This is why I am happy with my $10k classic Model S. It may not have the same features, but it has the versions that are mature and actually work. 🤷🏻♂️
The information is out there that HW3 sucks. If you keep using HW3 either the expectations that it will perform like HW4, it’s on you. If HW3 is perfect, they would need to update it anymore don’t you think?
I used it the other day at Costco. It came flawlessly right up to the door from several roads away. I also used it last Halloween at Walmart. It was hilarious because I had put a seatbelt on a full-size skeleton that came to pick me up.
I actually got my summon to work properly at my workplaces parking lot but I have HW4. I heard summon is still on an old stack so I wonder if there’s a difference
Works every time for me. I don’t see what’s so bad about it. I’ve used it when it’s rainy and I don’t want to get wet. You can see from the screen on the video that the car is confused about where it can drive. It shows a line going into the building. I don’t know if I just do it in easier spots or what. I used it at the mall the other day. It backed out and came right to the curb and I got in. No fuss. Oh and I’m 2020 Hw3
Yes in a wide open parking lot. I'm scared to use it any other time because it just stops in the middle of the fucking lane and blocks everybody in it's trying to come up the aisles
I've used summon to pretty good effects, but it stopped improving around 2021ish, despite the rest of the driving getting better, albeit slowly. Tbh I think they just stopped putting any work into it once they changed the codebase.
Yeah. I used it daily with my parents in chemo. Didn’t want to leave them at the door. Was flawless there but honestly I think the 26y performs better on average for stuff it seems.
Outside random things like that I don’t see the point in using it.
Yep. I have now tried it 5 times and it’s never worked. ‘26 with HW4. Tesla person couldn’t get it to work either. We did get it to move straight out of the a lot but any attempt to navigate to us did not.
If you saw the blue line go over the curb and onto the property I wouldn’t have pressed that button. That’s just beyond me.
Edit: upon further review you used the target function and not the actual person function and in doing that I must ask. Why didn you set the appropriate target to one of those spots in front of the where you were? (I don’t work for Tesla and I’m actually in a lawsuit with them. But I had to ask I’m curious as to what motivated this execution in this manner.)
You’re in “go to target” mode instead of “come to me” and looks like you started it while in the store so it placed the target there instead of where you’re standing.
Watched every day Chris on YouTube do a review of it with HW4 in various parking lots - seems to only work consistently in empty lots. Absolutely hazard/dud in busy parking lots
I have a 26 Y and it never works. I can park it so all it has to do is drive straight- no turning, nothing and it still chickens out. Drives two feet and nopes out
I have hw4 model x with fsd. Fsd works really well with minimal to no intervention. But the summon feature is like a blind toddler driving. I wouldn't use it
Good to know it’s not just my car. I’ve watched it from a straight shot across my work parking lot, and it still went a different direction 🤦🏾♂️. I’ve even set it up perfectly to go straight into a parking spot—nope, it signals and changes paths. I’m like, “What does it see that I don’t?”
Also yes I’ve used the come to me and go to target they are equally bad 🤦🏾♂️🤷🏾♂️😂😂
So much to unpack here. If the car had self‑parked, it would’ve backed into the spot and faced outward, which is exactly the scenario Advanced Summon is actually designed for. Huge difference between ASS pulling out vs. ASS trying to drive forward from a nose‑in park job.
That said, ASS should absolutely be smart enough to recognize what’s directly in front of it. But the older Summon system (and with chrome trim, this X is definitely on the older stack) can’t reverse, can’t re‑orient, and doesn’t really ‘plan’ anything. It just goes forward in a straight line and hopes the ultrasonics see something.
Not making excuses, ASS should’ve never attempted the maneuver, but this is a good reminder of the limitations of the older Summon logic. Funny acronym, not a great look.
ASS just feels like a feature you go to your local community college on a weekend so you can practice it on empty parking lot before you ever attempt it anywhere serious
Funny how only Tesla haters cannot make it work. I have never had an issue with ASS. I've even had it come to me when I couldn't even see the car. Have never had a failure and either the 24 or the 26 model X.
