Tesla Autopilot Experiences

Discussions focus on user experiences with Tesla's Autopilot and Full Self-Driving (FSD) features, including phantom braking, lane keeping, safety benefits, limitations, and comparisons to similar systems in other vehicles like Honda and Subaru.

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modeless β€’ Oct 27, 2022 β€’ View on HN

That's Autopilot on freeways, not FSD

willmadden β€’ Feb 2, 2022 β€’ View on HN

This is a feature not a bug. Tesla should offer an autopilot setting called "outlaw mode".

arcanon β€’ Mar 31, 2021 β€’ View on HN

Autopilot avoids the other terrible drivers you dont see coming

grahamburger β€’ Sep 12, 2016 β€’ View on HN

Have you tried Tesla's autopilot? It's not far off from your description.

kwhitefoot β€’ Apr 26, 2018 β€’ View on HN

This agrees with my experience. Anecdota I know, but I feel that I am safer with autosteer on because a moment of inattention will not cause the car to drift out of lane or drive into another vehicle. I have a 2015 S 70D, autopilot 1.5 I suppose.

jra101 β€’ Jun 3, 2022 β€’ View on HN

This happens to me just using the adaptive cruise control, no Autopilot or FSD enabled and it's super annoying. Can happen on a completely empty road driving in a straight line.

recursivequine β€’ Jan 9, 2023 β€’ View on HN

Do they really outperform a car while it’s on autopilot?

mcot2 β€’ Dec 12, 2021 β€’ View on HN

You will have basic autopilot which can also phantom brake. It is not as bad as it seems and was possibly worse when they used radar. As long as you are attentive to the system it is not a big deal.

dkural β€’ Mar 11, 2019 β€’ View on HN

Hey bud, please just remember it is assisted driving & keep paying full attention on the road.

Latteland β€’ Apr 15, 2018 β€’ View on HN

tesla's system is lane following which has a radar that knows when the cars in front of you slow down or speed up. that's pretty much it. it's not an autonomous car in general. mine is very reliable for cruise control adjustment, good but not awesome for lane detection (falls down in bad rain for example, works well in clear weather). it tells you this, via display, it knows if its working. I can't understand these fools who thinks its some super advanced system. it really do