These are temporary fixes that will solve the USB issue for a few days, before it returns. Other ideas also involve doing a system reboot of your Tesla (press and hold both steering wheel buttons until the car reboots) or trying another USB stick. How to fix this ‘dashcam unavailable’ error? There are two temporary solutions.ġ) Format the USB drive in your Tesla by going to Controls > Safety & Security > Format USB Device > FormatĢ) Open the glove box, unplug the USB stick and plug it back in With this USB error, it means your Tesla’s dashcam will not record while you’re driving and Sentry mode won’t work properly. Periodically, the error message “Dashcam unavailable” shows up along with “Check USB drive”. You may not know the storage device has been corrupted until you need to retrieve a recording.We can confirm Tesla’s recent 2022.12.3.2 software update (and other 2022.12.3.x versions) are causing an issue with the vehicle’s dashcam feature not recording properly.
The USB thumb drive that comes with the Tesla vehicle is not designed for a high volume of total read/write operations so it will likely fail within a relatively short time. SSD cost more, take up space in the glove box and use more power. You can use SSD as these generally have a larger storage capacity. A 256GB storage device would store ~35 hours of Tesla Dashcam and Sentry mode video clips.įor maximum life and reliability of the USB storage device for Tesla Dashcam and Sentry Mode use a High Endurance (Sandisk) or PRO Endurance (Samsung) MicroSD card and a USB adapter. Unless you plan on storing a large music collection on the USB drive (usually in a separate drive partition but this may no longer be required as the USB storage device can now be formatted using exFAT and NTFS) then 128GB is plenty, i.e. Sentry mode events, also short clips, are saved automatically until you delete them.
Once saved the clip is retained on the USB storage device until you delete it or reformat the device. You can save a Dashcam clip by tapping the Dashcam screen icon, honking the horn (see settings.) The current Dashcam video buffer is automatically saved n the event of a collision. The Tesla Dashcam software automatically overwrites the Dashcam clip after 1 hour unless the clip is saved.
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