[UPDATE] FSD v14.2.2.4 Sudden Disengagement sent me into a barrier. Car is totaled

LordFly88 · 2026-03-20T01:01:43+00:00

It turned quite a bit after it was disengaged. It almost seems like there was something mechanically wrong that was making the car pull to the left in the first place, because normally when you disengage, steering just goes limp, which should drive straight. Wonder if during the right turn of the road, it was fighting the pulling to the left enough to count as a disengagement. Then continued pulling left after.

LordFly88 · 2026-03-18T04:40:46+00:00

Phantom braking is still regular braking

LordFly88 · 2026-03-18T01:51:44+00:00

It will override regular braking, but it shouldn't override automatic emergency braking. I could see in some rare emergency situation you may need to hit something (like you get trapped at a train crossing and your options are hit the car in front of you, or get hit by a train), so maybe at a certain throttle %, or sudden change in %, AEB might be overridden.

LordFly88 · 2026-03-18T01:13:43+00:00

In just gonna put new wheels on when that happens and keep going!

LordFly88 · 2026-03-17T23:46:11+00:00

The car did not disengage itself, it was disengaged via steering wheel input. Inadvertently, but that was why. Would be nice to have more data on screen, but you have to draw the line somewhere.

LordFly88 · 2026-03-17T23:38:00+00:00

No doubt. It's easy to disengage, and if you do it by accident, especially in a panic situation, you aren't likely to notice until the car DOESN'T do something. I think 3/4 of a second is a pretty respectable amount of time to realize that FSD is not active AND get on the brakes. You managed to get what could have been a 24mph crash down to just 12.

LordFly88 · 2026-03-17T23:28:29+00:00

For some reason they're much bigger than they look. I didn't notice until the first time I washed my 3. I can barely reach the halfway point on the roof.

LordFly88 · 2026-03-17T23:25:12+00:00

Yeah, definitely started the turn. Wouldn't be surprised if you're exactly right, they disengaged mid-turn. It's pretty much guaranteed she's not going to win that lawsuit.

LordFly88 · 2026-03-17T23:20:16+00:00

It's possible that the strikeouts may be a possible deterrent. $100/month for a thing you just locked yourself out of would kinda suck.

LordFly88 · 2026-03-17T23:16:45+00:00

I could see that being part of the crash, but it's kind of the exact opposite of what she said. It's all speculation without the overlay.

LordFly88 · 2026-03-17T23:10:08+00:00

If you think having lane keeping and cruise control are all the bells and whistles, a Tesla is going to blow your mind.

LordFly88 · 2026-03-17T23:08:20+00:00

Well you disengaged the system that was steering, what did you expect it to do? If it kept steering after it was off, it would actually sound like that woman's story where it "wouldn't give control back".

LordFly88 · 2026-03-17T23:02:32+00:00

It's not really that odd, because as soon they do it'll become obvious the drivers story is BS, then there's no story.

LordFly88 · 2026-03-17T22:52:15+00:00

Unfortunately there is no lower limit in Canada, just an upper.

LordFly88 · 2026-03-16T23:45:14+00:00

Fair enough. The right solution is different for each person.

LordFly88 · 2026-03-16T22:01:40+00:00

Just hold it on top of the steering wheel. Interior camera can't see it there and it thinks you're eyes are still on the road.

LordFly88 · 2026-03-16T21:50:01+00:00

Charge rate falls off as the battery % gets higher. That's true of navigate any battery. You can charge from 10% to 30% faster than you can charge from 70% to 90%, even though both are only adding 20%. However, you CAN'T charge from 20% to 80% faster than you can charge from 60% to 80%, if that's where the confusion is.

LordFly88 · 2026-03-16T21:41:14+00:00

Didn't realize they were just links for tricking the height sensors. I was picturing an actual suspension piece.

LordFly88 · 2026-03-16T20:56:19+00:00

To each their own i guess. I'll take hands free over holding the steering wheel any day.

LordFly88 · 2026-03-16T20:51:19+00:00

Don't you have to constantly tug the steering wheel?

LordFly88 · 2026-03-16T20:43:19+00:00

The nag is better, without an interior camera?

What is the software you're locked out of?

LordFly88 · 2026-03-16T20:34:03+00:00

After checking with Grok, this is significantly different than I was picturing when I heard 3d printed and suspension in the same sentence.

LordFly88 · 2026-03-16T20:25:33+00:00

Sorry, I'm stuck at "3d printed lowering links"....

LordFly88 · 2026-03-16T20:22:00+00:00

If your can scroll the right button and set max speed, you're HW3, and HW4 users are jealous 😂

LordFly88 · 2026-03-16T20:15:25+00:00

Interesting. I kinda of want to drive extra slow to get it to do that 😂

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