Tesla S Owner's Manual page 70

Controls
1. Close
Touch the circled X in the top left corner
of a window to close it (or you can touch
anywhere outside the window).
2. Sunroof
If Model S is equipped with a sunroof,
touch to adjust its position (see
on page 15).
3. Driving
• Suspension
If Model S is equipped with Smart Air
Suspension, touch to manually raise or
lower Model S (see
Suspension
must be powered on, or you must
press the brake pedal before you can
change suspension settings. Smart Air
Suspension causes Model S to self-
level, even when powered off.
Therefore, when lifting or towing, you
must disable self-leveling (see
Mode on page 78 and
Lifting on page 126).
• Steering mode
Adjust the amount of effort required
to turn the steering wheel. Sport feels
more responsive whereas Comfort
feels easier to drive and park (see
Steering Wheel
• Regenerative braking
When you release the accelerator
when driving, regenerative braking
slows Model S and feeds any surplus
energy back to the Battery. If set to
Low, Model S does not slow down as
quickly, but you may experience less
range (see Regenerative Braking
page 61).
Note: Regardless of the setting, the
energy gained by regenerative
braking is reduced if the Battery is
full, or if it is extremely cold or hot
(the surplus energy is used to heat or
cool the Battery).
• Traction Control
If you turn off Traction Control, a
warning message displays on the
instrument panel. The off setting stays
in effect for the current drive only
(see Traction Control
• Creep
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Sunroof
Smart Air
on page 77). Model S
Jack
Jacking and
on page 37).
on
on page 62).
When on, Model S slowly moves
forward when in Drive and backward
in Reverse when you release the brake
(similar to a conventional vehicle with
an automatic transmission). You can
adjust this setting only when Model S
is in Park.
4. Cold Weather
If Model S is equipped with the cold
weather option, you can control all seat
heaters and the heated wipers. Note that
you can also control the front driver and
passenger seats using the main climate
control panel located on the bottom of
the touchscreen (see
page 74).
5. Trips
View and reset the trip meters that
summarize how far you have driven (see
Trip Information on page 58).
6. Displays
Manually control the touchscreen's
brightness and control its Day (light
background) or Night (dark background)
setting. When set to Auto, the
touchscreen automatically changes
between the Day and Night setting
depending on the ambient lighting
conditions. You can also put Model S into
an energy saving mode so it consumes
less energy when not in use (see
Maximum Range on page 59). Note that
the Displays settings can also be accessed
from the Settings screen.
7. E-Brake & Power Off
You can manually:
• Apply and release the parking brake
(see Parking Brake
• Power off (see
41).
• Keep Model S in Neutral by activating
Tow Mode (see
Neutral - Tow Mode
8. Doors & locks (see
Handles on page 6)
9. Lights (see Lights
Warning: Do not read the touchscreen
while driving. Doing so increases the
likelihood of a collision. Everything you
need to know when driving is displayed
on the instrument panel.
Climate Controls on
Getting
on page 61).
Powering Off on page
Leaving Model S in
on page 42).
Using Interior Door
on page 47)
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