Real life DIY video from Bjørn. Not like the other YT videos where everything seems very easy and nothing never goes wrong. Pity they are not available until March (s3xyknob in May for Highland)
They are working on it. Stalks will be available soon and they say they will be easy to mount :) Here is their channel to get all updates: www.youtube.com/@EnhanceS3XYButtons
Enhance Auto, the company that produces s3xy buttons, previewed a stalk back in September. There’s not a lot of information about it such as what features it offers, price or when it will be available. I wouldn’t bank on this being a solution as could be a long wait (see how long it took to ship their Knob) and the risk a software update could stop it working as it’s directly wired into the var, unlike the s3xy buttons which are wireless.
Can you activate the blinker with current button? Having a small button on the stearing wheel instead of the stalk almost feels like a dealbreker for me. Too many roundabouts where I drive. Having a big button on a static place might work. :)
Do you have any details re this button rack? I tried searching the Discord and didn't manage to find any mention of it. I'm keen to get the Commander, but the buttons have always looked pretty tacky to me when stuck in random places, so a proper mount for them would be great.
A Tesla software update should give the Tesla owner the option of preheating the battery before charging at a non Tesla fast charger. This would avoid the need for these type of hardware add-ons.
I've also recently received my SEXY buttons and I love the Smart Actions that the Commander provides. Using half-press the rear door handle for 2s will unlock your chargeport if you are using a normal charging cable. This is such a game changer. I don't need to go into the app or tab on the screen to unlock the charging cable after charging. Similar thing is with half-press the front door will open the frunk. And the Drift Mode for my Model 3 Long Range was amazing as well 🤩
Hello Björn! I have had the same problems with my OBD LINK LX - Adapter! After one year I bought a new one (the same, but different with newer firmware) and there are no problems anymore! I think there was a faulty generation of this adapters. Greetings from vienna👍
Yes there is a faulty gen.. I had a LX for 10 years and it became faulty without no reason and even OBDlink service was not able to help so they sent me a new one for free with lastest version
Thanks for this great DIY video! Going to get my highland next week, as a data scientist I of course have scanmyTesla on my previous Tesla from 2019, and as far as I understand l, the old cable that I have will not work on the new version? From where did you get it? It seems EMDS does not sell yet the cable adapter for the Highland version? (I just would like the OBD cable)
bought the sexy knob, mainly to be able to adjust the regen which for some reason tesla doesn't allow you to do, I might get the stalks when they come out, but the buttons are actually far less of a problem than I thought it would be.
Is there room behind to panel for the OBD adapter if you really wanted to hide it in there? I have had a OBD adapter for Scan My Tesla connected to my old Model 3 for severel years. Never had to reset it.
Maybe Björn you could speak with Sexy buttons to incorporate indicators /blinkers via the sexy buttons behind the steering wheel. They would sell loads in Europe🤔👍
You have to add buttons to Tesla to make your life easier. Such a design flaw. I understand removing buttons on something non essential but to remove stalks and buttons from a car is a flop. The car has to be safe to usr, without any touch nonsense.
Bjørn, do you know that highland has a obd port below of the wheel? Could you tell me what’s the functionality of that OBD port? I can’t get that any OBD2 adapter works correctly there.
Yes, because these adapters can cause problems with the canbus, like your car will not open any more or your car will go into turtle failure mode sometimes. I have this in my model 3 I have tested three different adapters all of them cause problem maybe it is a voltage drop in the canbus. Without an adapter my car has not had a problem for years.
I've been using the buttons for 2 years now with a lot of trouble at the beginning, but after many updates I wouldn't miss this gadget. It is so convenient to pull the door handle to unlock the charging port or pull the front door handle to open the frunk.
I get the comander part from enhance but i dont see a link for the odb2 connector as im in the usa and just ordered a highland and i want the odb2 connector to power the thinkware u3000 dashcam using the odb2 connector
My Tesla already has a bluetooth connection with my phone. Would be nice if the would allow all that data to be visible on the default connection. Should just be a software thing, but probably not too many people demand that...
