Submitted by twestberg on 06. Juli 2018
The Model S/X have a recent setting which allows you to keep the climate control running even as you leave the car (which is useful for dogs).
The Model 3 might have the same thing, but has frequently lagged behind the larger cars on features, and I can't find any online manuals that would cover this. Does the 3 have this feature yet?
yes
I can't find it- where is it?
Not a fan of dogs being left in a car. Not for any amount of time.
On the Model S it's brought up by touching the fan control icon.
Not there on the 3 yet that I can find. I just use my phone and turn the AC back on after the doors lock.
Around here I would expect broken windows and police if dogs are left in the car.
twestberg: Be sure to leave your infant Children or Grandchildren in the car, to keep the dogs and cats company.
Like Kaffine said, use the Tesla app to turn it on and it'll stay on. At least until 20% battery is left from what I heard. Also put a not on your car stating that the A/C is on so nobody breaks your glass to free the dogs.
for the dog lovers; put a sign in the windows stating the a/c is on, the dogs have water, and if you break a window I will prosecute you to the fullest extent of the law.
When I've tried that Fan icon in the app, it runs the climate control furiously at full blast. Sounds like a plane revving up at the airport. The ClimateControl->TurnOn does the same thing. It seems this is a preheat / precool the car quickly. Not run the climate control at whatever the last settings were.
I can see the need for a preheat / precool, but I also see the need for climate control as set by customer. What I don't like are both icons doing the same thing.
I recently charged to 100% completely accidentally. I had just returned home from Vegas where I had charged to full before leaving and forgot to turn the charge down.
Since I had no intention (or ability) to drive the car again for the next 5 days, I did not want it sitting at 100% for that long. I decided that the best way to use up those miles would be to crank the AC for a couple of hours.
I turned it on from the phone and I expected it to shut off after 30 minutes but it didn't. I must have run it for 3 hours on "LO" non-stop. But it drained my battery enough to where I was comfortable to leave the car alone for a few days.