Use the touchscreen to control many features that, in traditional cars, are controlled using physical buttons (for example, adjusting the cabin heating and air conditioning, headlights, etc.). You also use the touchscreen to control media, navigate, use entertainment features, and customize Model 3 to suit your preferences. For hands-free access to common touchscreen controls, use voice commands.
If the touchscreen is unresponsive or demonstrates unusual behavior, you can restart it (The restart procedure is described below).
Illustrations are provided to improve conceptual understanding only. Depending on vehicle options, software version, market region and regional and language settings, the details displayed on the screen will differ.
- Status bar: Find car controls and status in the top bar (see Top Status Bar Icons below).
- Navigation: Change the orientation of the map, find or navigate to a destination, and change navigation settings.
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Car status: This area dynamically displays the current status of Model 3 as you drive, park, open doors, turn lights on, etc. Monitor this area when driving as it displays important information such as driving speed and warning messages.
When the vehicle is in Park, you can open the trunks or charge port door. This area also houses shortcut "cards" for Media, tire pressures, and Trip Information.
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Drive mode strip: Use to shift into Park, Reverse, Neutral, or Drive. Swipe from the edge of the touchscreen towards the passenger, to bring up the drive mode strip.
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Controls: Control various features and customize Model 3 to suit your preferences. The Controls screen appears over the map. Touch an option on the Controls screen to display the various settings and preferences associated with the chosen option.
To search for a specific setting, touch Search at the top of the Controls screen. Make changes directly from the result or touch the link to jump to that option in Controls.
Many vehicle controls, settings, and preferences (such as climate, media, and navigation) can be adjusted hands-free using voice commands.
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Climate controls (driver): Use the left and right arrows to decrease/increase cabin temperature. Touch Split on the popup to display separate controls for the driver and passenger. Touch the temperature icon to customize climate control settings.
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Media player shortcut: When using the media player app, swipe to minimize/maximize.
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Full-screen Park view: Swipe towards the passenger for a full-screen Park view with media and navigation controls.
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My Apps: For one-touch access to frequently used apps and controls, you can choose what displays here (See Customizing My Apps below).
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App Launcher: Touch the app launcher to open the app tray. Then touch any app to open it. The app you choose displays on top of the map. To close an app, drag it downward.
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Recent App(s): Displays the most recently used app(s). The number of recent apps displayed here depends on how many apps have been added to My Apps. If you add the maximum number of apps to My Apps, only the most recent app displays.
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Climate controls (passenger): Displays when temperature controls have been Split to provide separate controls for the driver and passenger.
- Volume Control: Controls the volume of media player and phone calls. The volume of navigation instructions is controlled separately.
Customizing My Apps
For one-touch access to commonly used apps and controls, you can customize what displays in the My Apps area on the touchscreen's bottom bar:
- Enter customization mode by touching and holding any app or control in the My Apps area. If this area is empty, touch the App Launcher.
- Drag any app or control from the app tray onto the My Apps area in the bottom bar.
Top Status Bar Icons
Touch to lock/unlock all doors and trunks.
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Displays the local or destination weather conditions. Touch to display more detailed information about the weather and air quality, including chance of rain, humidity, and UV index. Requires premium connectivity. |
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Displays the current temperature. If your vehicle is equipped with premium connectivity, you can also touch to display more detailed information about the weather and air quality, including chance of rain, humidity, and UV index. |
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Displays on the touchscreen status bar only when Model 3 detects that the local Air Quality Index (AQI) value is poor. A poor AQI will have yellow, orange, red, purple, or maroon numbers. Touch to display more detailed information about the weather and air quality, including chance of rain, humidity, and UV index. Requires premium connectivity. |
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Your vehicle automatically updates the time. If the time is incorrect, confirm your vehicle has internet and GPS connectivity with the latest software.
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Displays on the touchscreen status bar only when Model 3 detects a programmed HomeLink within range, and the touchscreen is not already displaying the HomeLink screen or popup.
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Displays on the touchscreen status bar only when Model 3 is parked. Add, configure (including Valet Mode and Use Easy Entry), or quickly switch driver profiles. Driver profiles can also be accessed from the top of any Controls screen.
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Available when Model 3 is parked, touch to manually enable or disable Sentry Mode for the current drive cycle. To automatically turn Sentry Mode on (or off) every time you leave your vehicle, enable the setting from .
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Displays when Model 3 is connected to a Wi-Fi network.
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Displays when Model 3 is connected to a cellular network. Touch this icon for quick access to Wi-Fi settings.
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Displays when Model 3 cellular connectivity is unavailable. Touch this icon for quick access to Wi-Fi settings.
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Status of the front passenger airbag.
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(If equipped) Touch to contact emergency responders and receive public safety information in the event of a serious accident or injury.