@@oliverl2172 All ICE cars already have to have an OBD port for checking emissions. As electric cars don't produce emissions, they don't have to have an OBD port.
Every car has an OBD port if the car was made before 1996 it has an OBD port 1 connector after that OBD 2 connector OBD means Onboard diagnostics from where the mechanics got the info from your car. Here He has just duplicated the OBD ports 1 for the sexy button and 1 for the car scanner.
So true. Tesla is giving work to third party companies, to correct what should never had been changed. Maybe the Sexy parking sensors are also in development 😂
So the ODB port is not powered? Where did you get that adapter with the power injection leads? I want to use ODB port GPS tracker but this is making my life difficult. Thanks!!
Har Tesla ikke netop åbnet endnu mere op til 3. part ? Har lige skullet opdatere min Teslafi hvor de meddel er det på sigt vil give flere muligheder via Teslafi . Ligeledes har Tesla vel også lavet et samarbejde med Samsung ?
Wow, nicht gut.🤔. Tesla needs to look at this and think of a better placement of a connecting port for the SE3Y buttons hub and obd, without leading to a broken dashboard side panel and breaking the rubber sealant. I think this looks like a design flaw.
You have to remove all that stuff to get onboard diagnostics? And it's not even OBD?! Hate removing those plastic panels, they all break eventually, sometimes even at first try!...
2 days ago installed s3xy knob to m3 2023. During the night sat/sun during charging on 220v auto died. Push news from auto: "charging stopped due to unexpected issue". Tesla organised flat bed, had to open frunk and use exernal battery to open the car to unlock charging port and during flat bed loading. Tomorrow expect news from service center. Could be the new Knob?
They used 12 days (in App: Excuse us, many collegs sick leave), apparently they changed AC-DC converter... Anyway, happy with my M3 again and se3y knob again!
Ma demande Je possède un câble OBD en y + Boîtier OBD link LX Mon ancien Tesla model 3 ce matériel est-il compatible avec la nouvelle version modèle 3 2024 Où faut-il un nouveau câble pour faire la connexion et connaître le Fournisseur
Nice video.. But the fact that all those wires are even needed feels very much like a step backwards. The powered odb port and the indicator stalk should be legal requirements. Time for the EU to take the lead on this one!
Has Elon Musk ever commented on the use of these additional gadgets? If it's not supported by Tesla, it could easily happen that these gadgets stop working once updated.
Nope. They are working off the CANBUS and to change the coding there would be a major issue. Had a OBD connector for 3 years in my now sold M3 and that was often at Teslas Service - nobady cared the least bit.
@@getyoursupervisor8519If Elon Musk wanted to, it probably wouldn't be a problem for the car's control unit to start communicating only with certified devices after the Tesla OS firmware update.
It’s kind of funny that everyone is showing this as very outstanding product. No one, not even the guys from enhance, wants to share some tech stuff, safety &warranty. Now, that not even Björn is looking up for that, it’s a bit scary
@@alexandrak4464 I would be concerned too to void some warrenty if some strange things happen. The buttons are basically injecting commands on the bus system of the car... Reading data from can bus should be save though as it is a rather robust protocol. But the dangling adapters does not make the signaling on the bus better I would say. Maybe not a good advise to install those on a leasing car :)
Real life DIY video from Bjørn. Not like the other YT videos where everything seems very easy and nothing never goes wrong.
Pity they are not available until March (s3xyknob in May for Highland)
Great instructional video. Thanks. I followed your guide for my model 3
Thanks to this video I installed it in couple minutes. Great addition to my M3 Highland.
The best addon would be a blinker stalk again😅
They are working on it. Stalks will be available soon and they say they will be easy to mount :) Here is their channel to get all updates: www.youtube.com/@EnhanceS3XYButtons
I think they are working on it. I'm waiting for this too.
