Waking up every hour or so at night

[Freedom101]

Had a dash cam installed last night and noticed that my model X wakes up about every hour. The lights go on and the dash cam started recording.

Is this to do with always connected (mine is on)? Normal?

 

[bak_phy]

According to Teslafi my MX wakes up every hour at night. Stays awake for 5 minutes and then goes back to sleep. It's like clockwork. I don't know if the lights (which ones?) turn on.
I don't have the car set to always connected.

 

[BrettS]

My guess is that either you are walking by with the key causing it to sense the key and wake up or possibly the key is stored too close to the car and it’s detecting it occasionally and waking up.

Try to keep the key further from the car and see if it still happens.

 

[bak_phy]

In my case the key is stored about 100ft away in a different building.

 

[redan]

According to Teslafi

Is it because Teslafi is pinging your car, waking it up, every hour?

 

[BrettS]

The other thing to consider would be whether the car is waking up *exactly* every hour, or about every hour. If it’s waking up exactly 60 minutes apart (or 45 minutes apart) or whatever, then it’s more likely a software issue... something happening on a schedule.

If it’s waking up once, then again 49 minutes later, then again 73 minutes later, etc then it would be more likely to be an external influence. The key fob being at the edge of the range or coming close to the car in a pocket.

 

[Freedom101]

My guess is that either you are walking by with the key causing it to sense the key and wake up or possibly the key is stored too close to the car and it’s detecting it occasionally and waking up.

Try to keep the key further from the car and see if it still happens.

This is very possible as the keys are stored near-ish to the garage. Will try that tonight. Thanks.

 

[Xtek]

I've found since .44 my car doesn't really go to sleep anymore. Not sure what is going on.

 

[JasJ]

My car did the wake up hourly until a new firmware update popped up. After that it will now sleep for hours. This is per Teslafi. Currently on 2017.48 a774ed8

Maybe your car is 'wanting' to get a new firmware and checking wi-fi status, queue position, mothership, rolling the dice (or whatever algorithm Tesla uses to decide when to download and update).

 

[bak_phy]

It does seem to be software related since it didn't use to do it. Hopefully once I get 2017.48 or later all will be well. I might even be able to use slacker again!

 

[MorrisonHiker]

I added a new access point recently and can see my car wakes up about every hour at night, very similar to what @bak_phy mentions. I'll see in the logs that it wakes up at 1 am...then 2:05, 3:10, 4:15, 5:30, etc.

 

[Xtek]

I can confirm even on 50.1 my X is doing the same.

 

[Freedom101]

I can confirm even on 50.1 my X is doing the same.

Keeping the keys further away from the car at night seemed to resolve this for me. I'm on 50.2.

 

[bak_phy]

I can confirm even on 50.1 my X is doing the same

Same here.

 

[Xtek]

Also still happening on the 50.2 update I got. Power saving on, always connected off.

 

[Freedom101]

Also still happening on the 50.2 update I got. Power saving on, always connected off.

Did you try keeping your keys far away from the vehicle?

 

[Xtek]

Did you try keeping your keys far away from the vehicle?

Funny you ask because right before going to bed I grabbed them and took them with me to the bedroom. Our garage is in the "basement" and the bedroom is on the top floor, 2 floors apart.

Here's a screenshot from Teslafi.

 

[obiwin]

I had a similar issue with mine, and it turned out I was keeping my key FOB too close to the car (within 10 ft). Tested it out with my neighbor(who initially noticed it) and I now keep my key FOB on my hallway stairs about 20 ft from the car with no subsequent issues.

I've heard others use an aluminum foil wrapped box for storing key FOBs in the house near the car. (I have not yet tried this myself.)

 

[Xtek]

If it truly is the key fob turning off passive entry should fix it. Will do that now.

 

[Xtek]

Passive entry off, keys 2 stories away from the Model X. Still happening.