Tesla is reducing the time FSD Beta is unavailable when reaching your strike limit
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Tesla Full Self Driving Beta update 2022.44.30.5 comes with a lighter sentence for those who get put in FSD jail. Since its inception, FSD in rendered inoperable if the computer detects inattentiveness or other improper usage. After being reprimanded three to five times, depending on whether your vehicle has a cabin camera, FSD would then be disabled. You were then stuck without FSD Beta until Tesla decided to clear strikes globally for everyone, so the setence varied from a few days to months. Some users reported more than six months without being allowed back in the program. Now, it’s approximately two weeks.
Unknown What Factors Determine Suspension Length
You read that right; "approximately two weeks" is the wording in the update. It’s unclear what would justify a two-week or "approximately two-week" suspension. However, there are several users taking to social media to rant about their Tesla detecting weighted devices on the steering wheel. They state that they were not using an aftermarket device that has been shown to trick the system into recognizing that the driver’s hands are on the wheel when they are not. It’s unknown if that kind of infraction would constitute a longer suspension than the standard ignoring the inattentiveness warnings.
For maximum safety and accountability, use of Full Self-Driving (Beta) will be suspended if improper usage is detected. Improper usage is when you, or another driver of your vehicle, receive five 'Forced Autopilot Disengagements'. A disengagement is when the Autopilot system disengages for the remainder of a trip after the driver receives several audio and visual warnings for inattentiveness. Driver-initiated disengagements do not count as improper usage and are expected from the driver. Keep your hands on the wheel and remain attentive at all times. Use of any hand-held devices while using Autopilot is not allowed.
The FSD Beta feature can only be removed per this suspension method and it will be unavailable for approximately two weeks.
Based on the release notes, it sounds like Tesla will now disable and enable the FSD Beta feature on a per-user basis, allowing the vehicle to track when the infractions took place and disable the feature for a period of time.
This is much more similar to Autopilot, where if improper usage is detected, the user is prohibited from using Autopilot for the remainder of the drive. It sounds like Tesla plans to be more strict with city driving, but the idea is similar. The period of time may be adjusted as Tesla gains additional confidence with its software.
That said, the “tedious steering wheel nag,” as recently described by @Wholemarsblog may soon be going away, therefore removing the purpose of the weights on the wheel. As reported earlier this week, Elon Musk responded to the Twitter user by agreeing that the nag should be disabled for users with more than 10,000 miles of driving with FSD. It’s expected that the cabin camera will play a larger role if the sensors on the wheel are disabled, so the computer will still monitor driver awareness.
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The included changes affect the Camera app, the Dashcam Viewer and Tesla’s blind spot monitoring feature.
Rear Camera
For owners of a refreshed Model Y or original Model Y equipped with AI4, this update brings two improvements to the camera views when reversing.
The backup camera now includes a new toggle button in the top-left corner of the rear camera feed, allowing drivers to switch between the original, narrower view and the newer, wider perspective. When Tesla introduced the wider rear camera in update 2025.14, many users were upset that the view was now further away. Users will now be able to choose their preferred view.
In addition to the new rear camera option, the side camera feeds have also been enlarged to provide a larger field of view.
What’s happening with these changes is that Tesla has uncropped camera views, but they often choose to adjust or crop the camera feed to focus on the most useful areas, making sure that the vehicle’s bumpers and other items don’t occupy unnecessary space. With the changes in this update, Tesla is adjusting the areas of the video that are being cropped.
If you’re interested in what the camera views look like uncropped, you can check out the Camera Previews section in your vehicle that lets you view every raw camera feed.
Another camera improvement is available on update 2025.20.3 for all vehicles that received the updated Dashcam App with AMD Ryzen processors (how to tell if you have Intel or AMD). This includes all Model 3 and Model Y vehicles with AMD Ryzen, as well all 2021+ Model S and Model X vehicles.
When reviewing footage in the Dashcam Viewer app, you can now tap the "expand" button, which looks like two diagonal arrows, to slightly zoom out on the video as it plays. This is a useful feature when trying to get a clearer look at specific details in a Sentry Mode or Dashcam event, such as a license plate, without the hassle of having to export the video file to a computer.
Blind Spot Camera
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Tesla is really focusing on camera improvements with this release. The Blind Spot Camera feature was previously only available whenever the rear view camera on screen. Turning on the rear camera while your blind spot camera view was enabled would cause the blind spot view to disappear. Likewise, if you turned on your turn signal while the Camera app was open, then the blind spot camera feature would not appear.
With this update, Tesla now allows the Camera app and the blind spot camera feature to be used simultaneously.
Dashcam Viewer Multi-Delete
We recently covered another change to the updated Dashcam App in update 2025.20. This undocumented change allows users to delete multiple videos at once for the first time. This is especially useful if you’re trying to clear up room on your Dashcam USB drive. Previously, you had to delete each video individually, whether you were doing it in the vehicle or through the Tesla app.
Update 2025.20 Rolling Out Now
These camera improvements are rolling out as part of software update 2025.20.3. As with all Tesla software updates, it may take several weeks for this to roll out to your particular vehicle.