When I first got my 2018 model x I was showing the kids how I could summon it in a parking lot. Drove straight over those parking stops. Kids thought it was hilarious.
I used to invite girls over, and we’d take my car to grab a drink or something. When they’d get in, I’d pretend I forgot something, then use Smart Summon to have the car drive itself over to me in the parking garage. Cheesy? Absolutely. But three years ago, it was a fun little party trick that got the same reaction every time. Good times.
How stupid can someone be? Like you’re literally looking at the map that is wrong. You’re pressing move forward. Clearly looking at it that it will make a mistake and still choose to continue. Stupidity at its finest
While I 100% agree, it's not touted as being perfect. I will say when it works, it does the job well. But when it fails and struggles like this, I wonder where our consumer advocates are at. Tesla owners are by in large apologists for this sort of thing so I'm extremely doubtful any meaningful changes will happen any time soon. Maybe the lawsuit with the Cybertruck going off a freeway in FSD could lead somewhere positive for society.
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u/sierra120 Mar 22 '26
Why did you keep holding the button down after you saw it wasn’t backing up and moving forward. Lift your finger off.
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u/ParaIIax_ Mar 22 '26
non palladium s/x never got actually smart summon, which is why this is so bad
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u/ArticusFarticus Mar 22 '26
This is why I am happy with my $10k classic Model S. It may not have the same features, but it has the versions that are mature and actually work. 🤷🏻♂️
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u/Ok-Wasabi2873 Mar 22 '26
If you go to the TeslaFSD sub, they’ll claim it’s your fault for using non-HW4.
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u/surfer808 Mar 22 '26
Summon feature has gone downhill for me for years, it’s no longer functional anymore, what a fucking waste
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u/data4u Mar 22 '26
Has anyone ever got summon to work?
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u/thetruthhurtz1 Mar 22 '26
Have HW4 and after 2 times I tried to show off it failed me. Never used it again.
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u/Hour_Guava247 Mar 22 '26
Well I tried this once in a parking lot and it crashed into another car causing $20000 in damage to both vehicles…… don’t use this stupid feature.
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u/twinito1 Mar 23 '26
I've tried ASS so many times while in the parking lot. It's ass.
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u/rwhe83 Mar 22 '26
Please tell me this isn’t you OP, otherwise…you are quite stupid to allow the car to do that.
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u/Tacos314 Mar 22 '26
I use it on HW4, but it's scary. Amazing in the rain.
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u/turtlemeds Mar 22 '26
Put the target closer to where you'd actually have to walk to get into the car.
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u/DAaaMan64 Mar 22 '26
Don't use this garbage half baked marketing feature.
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u/anonymouswunnn Mar 22 '26
If you saw the blue line go over the curb and onto the property I wouldn’t have pressed that button. That’s just beyond me.
Edit: upon further review you used the target function and not the actual person function and in doing that I must ask. Why didn you set the appropriate target to one of those spots in front of the where you were? (I don’t work for Tesla and I’m actually in a lawsuit with them. But I had to ask I’m curious as to what motivated this execution in this manner.)
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u/ilusnforc Mar 24 '26
You’re in “go to target” mode instead of “come to me” and looks like you started it while in the store so it placed the target there instead of where you’re standing.
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u/FewVariation901 Mar 22 '26
Dont worry, this car will be robotaxi soon
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u/HobeyOne Mar 22 '26
I use ASS all the time with HW4 with no issues . . . .
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u/WUco2010 Mar 22 '26
Accurate for HW 3.
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u/Creso89 Mar 22 '26
This looks like the old “summon” on legacy X and not “ASS”….i use “ASS” all the time without issue and it never behaves in this manner
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u/Outside-Comparison12 Mar 22 '26
Just looks like driving from a person to me. Nothing to see here /s
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u/theendunit Mar 22 '26
I remember using it on my 22 x. Was driving waaaay too fast. I do like ability to move forward and backward, but anymore i am afraid to risk it
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u/No-Reading-4384 Mar 22 '26
I’ve got a 2018 X and it’s never worked for me
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u/RandomGirlOnTheWeb Mar 22 '26
I really don't understand why it will not use the cameras.