Enhance Auto, the company that produces s3xy buttons, previewed a stalk back in September. There’s not a lot of information about it such as what features it offers, price or when it will be available. I wouldn’t bank on this being a solution as could be a long wait (see how long it took to ship their Knob) and the risk a software update could stop it working as it’s directly wired into the var, unlike the s3xy buttons which are wireless.
Can you activate the blinker with current button? Having a small button on the stearing wheel instead of the stalk almost feels like a dealbreker for me. Too many roundabouts where I drive. Having a big button on a static place might work. :)
SEXY buttons are one of the greatest Bulgarian products ever!
They are currently designing a button rack that will fit in middle console slider
Do you have any details re this button rack? I tried searching the Discord and didn't manage to find any mention of it. I'm keen to get the Commander, but the buttons have always looked pretty tacky to me when stuck in random places, so a proper mount for them would be great.
A Tesla software update should give the Tesla owner the option of preheating the battery before charging at a non Tesla fast charger. This would avoid the need for these type of hardware add-ons.
Tesla already implemented this long time ago.
Yes, but in Germany less than half of fastchargers are in the Tesla navigation
A button for manual preheating would still be nice
@@benediktfreude unfortunately that is correct. Not sure how they plan to update the other half (or maybe more) chargers to the map...
I've also recently received my SEXY buttons and I love the Smart Actions that the Commander provides. Using half-press the rear door handle for 2s will unlock your chargeport if you are using a normal charging cable. This is such a game changer. I don't need to go into the app or tab on the screen to unlock the charging cable after charging. Similar thing is with half-press the front door will open the frunk.
And the Drift Mode for my Model 3 Long Range was amazing as well 🤩
Hello Björn! I have had the same problems with my OBD LINK LX - Adapter! After one year I bought a new one (the same, but different with newer firmware) and there are no problems anymore!
I think there was a faulty generation of this adapters.
Greetings from vienna👍
Yes there is a faulty gen.. I had a LX for 10 years and it became faulty without no reason and even OBDlink service was not able to help so they sent me a new one for free with lastest version
And theeeeeeen? :)
Dude, Where's My Car was awesome movie
Lol, but true... Like the details, great job Bjorn
Thanks for this helpful tutorial. The side of your trunk lid tells me one should probably use a piece of cloth to protect it from scratches though.
Thanks for this great DIY video! Going to get my highland next week, as a data scientist I of course have scanmyTesla on my previous Tesla from 2019, and as far as I understand l, the old cable that I have will not work on the new version? From where did you get it? It seems EMDS does not sell yet the cable adapter for the Highland version? (I just would like the OBD cable)
Björ, I switched from a M3 to a i4M50 - and I´d love to get more info (like batt temp) out of the car. Any suggestions ?
Can you make a video about the sexy knob and rate How good or bad it is?
When daisy chaining and making a new additional OBD, is the new OBD port powered?
bought the sexy knob, mainly to be able to adjust the regen which for some reason tesla doesn't allow you to do, I might get the stalks when they come out, but the buttons are actually far less of a problem than I thought it would be.
is it possible to retrofit blinker stalk?
I've seen teasers that they are in development.
Hope you get a S3XY Knob and Stalks when they are available! Would love to hear which one you think improves Highland the best!
Great how to video! 👍💪✌
2:04 happend to me too it is not as easy as enhanced says it is, the parts on mine i damaged hard with the pry tool even tho i was pulling gently
Reminded me I need to get a good OBD harness from a quality vendor in EU. They seem to be on sale a lot of places but IDK if I trust all of them.
Where did you buy the cable/harness to create an OBD port?
Thank you so much for your useful video.
Can i use this LX obd for key programming?
Ist it possible to bring the obd adapter to the glove compartment?
Is there room behind to panel for the OBD adapter if you really wanted to hide it in there?
I have had a OBD adapter for Scan My Tesla connected to my old Model 3 for severel years. Never had to reset it.
Maybe Björn you could speak with Sexy buttons to incorporate indicators /blinkers via the sexy buttons behind the steering wheel. They would sell loads in Europe🤔👍
You have to add buttons to Tesla to make your life easier. Such a design flaw. I understand removing buttons on something non essential but to remove stalks and buttons from a car is a flop. The car has to be safe to usr, without any touch nonsense.