In addition, it also features 10 new features that didn’t appear in Tesla’s release notes. Join us as we go through all the smaller additions.
Improvements to Heated Steering Wheel
If the steering wheel heater is set to Auto, the steering wheel will now heat up based on the cabin temperature, even if the climate system is set manually.
Previously, the climate system needed to be set to Auto for the steering wheel heater to turn on automatically.
Apple Music Improvements
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There have been several improvements to Apple Music. Besides shuffling an entire Apple Music playlist instead of just the first 100 songs, Tesla has also improved these other options:
- If you’re listening to one of Apple Music’s curated stations, such as Apple Music 1, the name of the song and artist will now be displayed in the music player instead of the name of the station.
- The latest Apple Music stations, including Apple Música Uno, Apple Music Club, and Apple Music Chill, are now selectable in your Tesla.
Language Support
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While other Tesla models support a variety of languages, the Cybertruck was limited to English. With this update, you can now switch the on-screen language, the voice recognition language and navigation language to options available in other Tesla models.
Note: Navigation languages are limited by your map region.
Sentry Mode Improvement
Sentry Mode automatically turns off if the vehicle’s battery falls below a 20% state of charge. However, with this update, Sentry Mode will now automatically come back on if the vehicle is plugged in.
Lane Departure Avoidance Updated to FSD
Not a Tesla App
Tesla appears to be migrating core safety features from the legacy Autopilot stack to the newer FSD stack. Update 2025.14 added Lane Departure Avoidance (LDA) and Lane Assist to the Cybertruck—despite it not supporting Basic Autopilot, which these features were previously based on.
Instead, these features now appear to be based on FSD, which not only means that the Cybertruck can include them but that they’re also based on a newer and much better tech architecture that better understands the environment.
The visualizations have also been changed for these two safety features. Previously, when these features were activated, the visualizations would revert back to Autopilot.
Now, the visualization for LDA will feature a blue line on both sides of the lane marking you’re going over. These changes appear to only affect vehicles with FSD in North America for now. However, they apply to HW3 and HW4 vehicles.
Although vehicles with HW3 are not receiving the B-pillar camera recording for Sentry Mode and Dashcam, they are receiving the improved Dashcam Viewer if they include the AMD Ryzen infotainment chip.
The updated Dashcam Viewer has several new features, including a new grid view that lets you view four cameras at once, making it easier to view what happened during the event.
The updated player now also includes buttons to jump back or forward in 15-second increments, as well as the ability to jump directly to the next clip.
The different camera views are now placed along the bottom instead of at each corner of the video.
Camera App
Not a Tesla App
For HW4 vehicles (how to tell), the Camera app has been updated so that the repeater cameras are now displayed at the top instead of the bottom. Each camera feed is also labeled so that users can more easily identify the rear, left, and right cameras.
In addition, the field of view for the rear camera is now wider, not only in the vehicle but also when viewing the rear camera through the Tesla app.
In regions where km/h is used, Tesla has updated the speedometer to properly reflect km/h instead of KM/H.
Sentry Mode Menu
Not a Tesla App
The Sentry Mode menu has been updated to make it easier to turn on Sentry Mode for a one-time use.
Under Controls > Safety, Tesla now has separate controls to turn on and off Sentry Mode one time (the button with the Sentry Mode icon) and the option to enable Sentry Mode whenever the vehicle is parked.
The exclude home, work and favorites options only show up when you enable Sentry Mode when parked.
Service Mode Release Notes
Not a Tesla App
New Second Row Seats Panel
A new Second Row Seats panel is available to support seats diagnosis. It adds the ability to determine the status of the seat recliner components and perform recliner motor calibrations.
Models: 2025+ Model Y
Connector Reference (Service Mode Plus)
A new Connector Reference panel is available to help find connectors and highlight harnesses on the vehicle. Rotate the 3D model to explore or type in the search bar to find a specific connector.
Models: 2024+ Model 3, 2025+ Model Y
New Guided Headlight Aiming Workflow
A new guided Headlight Aiming workflow is available to assist with adjusting the aim of the headlights. To access the new workflow, tap Controls > Service > Adjust Headlights on the touchscreen User Interface (Ul).
Models: Model 3 and Model Y with DAS HW4 located in the USA and Canada
A Recordings Viewer has been added to the Noise Recording panel. It adds the ability to view and delete recordings that were created using the Noise Recording panel.
Models: Cybertruck
HVAC Panel Updates - Top-Down Cabin View and Thermal
Component Testing
A top-down cabin view and the ability to view the statuses of sensors, temperatures, temperature targets, and mass flows throughout the HVAC system have been added to the HVAC panel.
Models: Cybertruck
Falcon Door Panel Updates - Interactive Ultrasonic Sensor Diagnostic Procedure (Added in 2025.14.3)
An interactive diagnostic procedure has been added to the Falcon Door panel to support ultrasonic sensor false detection diagnosis.
Models: Model X
Update 2025.20
While only a small percentage of the Tesla fleet has started receiving update 2025.20, we’ve already found four features that didn’t appear in the official release notes. This update is fairly small, but some features, such as the ability to delete multiple Sentry Mode videos at once, add some much-needed details.
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