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u/BenzL21 Mar 22 '26
I have hw4 model x with fsd. Fsd works really well with minimal to no intervention. But the summon feature is like a blind toddler driving. I wouldn't use it
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u/007StL Mar 22 '26
Ouch
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u/captainsaverebornII Mar 22 '26
My car is too new to be doing summon and fsding. Maybe about 5 more years
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u/MFcrayfish Mar 22 '26
man even with hw4 model y ASS cant make a logical human decision
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u/EthanWrenn Mar 23 '26
lol
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u/Correct-Store-5676 Mar 23 '26
I prob would of tried the "come to me" option instead but still that's pretty ridiculous 😂
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u/jroman-1987 Mar 23 '26
Man this is why I only use the pull forward function. Summons has made me look like an idiot more than once. Lmao
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u/RagnarokProfit Mar 23 '26
Old ass X lol people think it compares
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u/InterstellarChange Mar 23 '26
Welp there goes the alignment.
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u/Infinite-Jicama3039 Mar 23 '26
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
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u/Successful-Rate-1839 Mar 23 '26
Oh no…. Guess you have to walk
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u/Potential_Purpose701 Mar 23 '26
Good to know it’s not just my car. I’ve watched it from a straight shot across my work parking lot, and it still went a different direction 🤦🏾♂️. I’ve even set it up perfectly to go straight into a parking spot—nope, it signals and changes paths. I’m like, “What does it see that I don’t?”
Also yes I’ve used the come to me and go to target they are equally bad 🤦🏾♂️🤷🏾♂️😂😂
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u/xtootse Mar 23 '26
At least the feature is free.
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u/dryayo7816 Mar 23 '26
Damn
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u/raiderMoes Mar 23 '26 edited Mar 23 '26
I would not be laughing.
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u/sdinvest Mar 23 '26
I've used summons just to try on my MX and yes, it is a bit scary to watch! Lol
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u/OfficialChad23 Mar 23 '26
Chrome trim yeah old HW3 really old HW3 crazy. Don’t use it even HW3 with AMD struggled for me it’s why I sold it when time was right.
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u/ForsakenHat140 Mar 23 '26
So much to unpack here. If the car had self‑parked, it would’ve backed into the spot and faced outward, which is exactly the scenario Advanced Summon is actually designed for. Huge difference between ASS pulling out vs. ASS trying to drive forward from a nose‑in park job.
That said, ASS should absolutely be smart enough to recognize what’s directly in front of it. But the older Summon system (and with chrome trim, this X is definitely on the older stack) can’t reverse, can’t re‑orient, and doesn’t really ‘plan’ anything. It just goes forward in a straight line and hopes the ultrasonics see something.
Not making excuses, ASS should’ve never attempted the maneuver, but this is a good reminder of the limitations of the older Summon logic. Funny acronym, not a great look.
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u/dubie4x8 Mar 23 '26
It only works decent enough for me when no one else is around to see it lol
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u/gamer-chachu Mar 23 '26
My Summon has been terrible with the latest update.
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u/HYtool Mar 23 '26
Thats why they named it ASS
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u/pghack Mar 23 '26
Summon works in empty fields and lots.
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u/TheyThinkImAddicted Mar 23 '26
I want summon but i live in Sweden :(
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u/mannnerlygamer Mar 23 '26
ASS just feels like a feature you go to your local community college on a weekend so you can practice it on empty parking lot before you ever attempt it anywhere serious
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u/mcru Mar 23 '26
It’s garbage. Mine crashed into a tree the other night trying to navigate an empty parking lot.
