I want to deflate rear suspension for loading

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I would love to deflate the rear suspension for loading stuff, but I is really hard to follow all the steps required to do it. I cannot get my AWD to go into Service Mode. If Tesla is monitoring this post, please allow this feature.
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There would be very little difference from lowering just the rear to lowering everything to entry mode. Few inches at most, maybe a little more if you raise the front all the way up too.
 

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I would love to deflate the rear suspension for loading stuff, but I is really hard to follow all the steps required to do it. I cannot get my AWD to go into Service Mode. If Tesla is monitoring this post, please allow this feature.
Software page, hold down on the Cybertruck logo for about 5 seconds (there’s a visual indication that it registered) and when you release a box pops up. Enter “service” as the code. Viola.

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No. Only in service mode. Some have said it may not be good for the truck.

The password is service.
I used SERVICE as the password like what is in the service manual. Does it make a difference if it is lower case?
 

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There would be very little difference from lowering just the rear to lowering everything to entry mode. Few inches at most, maybe a little more if you raise the front all the way up too.
That's right, raising the front would do very little; it works like a seesaw (or teeter-totter) with one side much longer than the other. The wheelbase is about 12 feet, and the distance from the rear axle to the tow hitch is, what, 2.5 feet?, so raising the front all the way would add about six inches at the front wheels, but subtract just 6/(12/2.5) inches, or about 1 inch and a quarter lower at the hitch. (Dumping air in the rear tires would do more...)
 

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Carolina squat doesn't work anymore. One of the updates removed the ability to lower / raise suspension in Service mode.
 

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That's right, raising the front would do very little; it works like a seesaw (or teeter-totter) with one side much longer than the other. The wheelbase is about 12 feet, and the distance from the rear axle to the tow hitch is, what, 2.5 feet?, so raising the front all the way would add about six inches at the front wheels, but subtract just 6/(12/2.5) inches, or about 1 inch and a quarter lower at the hitch. (Dumping air in the rear tires would do more...)
Which is why just lowering the suspension all the way around would give the best loading, and entry mode does that already. You wouldn't want to load the truck with little to zero air in the suspension, want enough air that if while loading something heavy slams down it doesn't bottom out the suspension.
 

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@Fast Eddie 008 yes service is all lowercase when entered.

I can argue that the angle is useful when put in very high and then deflating the rear airbags. I haven't used this for loading things but when I'm washing out the bed it works very well. Its probably more like 4" at the end of the tailgate difference. If that is enough for his use case I'm not sure.
 

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Don't quote me on this. I've never tried so not sure it works or not.

- Get a few of something similar to this one.
- Climb your front tires on top of them.
- Entry mode.
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