My wife and I just got home from our first road trip in our Tesla. We ran into a major navigation problem and I’d like to know if others have experienced the same issue.
We planned to drive from LA to Big Sur, CA. Before the trip, I used A Better Route Planner to map out the trip. We planned to drive along Highway 1, the Pacific Coast Highway, which is a beautiful scenic route.
However, on the actual drive, after we left San Luis Obispo heading north, the Tesla navigation kept telling us to drive east and take the inland route, via the 101, eventually going through Monterey. The inland route was at least 120 miles longer so we ignored the Tesla’s nav and stuck to our original route.
As we kept driving north on Highway 1, I kept waiting for the Tesla to recalculate our route and guide us along Highway 1. But the Tesla nav never “caught on” to our new route. It kept telling us to turn east. When turning east to go inland was not an option, it told us to make U turns. At one point, we were 58 miles away from our hotel due north on Highway 1, and the Tesla nav said we were 204 miles away from our destination.
I did notice that a huge stretch of Highway 1 had no cell service at all. Perhaps this was a factor?
My wife took out her iPhone and we followed the nav on her phone to confirm our route. I don’t understand how her iPhone nav worked just fine and the Tesla nav did not work.
Has anyone else experienced something similar? I am left not trusting the Tesla nav for future road trips.
We planned to drive from LA to Big Sur, CA. Before the trip, I used A Better Route Planner to map out the trip. We planned to drive along Highway 1, the Pacific Coast Highway, which is a beautiful scenic route.
However, on the actual drive, after we left San Luis Obispo heading north, the Tesla navigation kept telling us to drive east and take the inland route, via the 101, eventually going through Monterey. The inland route was at least 120 miles longer so we ignored the Tesla’s nav and stuck to our original route.
As we kept driving north on Highway 1, I kept waiting for the Tesla to recalculate our route and guide us along Highway 1. But the Tesla nav never “caught on” to our new route. It kept telling us to turn east. When turning east to go inland was not an option, it told us to make U turns. At one point, we were 58 miles away from our hotel due north on Highway 1, and the Tesla nav said we were 204 miles away from our destination.
I did notice that a huge stretch of Highway 1 had no cell service at all. Perhaps this was a factor?
My wife took out her iPhone and we followed the nav on her phone to confirm our route. I don’t understand how her iPhone nav worked just fine and the Tesla nav did not work.
Has anyone else experienced something similar? I am left not trusting the Tesla nav for future road trips.