Tesla Pro Tip: Trick Your Trunk Into Thinking It's Closed

Mar 09, 2023

By

Published

Although Tesla's vehicles offer quite a bit of trunk (and frunk) space, there are often times when users need to cart items too large to shut the trunk door. This week's Tesla pro tip from EVSpeedy.com can help users make their vehicles think that the trunk is closed, even if they need to keep it open while driving for some reason or another.

No matter why you need to keep the trunk open while driving, this simple trick can help you drive without closing the trunk fully — and without the short period of persistent beeping alerting you to the trunk's status. Even though you can still use a Tesla's rear-view cameras while driving with the trunk open, you can easily skip the car's short "panic" phase by following the instructions below.

Don't drive with the trunk open and a human in the back. Photo courtesy of Dick Amacher. (And yes, he's wearing a CleanTechnica "Keep Calm And Charge On" shirt.)

If you’re transporting something large and unable to close the trunk, you can use a bungee rope to tie a knot and push the cord through the latch of the trunk. This way the car will think that it's closing and lock in place around the bungee cord. Then you can just hook it onto the connector on the bottom part of the trunk. When you arrive at your destination, you can just click on "Open Trunk" and it will release your bungee cord and you can unload it.

Originally posted on EVANNEX. Written by Peter McGuthrie.

We publish a number of guest posts from experts in a large variety of fields. This is our contributor account for those special people, organizations, agencies, and companies.

Advertise with CleanTechnica to get your company in front of millions of monthly readers.

Global plugin vehicle registrations were up 70% in April 2023 compared to April 2022. There were 928,000 registrations, making it possibly the last month...

Although electric vehicles have taken huge steps toward mainstream adoption over the past few years, at least one major barrier remains. As Tesla and...

May saw France's plugins take over 24% market share, up from 20.9% year on year, with new Stellantis BEVs arriving. Full electrics grew from...

Tesla stands to qualify for $1.8 billion in the federal production credits that are part of the Inflation Reduction Act this year.