Tesla drivers left unable to start their cars after outage
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Tesla drivers say they have been locked out of their cars after an outage struck the carmaker's app.
Dozens of owners posted on social media about seeing an error message on the mobile app that was preventing them from connecting to their vehicles.
Tesla chief executive Elon Musk personally responded to one complaint from a driver in South Korea, saying on Twitter: "Checking."
Mr Musk later said the app was coming back online.
The Tesla app is used as a key by drivers to unlock and start their cars.
Owners posted a multitude of complaints online about not being able to use their vehicles.
"I'm stuck an hour away from home because I normally use my phone to start car," one owner tweeted.
About 500 users reported an error on the app at around 16:40 ET (21:40 GMT) on Friday, according to the outage tracking site DownDetector. Five hours later, there were just over 60 reports of an error.
"Apologies, we will take measures to ensure this doesn't happen again," Mr Musk tweeted.
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Dean
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20th Nov 2021 6:05 am
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even SWMBO thought relying on your phone to get in your car was iffy ... "do you have to have a spare phone ?".
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2011 D4 XS - OBD port protection, RLD spare wheel protector, All LED interiors lights, Timed Climate enabled, iiD tool paired.
2011 D4 Landmark - Stolen from same dealer before I paid for it
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1996 300Tdi - Eaten by tin worms
20th Nov 2021 8:29 am
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Would be no good for SWMBO as her phone would prob be dead. Remembering to charge her phone is not one of her strong points.
20th Nov 2021 9:08 am
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oops! that sounds like something to me ! I see that some things are international!😜lost in translation!
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The phone is meant to be a secondary means of access - they come with a key card to keep in your wallet as a primary means of entry and that still works.
As ever, the press are leaping on the populist "new battery car stupid, hurr-hurr" zeitgeist. Clowns.I know it's not considered "kind" to say no these days, but no. Just no, ok? And if it's not ok, still no.
21st Nov 2021 11:02 am
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Tesla make the simplest of tasks so awkward. Apps and cards and an over reliance on touchscreens to do simple tasks.23.5MY Defender 90 X-Dynamic SE D250 MHEV Pangea Green
21st Nov 2021 11:48 am
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NoDo$h wrote:
The phone is meant to be a secondary means of access - they come with a key card to keep in your wallet as a primary means of entry and that still works.
As ever, the press are leaping on the populist "new battery car stupid, hurr-hurr" zeitgeist. Clowns.
And yet a friend has just ordered a Tesla for his company car and the one thing he's been talking about most is that he can just use his phone and not have to worry about a "key" of any sort. Perhaps he'll evaluate that in light of this issue.Visiting from rrsport.co.uk
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