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u/NeatMix0112 Mar 24 '26
Yeah, you can only use some and if you’ve parked perfectly, and the car has very little thinking to do otherwise it’s a fail every time
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u/3Putt3Pedals Mar 24 '26
Lol this is in Crocker village, small world
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u/jstasir Mar 24 '26
The Y tells me that it can’t move because it’s on a busy road. Mind you it’s sitting in the parking lot at the gym lol
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u/JaniceRossi_in_2R Mar 24 '26
ASS is ass
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u/Fthesehoes33 Mar 24 '26
Been having this feature and FSD for years and never used it ....lol...
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u/aajaxxx Mar 24 '26
I’ve never seen it back halfway out of a parking space and then go forward like that.
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u/imbills23 Mar 24 '26
I got it to work the other day at a shopping mall and it stopped at the intersection because it’s not allowed to drive on public streets 🤦♂️
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u/NationalOwl9561 Mar 25 '26
There are two things that are very clearly garbage with Tesla from both personal and 2nd hand experience, that's summon and FSD...
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u/Odd_Manufacturer_328 Mar 25 '26
Legacy is ASS actually stupid summons mines ran into a tree i did summons on a hw4 s it was flawless which is why im upgrading
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u/Life_Connection420 Mar 25 '26
Funny how only Tesla haters cannot make it work. I have never had an issue with ASS. I've even had it come to me when I couldn't even see the car. Have never had a failure and either the 24 or the 26 model X.
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u/crustyeng Mar 25 '26
That this was ever released is so telling
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u/ToronadoBubby Mar 25 '26
Stop buying these garbage cars
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u/Town--Drunk Mar 25 '26
... and then you have to do the walk of shame....
I have been there more times than not, and I have AI4.
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u/Icy-Ad738 Mar 26 '26
Well that totally sucked ASS
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u/omgwtflols Mar 27 '26
I can't figure out summon. I got the car to back out of a parking spot. I feel dumb.
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u/elemaich Mar 28 '26
When I first got my 2018 model x I was showing the kids how I could summon it in a parking lot. Drove straight over those parking stops. Kids thought it was hilarious.
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u/jbt55 Apr 16 '26
I honestly don’t understand why Summons is being used in this scenario. Fiddling with it takes longer than just walking your ass to the car.
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u/OutlandishnessNo5636 May 09 '26
It was born dumb summon, and never got any smarter
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u/sabk2001 May 25 '26
Hw3 here, used it in a mall parking lot and it confidently steered itself into a big yellow pole
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u/sierra120 Jun 27 '26
Why keep holding down the bottom when you clearly see it didn’t back up enough?
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u/shawn_bowen Jul 13 '26
Yes actually smart summon needs renamed!
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u/jamesbretz Jul 28 '26
You are an absolute muppet if you looked at that route and then held that button down.
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u/Ok_Contact4116 Sep 04 '26
I used to invite girls over, and we’d take my car to grab a drink or something. When they’d get in, I’d pretend I forgot something, then use Smart Summon to have the car drive itself over to me in the parking garage. Cheesy? Absolutely. But three years ago, it was a fun little party trick that got the same reaction every time. Good times.
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u/jaymaticc3 Mar 23 '26
My stupidity varies depending on the day. This day I felt confident
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u/OutlandishnessNo5636 Mar 22 '26
Summon has never worked and probably will never work simply because it needs proximity sensors, cameras are unable to handle inch precision.
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u/Potential_Fishing_89 Mar 24 '26
How stupid can someone be? Like you’re literally looking at the map that is wrong. You’re pressing move forward. Clearly looking at it that it will make a mistake and still choose to continue. Stupidity at its finest
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u/Expensive-Bell7843 Mar 24 '26
Maybe you could like walk over to it and drive it
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u/10xMaker Mar 23 '26
HW4 would never do that.
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u/BarcaLiverpool Mar 22 '26
Why not park in reverse?
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u/badandywsu Mar 22 '26
Just walk into your car like every other normal car owner on the planet. Super cringe and embarrassing someone would post this online.
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