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This is very helpful. I thought I only had to put in Nuetral.P is for PARK.
The N is indeed neutral, but there are additional automatic precautions the car uses to prevent it from rolling, such as AUTO HOLD. To actually put the car in neutral where it is free to roll takes both the selector in N and the center L button needs to be pushed. This will work for 30 min, such as in an automatic car wash. Do not use this for towing, there is a special procedure for that.
Here is the owners manual instructions for Temporary Neutral Mode:
ENTERING TEMPORARY NEUTRAL MODE
- Power your vehicle on.
- Bring your vehicle to a complete stop.
- Press and hold the brake pedal.
Note: An instructional message appears.
- Shift into neutral (N).
Note: A confirmation message appears when your vehicle enters the mode.
- Press the low (L) button.
Note: Your vehicle is free to roll.
- Release the brake pedal.
Note: Do not tow your vehicle in this mode.
- Switch your vehicle off.
Note: The neutral (N) indicator on the transmission selector may flash in this mode.
Tesla introduced a software update and now has a feature called Car Wash - Where it does this, it turns of auto Wipers, turns off sentry mode and many other things to go thru a car wash.
With cars like ours, it is easy for manufacturers to do it.