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Appears when your vehicle's GPS location is actively being accessed in the Tesla mobile app by the owner, an added driver, or a third party app you're using. Tap the icon for details. To disable, navigate to on the touchscreen.
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Popup Messages and Vehicle Alerts
Popup messages appear at the bottom of the touchscreen. For example, a seat belt reminder appears if a seat belt is unfastened in an occupied seat, an alert appears to notify you of an incoming phone call, a text message appears (when applicable), and voice commands appear when in use. If applicable, touch options from these popup messages (for example, accept/decline a phone call, choose an option from the headlight menu, etc.). To dismiss a popup message, swipe it downward.
If an alert appears on your vehicle's touchscreen, touch Learn More for more details regarding the alert and how it can be resolved. You can view a list of vehicle alerts and notifications by touching the bell icon at the top of Controls.
Restarting the Touchscreen
You can restart your touchscreen if it is unresponsive or demonstrates unusual behavior.
- Shift into Park.
- Hold down both scroll buttons on the steering wheel until the touchscreen turns black. Pressing the brake pedal while holding down the scroll buttons does not have any impact and is not required.
- After a few seconds, the Tesla logo appears. Wait approximately 30 seconds for the touchscreen to restart. If the touchscreen is still unresponsive or demonstrating unusual behavior after a few minutes, try power cycling the vehicle (if possible).
Rear Touchscreen
The rear touchscreen provides rear passengers with access to:
- Power: Touch the power icon to turn the rear climate control system on or off.
- Rear fan speed: Touch to adjust fan speed.
- Rear fan: Touch to turn the rear fan on or off, to adjust fan speed and control the direction of air flow from the rear vents.
- Seats: Control rear seat heaters and move the front passenger seat forward/rearward using the arrows.
- Media: Play, pause, skip or rewind through the currently playing song.
- Video: Access video streaming services.
- Gaming: Touch for gaming options
- Settings: Touch to pair up to two sets of Bluetooth headphones, change the brightness or clean the display.
- Volume: Touch to adjust the volume.
- Air wave preset: Touch to direct the air flow to the passenger head or torso quickly. Direct the air flow exactly where you want by touching and moving the air wave on the touchscreen.
Control the rear touchscreen from the front
To control the rear touchscreen from the front, open the rear screen remote control app in the bottom bar on the front touchscreen. Besides audio, video and climate controls, you can lock the rear display in the app or by touching .
Touch to adjust display settings to suit your preferences:
- Appearance: Customize the display to be Dark or Light. When set to Auto, the brightness changes automatically based on ambient lighting conditions.
- Reduce Blue Light: When enabled, the display automatically adjusts to use warmer colors at night.
- Brightness: Drag the slider to manually control the brightness level. If Display Mode is set to Auto, the touchscreen further adjusts based on both the ambient lighting conditions and your brightness preference. Model 3 remembers your chosen brightness preference and adjusts the touchscreen accordingly.
- Automatic Blind Spot Camera : Touch to enable or disable Automatic Blind Spot Camera .
- Screen Clean Mode: When enabled, your touchscreen darkens and temporarily disables to facilitate cleaning. Follow the onscreen instructions to exit Screen Clean Mode.
- Lock Rear Display: Lock access to the rear touchscreen.
- Scroll Wheel Function: Select what settings you can change when long pressing the left scroll wheel.
- Touchscreen Language: Select the language that the touchscreen displays.
- Voice Recognition Language: Choose the language to be used for voice commands.
- Voice Navigation Language: Choose the language that the navigation system uses for spoken instructions.
- Keyboard Language: Add or remove keyboards in different languages. By default, the keyboard in the touchscreen language you have selected is enabled. If you have multiple keyboards enabled, you can switch between them whenever the keyboard is on the touchscreen by touching the globe icon, or touching and holding to show the list of enabled keyboards.
- Text size: Select between Standard and Large to customize the text size on your vehicle's touchscreen.
- Time: Choose to display time in either 12 or 24 hour format.
- Region Format (if available): Choose a region to define the formatting convention used to display dates (mm dd yy/dd-mm-yy, etc.) and decimal separators (5.123, 5,123, etc.).
- Energy Display: Choose to display remaining energy and charging units as either a percentage of battery energy remaining, or as an estimate of the distance you can drive.
- Distance: Choose to display measurements in metric (kilometers, centimeters, etc.) or imperial (miles, inches, etc.) units.
- Temperature: Choose to display temperature using Fahrenheit or Celsius.
- Tire Pressure: Choose to display tire pressures using BAR or PSI.
In addition to customizing the display, you can enable Joe Mode to reduce the volume of all chimes that are not related to critical safety issues. Touch to enable.
Naming your Vehicle
To further personalize your vehicle, you can name it. Touch located on the right side of the touchscreen below the image of Model 3. If your vehicle already has a name, touch the existing name to change it. Enter the new name in the popup and touch Save. The name of your Model 3 also appears in the Tesla mobile app.
