Guides - Tesla Owners UK (Page 4)

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The location of my car is wrong on the nav/app, why? How do I fix?

This can happen for several reasons: 1. If you’re moving between countries and the wheels of the car haven’t moved (e.g. on the Channel Tunnel) 2. If the car has been on a trailer for an extended period of time or the wheels aren’t turning 3.

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Common issues with Tesla vehicles, the solutions, warranty information and consumer rights

All cars go wrong eventually but there are some issues that are more common, the items listed on this article we’ve noticed several of our owners having, generally, Tesla are good at ensuring an owner is put right and following the warranty and UK consumer laws but you may

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Sentry Mode / Dash Camera – What’s the best storage to buy? How do I format it?

Tesla recommends: * 32GB minimum * The flash drive must be USB 2.0 compatible. If using a USB 3.0 flash drive, it must be able to support USB 2.0 * Use a dedicated flash drive exclusively for saving footage for your vehicle. * Tesla recommends to ‘Use a flash drive with

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Using Siri / OK Google / Alexa to control your Tesla

Natively built-into the Tesla app on iPhone is the ability to use voice recognition to control your Tesla or to hear the current status of your car. Sadly Android doesn’t have this functionality built in natively, although there are other solutions for this but they’re far from perfect.

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CASE CLOSED: eMMC chip failure, what is it? should I be worried? what can I do?

For continued updates on this issue please read this Similar to door handles problems with Tesla Model S, a new wave of concern has grown over the MCU and its eMMC chips failing prematurely. This currently only affects vehicles which have an MCU1 (i.e. cars older than March 2018)

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Tesla Warranty Documents / Guide on escalating issues / UK Consumer Law / How to report faults to DVSA / How to take issues to Small Claims Court or Money Claim Online

This page is split into 11 sections: 1. All warranty documents for all cars built from 2014 to today 2. All Vehicle Purchase Agreements 2017 onwards 3. Roadside / Extended Warranty Documents 4. Email addresses, phone numbers & managers names for service centres 5. What protection do owners have under UK

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I’ve got V10, what features will I get with my car? Smart Summon? Netflix? YouTube? New Driver Visualisation? Joe Mode?

Ever since V10 arrived, many have been excitingly anticipating what new features they’re getting and whilst we’ve written about the differences between MCU1 and MCU2, it seems many are confused and often left frustrated that certain features aren’t arriving on their cars when other similar spec’d

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What’s an MCU? Which MCU do I have? What’s the difference between MCU & FSD? Why does my car not get the latest software features? How do I speed up my MCU?

MCU stands for Media Control Unit, it’s the main computer in Tesla Model S and X vehicles and includes the touchscreen, processors (brain), RAM (short term memory), non-volatile memory (longterm memory), the audio subsystem, 5 amplifiers, WiFi, Cellular, Bluetooth, GPS, the Ethernet bridge, multiple CAN bus communications, the LIN

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Tesla MOT testing and jacking information

Ministry of Transport (MOT) Testing The MOT (Ministry of Transport) test is an annual test of vehicle safety, roadworthiness, and exhaust emissions required in Great Britain for most vehicles over three years old. Tesla vehicles should be taken to a third-party test centre to have their test evaluation and certification.

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Tesla Mobile Connector (sometimes referred to as a UMC / Universal Mobile Connector) Explained including Gen 1 & Gen 2 differences

The Mobile Connector, previously known as the Universal Mobile Connector (UMC) is a backup cable that all Tesla drivers should carry with them at all times in their car, it allows you to plug into any domestic socket as well as more industrial or campsite style power, as well as

Fear, Uncertainty & Doubt (FUD)

Fighting FUD (fear, uncertainty and doubt) aimed at electric cars (including sources), infographics, links, wording and pictures ready for you to copy and paste

Answers within this article have been put together by members of our community [primarily from this post], of course, you could argue we’re biased in our responses, however, we’ve linked to as many external sources as possible and do encourage everyone to do their own research as well.

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I’ve just been in an accident in my Tesla, what should I do?

1) If the car is clearly unsafe then follow these emergencies guides &/or ring 999: This link takes you to the most up to date and full list of Emergency Responder Manuals * Model S Emergency Responder Manual 2016 + Dual Motor 2015 + 2014 + 2012/13 * Model 3 Emergency Responder Manual