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I have a disaster storey to share about this. Sometimes the car does not want to go in to drive/reverse for some unknown reason. Not long after I first got my

I have a disaster storey to share about this. Sometimes the car does not want to go in to drive/reverse for some unknown reason. Not long after I first got my tesla, I was making a 3 point turn to go on to my driveway. I moved forward, then stopped, turned the wheel, pressed the stalk to go in to reverse, pressed the accelerator and WENT FORWARD, right in to my old car denting the door. There was no indication the car declined to go in to reverse apart from the icon on the screen. Now, Tesla released an update so the car makes an audible noise when changing to drive/reverse and a separate noise when the car refuses your instruction. It's much better but annoyingly the car still refuses quite often to go in to Drive/Reverse when you tell it to, especially when you just get in to it. I now out of habit press the gear stalk 4 or 5 times when first getting in to drive it.

outworlder 3y ago
I wonder if this issue is behind all the reports of people randomly crashing into weird obstacles. Often it's claimed that they are confusing the break and accelerator pedals and one pedal driving is cited. But there's a bunch of other EVs that also have one pedal driving and they seem fine. Mind you, my (much cheaper) EV will beep at me if I try to engage a mode and it refuses. Be it forward, reverse or park. But in the 'ready to drive' state it has never refused reverse or drive; I don't know why it ever would.
mrguyorama 3y ago
>annoyingly the car still refuses quite often to go in to Drive/Reverse when you tell it to How the everloving F** does this even happen? I cannot imagine an ICE car "refusing" switching gears. I know electric vehicles don't manage driving direction through physical gears and linkages like ICE vehicles but this feels like an absurd regression.
- InsomniacL 3y ago
  Just to be clear, I prefer my Tesla to my ICE car and I enjoy driving it as much as my Kawasaki ZX10R.. The Tesla will refuse to go in to gear for genuine reasons, such as: - refuses forward/reverse if the car is moving too fast in opposite direction - refuses forward/reverse if the car just turned on and foot isn't on brake I haven't worked out what the other reasons are though. The vast majority are when I'm in a rush, I get in sometimes have to press the stalk about 4 times (in 2 seconds) for drive. It could be because my seatbelt isn't on yet, or the car needs a small amount or time to boot up. To be fair I'm moving off faster (even pressing the stalk down a few times) than my ICE car, and Tesla adding the Chimes really helped.
rurp 3y ago
Holy cow! I have driven a Tesla handful of times and found the UX both terrible and dangerous, but this is a new one to me. Even with all of the other issues those cars have I'm shocked to learn that they will refuse to shift direction. I literally can't imagine myself ever owning a vehicle that would refuse basic commands by design.
registeredcorn 3y ago
The idea of a car "refusing" to do what I tell it to do infuriates me. I already have enough problems with various computer programs trying to second guess my decisions. I don't want my toaster, vacuum, or metal buggy telling me it knows better, too!

outworlder 3y ago

I wonder if this issue is behind all the reports of people randomly crashing into weird obstacles. Often it's claimed that they are confusing the break and accelerator pedals and one pedal driving is cited. But there's a bunch of other EVs that also have one pedal driving and they seem fine. Mind you, my (much cheaper) EV will beep at me if I try to engage a mode and it refuses. Be it forward, reverse or park. But in the 'ready to drive' state it has never refused reverse or drive; I don't know why it ever would.

mrguyorama 3y ago

>annoyingly the car still refuses quite often to go in to Drive/Reverse when you tell it to How the everloving F** does this even happen? I cannot imagine an ICE car "refusing" switching gears. I know electric vehicles don't manage driving direction through physical gears and linkages like ICE vehicles but this feels like an absurd regression.

InsomniacL 3y ago
Just to be clear, I prefer my Tesla to my ICE car and I enjoy driving it as much as my Kawasaki ZX10R.. The Tesla will refuse to go in to gear for genuine reasons, such as: - refuses forward/reverse if the car is moving too fast in opposite direction - refuses forward/reverse if the car just turned on and foot isn't on brake I haven't worked out what the other reasons are though. The vast majority are when I'm in a rush, I get in sometimes have to press the stalk about 4 times (in 2 seconds) for drive. It could be because my seatbelt isn't on yet, or the car needs a small amount or time to boot up. To be fair I'm moving off faster (even pressing the stalk down a few times) than my ICE car, and Tesla adding the Chimes really helped.

rurp 3y ago

Holy cow! I have driven a Tesla handful of times and found the UX both terrible and dangerous, but this is a new one to me. Even with all of the other issues those cars have I'm shocked to learn that they will refuse to shift direction. I literally can't imagine myself ever owning a vehicle that would refuse basic commands by design.

registeredcorn 3y ago

The idea of a car "refusing" to do what I tell it to do infuriates me. I already have enough problems with various computer programs trying to second guess my decisions. I don't want my toaster, vacuum, or metal buggy telling me it knows better, too!