Had a pretty eye-opening experience with my Model X this week.
Picked up a flat after running over a piece of scrap metal on the way to work. Called Tesla roadside and they showed up in about 2 hours, swapped in a spare, and took my rim to the service center. Ended up going in and just replacing two tires while I was there.
But here’s the interesting part…
For a while, I’d been getting the “clean front camera” message during FSD. I kind of ignored it because the car is a ‘25 Model X and I figured it was too new for that to actually matter.
While I was at the service center, they cleaned the camera for free.
The difference was NOT subtle.
FSD went from “pretty good” to noticeably smoother and more confident. Lane changes, turns, overall behavior… it honestly felt like a software upgrade. I didn’t expect something that simple to make that big of a difference.
So if you’re seeing that message, don’t ignore it like I did. Go get it cleaned or just do it yourself. It actually matters.