I dont have the sexy buttonsin my Highland. What i can see in roundabouts in Norway, only 1% blink out of roundabouts😂 So what is all the fuss😂😂😂
The fact Norwegian drivers are poor isn't an excuse...😂@@frovleeide9485
Agree. That’s a deal breaker for me.
@@frovleeide9485 same in Sweden. I'm really annoyed by it.
It’s fine IMO
So what’s the name of the port that’s originally available in the car?
Geoffrey.
that is called the OBD port meaning Onboard diagnostics
Bjørn, do you know that highland has a obd port below of the wheel? Could you tell me what’s the functionality of that OBD port? I can’t get that any OBD2 adapter works correctly there.
Before you install the cable, do you shut down the car? Model Y ?
No need to
Does the Highland still have the 26-pin canbus socket below the rear air vent?
What do you prefer before, knob or sexy buttons or its complementary? 😊
There should be a LAN network, in some time we plugin a switch, and setup ip settings!!
It seems to me that Tesla don’t want people connecting OBD’s and that’s why they made it harder to install.
Yes, because these adapters can cause problems with the canbus, like your car will not open any more or your car will go into turtle failure mode sometimes. I have this in my model 3 I have tested three different adapters all of them cause problem maybe it is a voltage drop in the canbus. Without an adapter my car has not had a problem for years.
Do you have to turn the power off on the screen, or disconnect the main battery ?
No
Do you know where can I find an OBD cable compatible with Model 3 Highland ? I only found some for the previous generation.
I've been using the buttons for 2 years now with a lot of trouble at the beginning, but after many updates I wouldn't miss this gadget.
It is so convenient to pull the door handle to unlock the charging port or pull the front door handle to open the frunk.
mista nyland is da master handyman...........thanx
interesting what about the warranty? If you remove are they able to understand the installation?
no reply
Does it affect warranty?
No
Do you know where I can get the front installation cable? I have Tesla Model Y AMD Ryzen
I get the comander part from enhance but i dont see a link for the odb2 connector as im in the usa and just ordered a highland and i want the odb2 connector to power the thinkware u3000 dashcam using the odb2 connector
My Tesla already has a bluetooth connection with my phone. Would be nice if the would allow all that data to be visible on the default connection. Should just be a software thing, but probably not too many people demand that...
Thank you for the video, very interesting. EU should regulate that electric cars need to have a standard OBD port...
CAN bus is legacy for newest Tesla's models
Why? And why only for electric cars?
@@oliverl2172 All ICE cars already have to have an OBD port for checking emissions.
As electric cars don't produce emissions, they don't have to have an OBD port.
Every car has an OBD port if the car was made before 1996 it has an OBD port 1 connector after that OBD 2 connector OBD means Onboard diagnostics from where the mechanics got the info from your car. Here He has just duplicated the OBD ports 1 for the sexy button and 1 for the car scanner.
The indicator stalk should also be a legal requirement. This messing about is really dumb.
When will Sexy Buttons make stalk retrofits? Absolutely essential given Musk’s idiotic decisions to remove them
So true. Tesla is giving work to third party companies, to correct what should never had been changed.
Maybe the Sexy parking sensors are also in development 😂
So the ODB port is not powered? Where did you get that adapter with the power injection leads? I want to use ODB port GPS tracker but this is making my life difficult. Thanks!!
Sexy button shop
Hej Björn, and if i only want a obd adapter for my highland performance? what kind of adapter should i buy? living in germany
Pls do same on Tesla y sr byd
Har Tesla ikke netop åbnet endnu mere op til 3. part ? Har lige skullet opdatere min Teslafi hvor de meddel er det på sigt vil give flere muligheder via Teslafi . Ligeledes har Tesla vel også lavet et samarbejde med Samsung ?
It's clean and the functions are great. Still, I rather not install a third party device with unknown firmware into the car's network.
