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The Car That Keeps Its Promises: How Tesla Takes Care of Its Own

Is there any other car company that decides to upgrade older cars that were sold 7 years ago...It blows my mind that HW3 car owners woke up to an update that brought their cars into 2026 with an over the air software upgrade.

Tesla Motors actually cares about its consumers. Brand loyalty, at least for me, is through the sunroof!

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u/AutonomousBoston — 18 hours ago

My dog and I tested Actually Smart Summon in Greater Boston. 9 out of 10!

Going from 6 mph to 8 mph is actually a great boost. The car is a Model Y Juniper AWD. She did really well, and was really responsive.

The only issue was I got an over the air update alert that seemed to mess with it. Other than that, it was pretty smooth! I got some good laughs with my dog in the driver's seat.

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u/AutonomousBoston — 5 days ago

Tesla releases v14 lite to HW3 cars - Update 2026.20.5.1 (FSD 14) Release Notes

FSD (Supervised) v14 Lite includes:
- Distilled the intelligence from HW4 V14 into HW3. This allows HW3 to directly learn how to handle scenarios using HW4 V14 as a guide. This process unlocks the improvements that have been made to HW4 including Reinforcement Learning (RL) and offline models for HW3.
- Improved both proactive and reactive responsiveness across a wide variety of categories including navigation handling, merges and forks, pedestrian interactions, traffic lights, and vehicle cut-in scenarios.
- Improved general comfort in nominal scenarios through fewer false slowdowns, smoother steering and more consistent lane centering.
- Introduced parking, unparking, and reversing capabilities.
- Added Arrival Options for you to select where FSD should park: in a Parking Lot, on the Street, in a Driveway, or at the Curbside.
- Speed Profiles are now available at all times, to further customize driving style preference.

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u/EliteBeast2 — 7 days ago
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Tesla FSD hit a speed bump at 30 mph and swerved at a tar patch — Brookline to Walpole route breakdown

Tar patch and speed bump

Took Nova (2026 Model Y) on a new route this week — Brookline to Walpole on surface roads through Newton, Needham, Dedham, Norwood, and Canton. FSD threw two surprises at us.

**Issue 1: Speed bump at 30 mph**

FSD completely misread a clearly marked speed bump and sent us over it at full speed. Not a subtle miss — it was a well-marked hump on a residential road. Clean example of FSD getting the read wrong.

**Issue 2: The Walpole Ghost**

Nova swerved for what looked like absolutely nothing. Reviewed the footage and the only thing we could identify was a patch of road where the tar color changed to a noticeably darker shade. Phantom brake/swerve triggered by a pavement color change.

Has anyone else seen FSD react to road surface color changes like this? Would love to know if this is a known pattern.

u/AutonomousBoston — 9 days ago