saw in the rear-view mirror that my garage door had been activated by the Tesla HomeLink connection and had begun closing while I was pulling in. It got halfway down before smashing into the top of the little spoiler on the deck lid, creasing the new sheet metal and bending the garage door far enough that it would neither open or close. The tires had not quite crossed the line of the garage door so they couldn't trip the usual safety sensor that would have stopped the door on its own. The door just dropped into place to meet the car, nice and not-so-neat.
My garage remotes were not in the car. I was sure as hell not using the touch screen, looking over my shoulder at half a mile an hour. I did have HomeLink set up in the car to close the door automatically once I was 70 feet away.
I don't have 50 miles on the car yet and it's trashed the garage door while hurting itself. Backup camera would not have even helped in this instance but it's out of service on its second attempt to help me reverse. Going through the car for my belongings I found two of the plastic chrome coverings still in place, one hanging pretty loose from the falcon wing door. Clearly this was rushed at every stage of its brief life.
The best part? The car is a gift for my wife who gets home in an hour. Surprise!!!
I'm asking them to take it back and fix my *sugar*. Day two would not be an exercise in trust and after crushing itself with a door, I sure as HELL am not going to play with autopilot on the highway...
Lesson learned.
I decided, after some encouragement from other owners, that the cameras might need 100 miles of highway driving to "calibrate" before being ready. Argh, but OK. Went to buy groceries, trying not to look at the little yellow warning triangle again.
Coming home, I prepared to back into my garage but hey - the backup camera didn't come onto the screen. I flicked from one screen to the next hoping it was somehow my fault, but nothing worked. I put the vehicle in "Park" and re-started it, hoping the problem would go away. No such luck. Now I was faced with backing into my garage without the camera, and with the side-view mirrors insisting on tilting downward for safety. Blind, apart from over-the-shoulder 1950's style driving, I backed slowly into the same space I've backed into for the past 22 years.
As I edged into the garage, BAM. I saw in the rear-view mirror that my garage door had been activated by the Tesla HomeLink connection and had begun closing while I was pulling in. It got halfway down before smashing into the top of the little spoiler on the deck lid, creasing the new sheet metal and bending the garage door far enough that it would neither open or close. The tires had not quite crossed the line of the garage door so they couldn't trip the usual safety sensor that would have stopped the door on its own. The door just dropped into place to meet the car, nice and not-so-neat.
My garage remotes were not in the car. I was sure as hell not using the touch screen, looking over my shoulder at half a mile an hour. I did have HomeLink set up in the car to close the door automatically once I was 70 feet away.
I don't have 50 miles on the car yet and it's trashed the garage door while hurting itself. Backup camera would not have even helped in this instance but it's out of service on its second attempt to help me reverse. Going through the car for my belongings I found two of the plastic chrome coverings still in place, one hanging pretty loose from the falcon wing door. Clearly this was rushed at every stage of its brief life.
The best part? The car is a gift for my wife who gets home in an hour. Surprise!!!
I'm asking them to take it back and fix my *sugar*. Day two would not be an exercise in trust and after crushing itself with a door, I sure as HELL am not going to play with autopilot on the highway...
Lesson learned.