Indefensibly shitty UIs and functionality really isn't the thing for anyone to be fair. Tesla is running out of hardcore fanboys willing to tolerate it. If they want to keep going people like my wife are exactly the ones they need to win over.
I was sent a survey by Tesla recently and the wipers were actually an item on the list of things you could pick about what you like least about your Tesla. LOL
I haven't seen a UI that I like better in any other car. Which one do you find more functional? UI preference is pretty individual, for instance some like Apple Carplay, I used it for several years before car software eclipsed it but I certainly don't miss Carplay in my Tesla, and I don't miss its 1990's cartoonish interface.
I second this. Tesla UI isn't perfect but doing good UI is incredibly hard. Tesla's seems to be far and away better than any I've used. Compared to Honda's UI it's night and day. If anyone should have a butter smooth UI that's easy to use, you'd think it would be Honda. We had an Odyssey that made me wanna take a baseball bat to the screen cause it was such a terrible touch screen and the interface was laggy. And did it get any updates for the 8 years that we had it? Nope.
Well, to be fair, it took them a long time to make the change allowing you to turn off auto wipers. Depending on where you live and how much rain you have to put up with, the wipres could make the experience consistently worse than what it would be with a car that does it right (or at least better, which doesn't seem to be that difficult).
To be clear I’m talking specifically about the wiper controls here, not the overall UI.
^this. As I noted earlier, I wasn’t sure the random dry wipes happened at night. As of last night, I’m sure it does. I’ve had a 3 since 2018 so dealt with some auto wiper teething. But they got much better over time, such that I always had them on auto and only occasionally had to intervene, e.g., for a wipe when intermittent was tardy. But now I only turn them to auto when it starts to rain. Seems to have started with 2024.2.
I can't even believe that I'm saying this after so much frustration with these wipers, but after about 1 year (May 2023 MY) my wipers worked flawlessly yesterday and today. They were definitely acting differently than they ever have in the past, where the wipers were at the proper speed based on how much rain was on the windshield. There was some mist this morning and the wiper stayed off until there was enough built up and then a single wipe to clear and then the wipers hid away until it built back up again. I was kind of amazed considering I've been so disappointed with this for so long. I really hope that this isn't just a fluke and that there actually were some significant changes in the recent firmware. I'm running 2024.2.7 btw.
My 2023 Model Y running 2024.2.7 seems to underwipe the windscreen, especially in medium to hard rain.
Push the button on the stalk, and the use the left scroll wheel (going left or right) to change the speed without taking your eyes off the road.
With a recent update (don't remember which one) you can push the button on the left stalk and then push the left scroll wheel to the right to turn on wipers. The more times you push it to right, the faster the swipe. You don't have to look at screen at all.