Why did they not provide an obd port from factory
2024 Giga Berlin model Y LR compatibel?
It's no womder the plastic clips were broken. You don't pry open the plastic cover in the pillar. it slides out. There's nothing to pop.
The install of the commander is far easier from the back of the center console. Only one cover to remove.
Wow, nicht gut.🤔. Tesla needs to look at this and think of a better placement of a connecting port for the SE3Y buttons hub and obd, without leading to a broken dashboard side panel and breaking the rubber sealant. I think this looks like a design flaw.
How much energy Sex buttons commander is using? And is it active all the time? I definitely want stalks and it probably requires this commander too 🤔
Probably less than 2 W which translates to increase of 0.01 % energy consumption.
You have to remove all that stuff to get onboard diagnostics? And it's not even OBD?!
Hate removing those plastic panels, they all break eventually, sometimes even at first try!...
2 days ago installed s3xy knob to m3 2023. During the night sat/sun during charging on 220v auto died. Push news from auto: "charging stopped due to unexpected issue". Tesla organised flat bed, had to open frunk and use exernal battery to open the car to unlock charging port and during flat bed loading. Tomorrow expect news from service center. Could be the new Knob?
Update?
They used 12 days (in App: Excuse us, many collegs sick leave), apparently they changed AC-DC converter... Anyway, happy with my M3 again and se3y knob again!
Ma demande
Je possède un câble OBD en y + Boîtier OBD link LX
Mon ancien Tesla model 3 ce matériel est-il compatible avec la nouvelle version modèle 3 2024
Où faut-il un nouveau câble pour faire la connexion et connaître le
Fournisseur
2:39 I don’t recommend bending this part like that; now I have dents and scratches under the glove compartment 🤬
EU should make a law about obd being accessible without disassembly of the car so this stuff isn’t so involved.
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An easy to reach OBD port should be mandatory on each EV!
nahhh i'm not gonna risk damaging my car for some buttons. they're just making it harder and harder so you won't do it haha
It's not a problem at all. You can't damage much of the car unless you're 100 % clumsy.
@@bjornnyland is it a mirror image for right hand drives?
If you own Tesla you don’t need buttons. If you drive is sometimes then yes
Did you try the sexy knob? Please do me a favor review the knob. I wanna see your unbias review kinda thing.
Nice video.. But the fact that all those wires are even needed feels very much like a step backwards. The powered odb port and the indicator stalk should be legal requirements. Time for the EU to take the lead on this one!
if a clumsy guy can do it
Not for me! Last time I swapped my PS5 hard disk almost ended up to the hospital.
too much hassle..
you are not the best in diy :D but anyway good tutorial ;)
No shit, Sherlock.
@@bjornnyland :D
Annnnnnd, you've voided your warranty no doubt.
Only if a problem can be directly attributed to the modification
Nope, this does not void warranty.
Has Elon Musk ever commented on the use of these additional gadgets? If it's not supported by Tesla, it could easily happen that these gadgets stop working once updated.
No problem.
Nope. They are working off the CANBUS and to change the coding there would be a major issue. Had a OBD connector for 3 years in my now sold M3 and that was often at Teslas Service - nobady cared the least bit.
@@getyoursupervisor8519If Elon Musk wanted to, it probably wouldn't be a problem for the car's control unit to start communicating only with certified devices after the Tesla OS firmware update.
It’s kind of funny that everyone is showing this as very outstanding product.
No one, not even the guys from enhance, wants to share some tech stuff, safety &warranty.
Now, that not even Björn is looking up for that, it’s a bit scary
@@alexandrak4464 I would be concerned too to void some warrenty if some strange things happen. The buttons are basically injecting commands on the bus system of the car...
Reading data from can bus should be save though as it is a rather robust protocol. But the dangling adapters does not make the signaling on the bus better I would say.
Maybe not a good advise to install those on a leasing car :)
Can you make the adaptiv headlights test?
As soon as I get the software update.
@@bjornnyland All right 👍👍👍
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