Update 2025.38.8.5 (FSD 14.1.5) - Release Notes

- Added Arrival Options for you to select where FSD should park: in a Parking Lot, on the Street, in a Driveway, in a Parking Garage, or at the Curbside.

- Added handling to pull over or yield for emergency vehicles (e.g. police cars, fire trucks, ambulances).

- Added navigation and routing into the vision-based neural network for real-time handling of blocked roads and detours.

- Added additional Speed Profile to further customize driving style preference.

- Improved handling for static and dynamic gates.

- Improved offsetting for road debris (e.g. tires, tree branches, boxes).

- Improve handling of several scenarios including: unprotected turns, lane changes, vehicle cut-ins, and school busses.

- Improved FSD's ability to manage system faults and recover smoothly from degraded operation for enhanced reliability.

- Added alerting for residue build-up on interior windshield that may impact front camera visibility. If affected, visit Service for cleaning!

- Added automatic narrow field washing to provide rapid and efficient front camera self-cleaning, and optimize aerodynamics wash at higher vehicle speed. (2026+ Model Y only)

Upcoming Improvements:

- Overall smoothness and sentience

- Parking spot selection and parking

Editorial Note: The release notes for this FSD release remain the same as FSD v14.1.4.

- You can now select an arrival option such as Parking Lot, Street, Driveway, Parking Garage and Curbside for Robotaxi-style drop offs.

- Your preferences for arrival options and preferred parking positions are persisted for each destination.

- Our reasoning model will assess the suitable options for your destination and pick an intuitive default.

FSD (Supervised) will now determine the appropriate speed based on a mix of driver profile, speed limit, and surrounding traffic.

- Introduced new Speed Profile SLOTH, which comes with lower speeds & more conservative lane selection than CHILL.

- Introduced new speed profile MAD MAX, which comes with higher speeds and more frequent lane changes than HURRY.

- Driver profile now has a stronger impact on behavior. The more assertive the profile, the higher the max speed.

- Right scroll-wheel up/down now adjusts Speed Profile setting rather than your precise max speed offset selection in mph/kph.

- Start Self-Driving with a tap of the touchscreen from Park, or any time during your drive.

- Adjust settings like the Speed Profile and Arrival Options directly from the Autopilot visualization on the center display.

Brake Confirm for the Start Self-Driving button is now defaulted off. When disabled, Start Self-Driving will not require you to press and release the brake to confirm engagement.

You can enable Brake Confirm in Autopilot > Brake Confirm.

Under your supervision, Full Self-Driving (Supervised) can drive your Tesla almost anywhere. It will start from a parked position, make lane changes, select forks to follow your navigation route, navigate around other vehicles and objects, make left and right turns and park at your destination. You and anyone you authorize must use additional caution and remain attentive. It does not make your vehicle autonomous. Do not become complacent.

Full Self-Driving (Supervised) is enabled on your vehicle. To use the feature, press the Start Self-Driving button on the Ul, or press the right scroll wheel button once. You can disable Full Self-Driving (Supervised) in Autopilot Settings.

Tesla has added Santa Mode to 2026 Model S and Model X vehicles. These cars use the Unreal Engine and did not include Santa Mode until this update. Santa Mode was noticeably absent from the Toybox, and when users tried to enable the feature through voice commands, the system would say that Santa Mode is not available and will be enabled in a future update.

When a user activates FSD from the Controls > Autopilot menu, Tesla will now present a one-screen guide that introduces the user to FSD.

The guide includes the same disclaimer as previous updates and now also includes an image of the steering wheel controls for FSD, letting the user know how to switch FSD Profiles and set the maximum speed (for FSD V13 and below).

The image used is specific to the vehicle and will either include steering wheel buttons or stalks, depending on the model.

While a vehicle is charging, Tesla now includes a link for ‘Additional Charging Information’ in the Controls > Charging section. If the vehicle is charging, the link will appear in blue in the top-right corner.

Tapping the link displays a pop-up containing additional information, such as the maximum and current battery input power.

Maximum Battery Input Power is the total power the charger can deliver.

Battery Input Power is the amount of energy that is being actively put into the vehicle’s battery. The battery input power may be less than the maximum charger capability for several reasons, including a high vehicle charge level. The vehicle will also draw power directly from the charger rather than draining the battery if it needs to run the HVAC system, screen, or other components. This reduces battery wear by using energy from the battery, only to have to re-add it.

The 2025.38 vehicle update adds support for the ‘Keep Accessory Power On’ option in the latest Tesla app. This option is part of the latest Tesla app update, which adds the new Charging menu that consolidates most charging options under a single menu.

It also adds a button for Low Power Mode, instead of just being under Quick Actions.

Tesla has added a Buy Parts button to Tesla’s Service Mode. Tapping the button displays a QR code that takes users to Tesla’s service site, where owners can buy parts directly from Tesla.

Parts can be shipped directly to the customer or to the nearest service center.

Tesla has added a visualization of a charger when the vehicle is parked and plugged in. In this photo, the owner is using a non-Tesla charger, so a generic charger is displayed. Tesla will presumably display a mobile charger, Wall Connector, or Supercharger if those are plugged into the vehicle.

New Trunk Panel

A new Trunk panel with an overview of the liftgate status, latch status, and calibration status for the trunk is now available. The panel also provides additional information, such as the request source, set liftgate height, and hands-free settings.

Models: ModelS (2021+), Model 3, Model X (2021+), Model Y

New Front Trunk Panel

A new Front Trunk (or frunk) panel with an overview of the liftgate status, latch status, and calibration status for the front trunk is now available. The panel also provides additional information, such as the request source, set liftgate height, and hands-free settings.

Models: Cybertruck

Cameras Panel Update - Mismatched Firmware Detection

In the Cameras panel, detection for when Driver Assistance System (DAS) Hardware 4 (HW4) cameras have mismatched firmware versions has been added.

If a DAS HW4 camera with mismatched firmware is detected, touch the Update Camera button to initiate a camera firmware update.

Models: ModelS (2021+), Model 3, Model X (2021+), Model Y, Cybertruck

Brakes Panel Update - ESP Stiffness Test Routine Changes

In the Electronic Stability Program (ESP) replacement panel, the routine TEST-BRAKE_CORNER_STIFFNESS-TEST has been replaced with TEST_BRAKE_X_STIFFNESS-TEST-SERVICE.

Models: Model 3(2017-2023), Model Y (2020-2024)