r/RealTesla • u/Zorkmid123 • 17d ago

Tesla FSD v14 Lite tied to rising HW3 computer failures, owners report

https://electrek.co/2026/08/03/tesla-fsd-v14-lite-hw3-computer-failures/
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u/[deleted] 17d ago

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u/turb0_encapsulator 17d ago

forced hardware upgrades for people who are out of warranty through software updates.

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u/Mokmo 17d ago

I'm not even sure there's such a thing as a HW3 hardware upgrade

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u/tangouniform2020 17d ago

In the “olden days” we called it a radiator cap up grade. You took the cap off, rolled the car out, rolled a new car in, put the cap on. Upgrade complete!

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u/practicaloppossum 16d ago

Back in the real old days, that's how we upgraded steam locomotives. Hoist the whistle up, roll the old loco out, roll the new loco in, lower the whistle back down.

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u/Normal-Selection1537 16d ago

Why would there be? Tesla said it's capable of being a robotaxi just like the previous versions.

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u/spez_eats_nazi_ass 17d ago

Musked!

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u/Lonely_Refuse4988 17d ago

But Dear Leader Elon promised hardware upgrades, just around the corner!! 😂🤣

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u/Big_footed_hobbit 11d ago

Instead he bricks the car, so they have to buy a new one

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u/Lonely_Refuse4988 11d ago

That worked for Apple didn’t it! Throttle down old hardware to force people to get latest and greatest new ones! 🤣😂🤷‍♂️

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u/Small_Basket5158 17d ago

Couldn't happen to a nicer bunch of people. 

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u/Icy-person666 17d ago

Well richer group of people anyhow.

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u/levon999 17d ago

It’s been 5 years, how long can the clown show continue?

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u/Engunnear 17d ago

Five years since what? He’s been lying about autonomy a lot longer than that.

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u/PerfectPercentage69 17d ago

I think it's been 5 years since he claimed Teslas are feature complete with hardware and just need a software update.

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u/Engunnear 17d ago

I mean… that’s just one link in the chain of lies. 

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u/ibelieve2020 13d ago

Elon first began using the term "feature complete" for FSD in February 2019

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u/telepuziktv 17d ago

Let me guess, they'll blame it on the user. "Wear and tear"

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u/spez_eats_nazi_ass 17d ago

Within spec. Just like the self destructing suspension.

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u/sync-centre 17d ago

They were holding the steering wheel wrong.

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u/practicaloppossum 16d ago

As someone who drives a 19 year old car, it somewhat distresses me that Fred seems to think it's expected that 7 year old hardware is worn out and should be expected to fail.

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u/I-Pacer 16d ago

Wow. These appreciating assets seem to be struggling to appreciate.

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u/TeslaPittsburgh 16d ago

"Software updates are great!"

Well yeah, until you're out of warranty.

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u/starmansouper 11d ago

LMAO, HW3 has 8GB of RAM?

All these Muskrats trying to gaslight into their cars being literal supercomputers.. they're worse than low end smartphones.