Amber indicator, VIN 368xx. (Some folks were wondering the earliest Vin's with new lights)
Posted Sep 9, 2020, 4:03 PM UTC
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I need side by side pics to understand what's happening here.
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Before:
- Outer ring is only a tail light (illuminated with headlights)
- Inner bar is red and is shared for brake and turn signal
After:
- Outer ring is tail light, but the outer "C" shape lights up bright as the brake light.
- Inner bar is amber and is only used for the turn signal, not the brake
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Ahh, OK so it's a more significant change then.
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Interesting. That might tie in with what was said about there being a potential software update.
I would suspect that light color can’t be changed but I wonder if they’ll push an update to change the behavior of the older lights?
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Was a red turn signal now an amber turn signal.
Also, the outer red ring is slightly brighter on the updated lights. So slight that it’s difficult to tell the difference unless they’re side by side.
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Huh. Vin 25xxx and they’re both red turn signals, but one (supposedly) replaced at service due to fogging up and its outer ring might be ever so slightly more red than the other one(or my vision has been tainted by this knowledge)...so maybe it is a software changeable color. Someone tear one apart for science!
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Yeah sorry I was unclear. Some people are making a bigger deal out of these new lights, apparently the indicator is Amber, whereas the old indicators were red. Rolled out on model Y's a few weeks ago, expected to come to model threes as well, but no official word. I don't get with all the hype is about, but just wanted to answer people's questions.
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Have the new interior door switch too?
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Yep!
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Very nice, my 40XXX has a 22AUG build date, happy to know it should be up to date!
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Yep!
Where did you find your build date? The sticker in my door well just says 08/20. (no day given)
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I asked my Tesla rep when he gave me the VIN; VIN wasn’t showing up on my account or delivery page so I gave them a call. It was only a one day turnaround from when I finalized my profile, so wanted to make sure it wasn’t rejected from somewhere else because I wasn’t expecting to get assigned so quickly.
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I was told by my delivery specialist that the color is changeable, just a matter of sending an update.
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Your delivery specialist was mistaken.
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What do you base that off?
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Did someone at Tesla tell you differently?
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Would be cool if we could confirm this.
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Color changeable lighting? Could they be using RGB LEDS?!?! Model Y Christmas light show??!
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an update through the app?
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Out of curiosity, what color blinker does the onscreen car avatar show?
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Great question! It's still red, from what I can see. (And green/white circle at the top of the screen.)
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Hmmm read a lot of comments where people were surprised they got the new light change. You sure it’s a matter of sending updates? If this is the case, I fear you might be waiting even longer for your car to arrive to the dc.
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Personally, I think amber rear indicator lights should be law.
It contrasts really well at night and can be easily seen night or day. At night, the red on red is kinda stupid because you might miss it on a glance unlike the amber which is a clear distinguishing color.
I'm fine with this, and the red seatbelt buttons (black on US Telsa's, right?)
I think it was only in S & X.
no to red seatbelt buttons lol
No, as in you don't like them, or they're not on US Telsa's? (I think just Canada and Europe, not sure of Asia, etc.)
I’m in favor of it if nothing but for consistency. Amber makes sense since is a dedicated turn or hazards color but honestly if a light is blinking then it gets my attention and does the job.
That's only one of the jobs of taillights. The other is as a brake light. If there is a dedicated brake light in addition to the red blinker, then it's not as bad. But from what I've seen, it's usually a red blinker that replaces the brake light. Now you're down to 2 brake lights (which may not be visible from all angles). If you lose a bulb you're down to 1. Amber blinkers ensure all functioning brake lights are illuminated. For that reason alone they should be mandatory.