In-car Electronics
CD or DVD players, radio, speakers, GPS, communication system (e.g., OnStar), display screen freezes or goes blank, phone pairing (e.g. Bluetooth), voice control commands, steering wheel controls, portable music device interface (e.g., iPod/MP3 player), backup or other camera/sensors.
What Owners Say
"Front camera was malfunctioning. It was replaced as a warranty item"
Anonymous, IN (2016 Tesla Model S 75D Electric)"Forward camera for auto pilot system. Tesla replaced free. Gave us a loner car. Love Tesla and love my model s"
Anonymous, NC (2016 Tesla Model S 85D Electric)"Like all computers, you can reboot the Tesla and restore electronics to default values."
Anonymous, FL (2016 Tesla Model S 60D Electric)"About 1 or 2 times per month I have to reboot the display system. The car can be driven, but many of the electronic features don't work until I reboot the system, which takes 2- 4 minutes. The computer was replaced and that reduced the frequency of the problem to a manageable amount."
Anonymous, NY (2016 Tesla Model S 60D Electric)"The large central display screen went blank and had to be replaced. The car and its essential features continued to function without the screen"
Anonymous, CO (2016 Tesla Model S 75D Electric)"The main display screen went blank or locked up (I don't remember which). Rebooting the screen didn't work. The car drove fine otherwise though there were features that couldn't be accessed while in this condition. Brought the car to Tesla service the same day, they gave me a loaner car (model X) and it was fixed the next day (under warranty)."
Anonymous, CA (2016 Tesla Model S 75D Electric)"MP3 player freezes at random and is incapable of actually shuffling. Repeats same ~200 songs out 5000+ on a usb drive"
Anonymous, TX (2016 Tesla Model S 90D Electric)"most of my music listening comes from a memory stick that I copy from CD's that I copied to my laptop. The car music system is designed to use a memory stick as a music source. The problem is that once it starts playing, it often has trouble reading the next song or two, even if it has successfully read the songs before. The Tesla service tech didn't understand the problem when I described it on the phone."
Anonymous, NY (2016 Tesla Model S 60D Electric)"How difficult is it to shuffle all the songs on a usb stick? Apparently very hard for Tesla. This bug has been there since shuffle was introduced in 2014. They know about and keep saying they will fix but they have not."
Richard L., TX (2016 Tesla Model S 90D Electric)"Screen went blank causing other functions to stop working. Car still at Tesla dealership waiting to be fixed. Took over 1 month to get appointment. New screen/computer still not in."
Anonymous, (2016 Tesla Model S 75D Electric)"GPS made serious in driving directions 1 - failed to find the bridge I drove over. 2 - indicated restaurant I wanted to reach was 19 miles further than actually was"
Anonymous, (2016 Tesla Model S 90D Electric)"Problem remains unsolved. With no apparent pattern, caller can not hear me nor can I hear them over the car system. If I switch to phone speaker,no issue."
Anonymous, CA (2016 Tesla Model S 90D Electric)"The Bluetooth system needs to be reset at least biweekly. Really just a hindrance not a total issue"
Katherine L., VA (2016 Tesla Model S 75D Electric)"The Slacker radio logged me out and would not log back in. The vehicle had to be physically taken in to be repaired"
Scott G., OH (2016 Tesla Model S 60D Electric)"Software update caused further problems with voice command"
Anonymous, AZ (2016 Tesla Model S 75 Electric)"Voice commands are often not recognized. Recently voice commands stopped working at all"
Anonymous, AZ (2016 Tesla Model S 75 Electric)
"Main Autopilot camera had issues with calibration and was replaced"
S T., VA (2016 Tesla Model S 75 Electric)