Okay, I spent a while scouring for some information and haven't found any threads on this.
I have had a temperature regulation issue and I am trying to decide if I just need to live with it or keep pushing Tesla Service on this.
It mainly seems to occur in the first 10-20 minutes of a drive. I generally leave my temp at 72 degrees and leave it on Auto - set it and forget it. But often, I have to push it up to 75-76 or down to 68-69 just to get it going. And those temperature swings are irrespective of what adjustment needs to be made (I need to set it to 68-69 to get the heat OR the AC to get going). There is no correlation to what the temperature is outside: I need to push the AC on mild days, cooler days or hot days.
I have had it in for two service visits in the past couple of years (the second time I know they replaced an air pump/motor and the filter) but the problem still persists.
Also (and I am not sure this is related), many times I turn the AC on (from the app) 10-15 minutes before I go out to my car to drive and even after all that time, the temperature really hasn't changed much. Once I get in the car, the AC kicks in and quickly cools the car. It lowered the temperature a little before I got in my car, but it is still about 80 degrees (my guess) when I get in.
Any thoughts/insight? Should I take it back to Service again? Or is this normal behavior?
Some other possibly relevant details:
#FirstWorldProblem
I have had a temperature regulation issue and I am trying to decide if I just need to live with it or keep pushing Tesla Service on this.
It mainly seems to occur in the first 10-20 minutes of a drive. I generally leave my temp at 72 degrees and leave it on Auto - set it and forget it. But often, I have to push it up to 75-76 or down to 68-69 just to get it going. And those temperature swings are irrespective of what adjustment needs to be made (I need to set it to 68-69 to get the heat OR the AC to get going). There is no correlation to what the temperature is outside: I need to push the AC on mild days, cooler days or hot days.
I have had it in for two service visits in the past couple of years (the second time I know they replaced an air pump/motor and the filter) but the problem still persists.
Also (and I am not sure this is related), many times I turn the AC on (from the app) 10-15 minutes before I go out to my car to drive and even after all that time, the temperature really hasn't changed much. Once I get in the car, the AC kicks in and quickly cools the car. It lowered the temperature a little before I got in my car, but it is still about 80 degrees (my guess) when I get in.
Any thoughts/insight? Should I take it back to Service again? Or is this normal behavior?
Some other possibly relevant details:
- I keep heat protection on
- Sentry is active, though I notice it a lot when leaving work (an exempt location with Sentry)
#FirstWorldProblem