After 206 days of my spouse and I obsessively utilizing FSD Beta, we have now misplaced entry to the software program!
I paid $6,000 additional for Full Self Driving after I purchased my automotive in October 2019. (Note: The value for Full Self Driving with new Tesla purchases has been $12,000 for a while now, twice what I paid for it.) We spent 5 weeks going loopy earlier than my spouse and I handed Tesla’s infuriating security take a look at. On October 21, 2021, we had been capable of obtain the FSD Beta software program, however we had been solely capable of activate the software program over a month later after passing the protection take a look at on December 1, 2021. Since then, we have now obsessively used FSD Beta for 206 days. We had been warned that if we had 5 compelled disengagements of FSD Beta, we might lose entry to it.
You get a compelled disengagement with one of many following: 1) If you don’t apply torque to the steering wheel for greater than say 60 seconds. 2) If you exceed 85 mph (beforehand 80 mph) when FSD Beta is lively. 3) With FSD Beta, the digicam above the mirror your face is activated. If you take a look at the management display in your proper for too lengthy, in the event you look down at your cellphone for too lengthy, or if shut your eyes for too lengthy, you get a visible and auditory beep warning. I assume in the event you stick with this habits for too lengthy, you get a compelled disengagement.
We did our greatest to not get compelled disengagements! Over the final 206 days, I received 3 compelled disengagements after I was distracted by site visitors and had tough navigation decisions in metropolitan areas. Up to some days in the past, my spouse had no compelled disengagements. However, on the straightforward 30 mile rural drive from Three Lakes to Rhinelander, Wisconsin, and again a couple of days in the past, she received two compelled disengagements and our FSD Beta entry has been revoked. My spouse had three babies distracting her and he or she was carrying a splint on her damaged wrist.
When we take a look at the FSD Beta directions within the Autopilot sub-menu below the controls menu, it now says: “Your access to FSD Beta has been revoked for recent driving behavior.” It additionally says your entry might be restored with an upcoming software program launch (not the subsequent software program launch). What we don’t know is when that launch will come. Knowing Tesla, it may very well be days, months, and even years earlier than we have now entry once more to the software program we bought for $6,000. If anybody has perception on this, please depart details about it within the feedback part. I feel 206 days with solely 5 compelled disengagements for a husband and spouse driver group is superb efficiency. I don’t suppose it’s honest to revoke our FSD Beta privileges. At the very least, there needs to be one thing we will do to get our entry restored (e.g., cross the protection take a look at once more).
Our Tesla has now reverted to straightforward autosteer and traffic-aware cruise management like nearly each different Tesla with out FSD Beta. Also, we nonetheless have Autopilot on restricted entry roads and computerized stopping at cease indicators and site visitors lights.
I’m crushed, however resigned, as a result of I do know there’s nothing I can do about it! I very a lot loved being a part of Tesla’s ~100,0000 buyer FSD Beta testing group. I’ve obsessively used FSD Beta for 206 days by 5 updates of the software program — V10.5, V10.8, V10.10, V10.11.2.1, and V10.12.2. It was fascinating to see the enhancements within the software program with the brand new variations, however even some backsliding (e.g. phantom braking) and a few crucial failures which weren’t addressed (e.g., occasional unsuitable lane alternative and navigation failures). There had been additionally efficiency failures in areas with excessive site visitors density. I’ve written a number of articles for CleanTechnica about FSD Beta. Barring getting my entry restored, this might be my final article.
What does lack of entry to Tesla FSD Beta imply to me?
- I can not enter an tackle or enterprise into the Navigation and have the automotive drive me there with no interventions (in supreme circumstances).
- My automotive will not provoke autosteer on roads with no yellow middle traces. (There are many roads like this in rural Northern Wisconsin.) There is one case on freeway X close to Three Lakes, Wisconsin, the place the yellow middle line ends. Then my automotive will proceed to steer routinely, till it’s interrupted for some motive. Then you possibly can not provoke autosteer.
- I’m reverted to straightforward autosteer and traffic-aware cruise management that each Tesla driver since 2016 has entry to. Instead of all the time pulling the suitable inventory down twice to provoke FSD Beta, I now am once more pulling the inventory down as soon as for cruise and twice for autosteer.
- When utilizing autosteer coming to a flip marked 15 mph, my automotive will now bail out in the midst of the flip. The identical factor is true in rotaries. With FSD Beta, it could navigate the tightest turns efficiently.
- My automotive will cease at cease lights when the sunshine is pink, however may also cease when the sunshine is inexperienced except I give approval with a downward tug on the suitable inventory.
- When utilizing traffic-aware cruise management, I can not set the velocity greater than 5 mph over the map velocity restrict. This was particularly helpful in rural Northern Wisconsin when the map velocity restrict was too low — say, 35 mph when it needs to be 55 mph. I now must maintain strain on the accelerator to go on the appropriate velocity.
- When leaving a 35 mph zone in a city and returning to 55 mph, I need to manually regulate the velocity again as much as 55 or 60 mph. FSD Beta would do that routinely.
- On the great facet, I can now take a look at the management display on my proper or down at my cellphone for greater than ~15 seconds with out being nagged. Obviously, diverting your focus from the street for lengthy is unsafe, however you continue to need to put a small quantity of torque on the wheel each ~15 seconds. With FSD Beta, you couldn’t take a look at the display lengthy sufficient to alter a setting or change to a brand new radio station with out getting dinged.
You gained’t be listening to from me about Full Self Driving Beta once more for the foreseeable future! Your feedback within the feedback part might be drastically appreciated.
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