I saw that when I disengage my autopilot by pulling on the wheel, my teslas regenerative breaking does not turn on. I have to tap the pedal as well even though autopilot is off for the regenerative breaking to turn on. Is this normal? I kind of don’t like this because I would expect the car to start breaking, but if it doesn’t it could cause some confusion.

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  1. redgrandam

    If you have autosteer on and you move the wheel it drops down to ‘traffic aware cruise control’. Turning the wheel doesn’t turn off all cruise control. You have to pull up on the stalk or touch the brake.

    Unless you turned on single pull autosteer, then just moving the wheel will turn off auto steer and TACC

    1. Successful_Stretch29

      what is traffic aware cruise control, i don’t have fsd enabled and i thought any traffic stuff was on fsd

      1. redgrandam

        Basically just cruise control that will adjust to traffic ahead

        1. RussianBotProbably

          And it will adjust to slow traffic next to you. Which is why it’s called traffic aware instead of adaptive which is usually only concerned with the car in front of you.

      2. rcuadro

        Fancy cruise control.

      3. ScuffedBalata

        Forget the name. Call it "fancy cruise control".

        That's the mode it does after you disable autopilot with the wheel. It should still show an indicator on the dash that looks like autopilot.

        if you want it to go DIRECTLY to regen, you should enable the "one pull" autopilot in the settings. Then you enable autopilot with one touch of the AP control (instead of two) and it will fall directly back to regular driving.

      4. gothling13

        Traffic Aware Cruise Control is not part of FSD. FSD is its own beast entirely.

  2. avebelle

    I like to tap the stalk up to disengage.

  3. Vecii

    Jesus. Read the manual ffs!

    1. itsme235

      It just blows my mind people buy a car knowing absolutely nothing about it, then proceed to not read the manual.

  4. Nakatomi2010

    The autopilot section of the Tesla Model 3 manual can be found here

    I highly recommend you take the time to read the manual, because it explains how your vehicle operates. This is important, because it appears that you don't know how your vehicle works.

    Per the manual:

    Basic Autopilot includes Traffic-Aware Cruise Control and Autosteer.

    Traffic-Aware Cruise Control: Maintains your speed and an adjustable following distance from the vehicle in front of you, if there is one (see Traffic-Aware Cruise Control). Autosteer: Maintains your speed and distance from a leading vehicle while also intelligently keeping Model 3 in its lane (see Autosteer).

    Autopilot is activated by pulling the gear stalk down twice. The first time you're pulling it down, you're engaging Traffic Aware Cruise Control (TACC), and the second time you're pulling it down, you're engaging Autosteer. By their powers combined, you have Autopilot.

    This section of the manual relates to your specific complaint.

    Warning

    If Autopilot Activation is set to Double Click and Autosteer cancels because you started steering manually, Traffic-Aware Cruise Control remains active. If Autopilot Activation is set to Single Click and Autosteer cancels because you started steering manually, Traffic-Aware Cruise Control also cancels.

    The recommended way to disengage autopilot altogether is to move the gear stick up one notch, or tap the brakes.

    If you found this information useful, you can go to this site to find the manual for the Tesla model you own, and read more about how your vehicle operates, so you can be more informed about why your car does the things it does.

  5. Hopeful-Lab-238

    yes, it is normal. you'll need to use the brake or toogle all the way up to return to full manual control. Turning the tire only disengages AutoSteer/FSD

    1. arghvark

      Actually, toggle half up works (at least on my 2019 Model 3).

  6. sinistergroupon

    There are two. You canceled one and it went to the other:

    https://www.tesla.com/ownersmanual/model3/en_gb/GUID-20F2262F-CDF6-408E-A752-2AD9B0CC2FD6.html

  7. dcheard2

    Sounds like single-pull autopilot is for you. When disengaging AP, the cruise control will turn off completely

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