Tesla owner discovers problem with ‘Dog Mode’ air conditioning feature

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Elon Musk says Tesla is “fixing” a problem with its “Dog Mode” feature, which keeps pups cool while owners step away from the company’s cars, after a Twitter user discovered a way to inadvertently turn the feature off.
Rahul Sood tweeted late Wednesday that he had turned Dog Mode on, tweaked the fan settings, and then left his seven-month-old Boxer pup in his Tesla Model X. When he later opened his Tesla app, though, he discovered — to his “horror,” he wrote — that the car’s interior temperature had jumped to 85 degrees because Dog Mode had turned off. He returned to the car to find his dog was okay, and then tweeted about the incident to both Musk and Tesla, and the CEO (who often solicits suggestions on Twitter) quickly responded:…

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