Posted on 11/20/2021 6:47:12 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
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 [my] 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.
The app is not the only way to access the cars though, Stuart Masson, editor of The Car Expert website, told the BBC.
"There will be a secondary mechanism to get in or out of the car beyond the app, the difficulty will come for drivers if they are not carrying it," he said.
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What better way to control a population?
How about buy a car with a key that goes in the door lock?
Can’t see any future problem with this system.
“How about buy a car with a key that goes in the door lock?”
Do they still make those?
My car has a Key with no remote lock thingy
This is funny. When analog works better while Bricked out giant paperweight technology has an oopsie
Wow...So a thief can steal your phone and grab your car, too.
Reality can sometimes smack you upside the head.
Enjoy your virtue signaling.
Johnny why are you late coming home? Gee Mom, my phone died and I couldn’t start the car.
It is called a "key". EVERY car should have a keyed entry and start system as a full parallel to any electronic assholery.
A fob would be nice.
Or a prayer to the Electric God.
“I’m stuck an hour away from home because I normally use my phone to start [my] car,” one owner tweeted.
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Wait till you’re caught in a blizzard and the power, i ncludinc cell phone service goes out.
Can you imagine people fleeing fires in CA and this happening?
Also, it will come in handy when we have climate lockdowns like we had Kung Flu lockdowns.
Technology is going to be our prison walls.
Just wait until they managed to get rid of all money and you only have access to digital money.
If you become an enemy of the government they could really cancel you out.
Gee, how did cars move before all this electronic crap? Henry Ford is doing somersaults in his grave.
This outage is an outrage.
Classic example of over-engineering. “Gilding the lily” used to be the phrase.
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