Software update wishlist

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Directional Indicators Should Override Hazard Lights
As with other premium carmakers (BMW, Audi, Mercedes), directional indicators should override hazard lights - not the other way around. The most recent input should take priority.

For example, when signaling a queue on the highway with hazards, a driver should be able to indicate a lane change instantly without first disabling the hazard lights.

Currently, Tesla forces drivers to turn off hazards first, like many lower-tier brands. Worse, the hazard light button is in a hard-to-reach, non-intuitive position - especially on the new touch panels (Highland) - with no haptic feedback.

 

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Automatically Switch "Home" Based on Travel Between Known Locations
When temporarily away from our primary residence - such as staying at a vacation home - it should be possible to switch "Home" addresses temporarily. Ideally, the car would recognize when it arrives at a known secondary home and automatically switch "Home" status until returning to the main residence address.

This is especially useful when charging at multiple homes, as it helps accurately track where charging sessions occur. Unless more granular categorization of Home/Work/Other can be provided.

 

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BUG: Autopilot driver hand recognition timers don't always reset
Very often, on long drives, I engage the autopilot and simultaneously get the audible alert and visual blinking for hands on, even if I have both hands on the wheel already. Sometimes just a few seconds later, sometimes it's just instant. It seems that there are conditions when the timer for hands detection doesn't always get reset when autopilot goes off. Probably this happens when auto steering disengages by manual intervention, but the cruise control remains still on?

Update: seems this doesn't occur since the last 2024 updates.

 

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When HOT, Enable All Air Outlets Regardless of Passengers
In extreme heat (e.g., >39°C), it makes little sense to disable airflow to passenger or rear zones - the entire cabin needs cooling. This behavior should at least be optional.

Update: Commander allows keeping rear outlets always on. While not a full solution, toggling this setting seasonally (e.g., twice a year) is manageable for now.

 

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Display internal temperature in the car display as on app
Why do we have the internal temperature displayed on the app and not in the car?

 

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Blink Door Button in Park to Attract Attention
First-time passengers often don’t notice the door button and instinctively reach for the emergency lever. To prevent confusion (and potential damage), the door button should blink - or change color - when the car is put in Park, making it more noticeable and intuitive.

 

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Restore 150km/h max speed on autopilot
There's no reason why the car was formerly limited to 150km/h and later reduced to 140km/h, also by comparison with all major carmakers (Mercedes, BMW) who allow higher speeds, e.g. my Z4 does 160km/h with auto steering.

 

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BUG: Dangerous Misinterpretation of Green Light Ahead
The car appears to prioritize traffic lights in front rather than the closest one and on the driver's side, as it should rather be by the law.

This causes issues in scenarios where you stop at a red light, but a green light further ahead (meant for the next segment) turns on. The car then beeps—potentially signaling readiness to move, which in Full Self-Driving (if enabled) could lead to a dangerous false start.

This may stem from the U.S.-centric assumption that traffic lights are placed after the stop line—whereas in most countries, the primary red light is positioned at the stop line, with a secondary one ahead for redundancy.

In this situation, the car wrongly prioritizes what is considered a secondary signal elsewhere, ignoring the actual red light controlling the stop.

 

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Auto delete old recordings on disk full
Why do we need to delete old files manually for sentry mode? There has to be at least a selectable option to enable automatic deletion based on creation date, like every DVR on the market.

 

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BUG: Autopilot perceives guardrail shadows as lane boundaries
On highway segments perpendicular to low sun-rays such that the shadow of the guardrail projects onto the road, the car perceives a reduced lane width

Update: this is still the case even on the latest 2024 version.

 

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Anticipate turns to keep speed

On steep highway bends, the car doesn't anticipate the turn and obviously slows down / risks to hit the opposite guardrail, so in order to keep the speed / avoid an accident autopilot must be constantly toggled off/on

 

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BUG Abrupt turn on autopilot activation
When the autopilot is activated, the car steers abruptly to reach the center of the lane. It's beyond unnecessary and uncomfortable, it has to be gentler.

Update: seems this was fixed on latest 2024?

 

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User-defined max loudness for audio system
Might have already happened to everyone: voice command misunderstands you, sets 100% volume and you can damage your speakers. Likewise, you make a one-hand turn and accidentally move those nice command wheels and - hey presto - you bump up the volume significantly. Please allow us to set a maximum allowed threshold, as you would do on any smartphone.

 

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BUG: Reduce acceleration in intense stop&go traffic
Even in soft acceleration mode, the car is too fast / doesn't really seem to understand what's going on in the queue, resulting in a sudden, fast acceleration, followed by an abrupt brake all the times - situation that can only be fixed by lowering the speed down to 15-20km/h (suboptimal, if you have - say - 140km/h on your cruise control, anyway anything above 80km/h)

Update: this seems fixed.

 

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Use Face Recognition to Identify Driver When Multiple Phone Keys Are Present
When multiple phone keys are in the car, the system often can’t determine who’s driving. For example, my wife’s iPhone consistently takes priority for profile selection—even when I open the car via the app or door handle.

Facial recognition could resolve this by identifying the actual driver and loading the correct profile accordingly.

 

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Passenger seat memories

As per the driver, please allow memories for the front passenger (like all premium cars). Would be great adding facial recognition as well.

Update: Commander provides 4 seat memories for both front seats

 

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Auto-Adjust Trunk Opening Based on Location (as on Model S/X)
On the Model 3/Y, it’s frustrating to open the trunk in tight spaces—like garages—only to hit the ceiling or door. So we manually set a lower trunk height… but then forget about it and later hit our head in open spaces due to the unnecessarily limited clearance.

Can we have geolocation-based trunk height memory, similar to how Sentry Mode settings are saved—ideally even more reliably? Alternatively, the car could at least detect enclosed environments (e.g., garages, under trees) and warn the driver before fully opening the trunk.

 

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Voice commands from outside the car/app
Can we have basic commands from outside the car/via the app for hands free operation of doors/trunk/windows without needing to depend on Tessie, Alexa and the likes?

 

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Trunk opening with foot
Why don't we have this basic functionality, given that the trunk is automated anyway? There is a camera, the car knows we are in close proximity with the phone key. AI might also perceive we have bags...

EDIT: Released on 2024.14, unfortunately still for iOS only. But at least, something is moving.

 

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Allow autoparking on basic autopilot

Why can't we have this basic functionality that all other vendors have, unless we add the advanced autopilot (useless in most countries)? Let's at least add it for e.g. 500USD more...