I Fixed Tesla’s Terrible Wireless Charger with a 3D-Printed Drop-In Replacement electronics housing

Nice, I'll look into this as my 2026 Model 3 has the same issue... 🙄

hmm must be a Iphone issue. Never had issue in mine, which I have had for 3½ years now.

No, it’s not. In my M3 2022 15 Pro and 16 Pro Max are charged normally

Oh okay. I have a 2021 M3. Had several phones with no issues. So maybe it's just the 2023 model? Haven't really about from any of the people I know with Tesla

I guess it’s “random”, more like assembling issue. Also the charger is not so powerful for iPhone, about 5W only (for Qi it can be up to 15W)

DO WANT.

I have the theory that if you’ve got a MagSafe case the charging works a lot better

We've never had any of these issues with our 2023 Y

My 13 mini will not charge unless I take the thin case off and put something below it to move it up a bit. 2021 Y

I upgraded from a 13 to the 17 pro max. I use peak design case for my motorcycle mount and my wireless charger hasn't worked since upgrading. Feel like this might be crazy enough to fix it. Roughly how long does it take to do the install? I've already got trim removal tools I bought for getting to the cabin filters

Never had any issues in my car of 4 years with either Samsung or iphone

Cable all day long. I think that area is pointless don’t like the 15w.

Never had a problem with my iPhones in the car. Don’t know wha u mean bro.

Don’t really see the point in these comments 😂 it’s a common and well documented issue for many owners, happy that you have never had to experience it though!

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That’s how it is on my 2018 lol

I never use it. I don’t trust wireless charging. It gets the battery too hot. Which is bad for batteries.

They all charge fine but is comically slow.

You are doing the Lord's work right here. I have a 2022 and 2023 and the chargers almost never work on either car with several generations of iphones and cases. Honestly the stock chargers have been pretty much useless in my experience. I had a 2020 also and it worked as it should

I miss the first gen where they had USB cables and an optional QI pad. Way better system.

same here

Never had this issue, my only problem is my Fold 7 is too tall, so the Tesla screen blocks the top third.

I can confirm, I have a magsafe case and works flawlessly for me

I have an S24 Ultra and an iPhone 16 Pro Max. Both have cases that are compatible with wireless charging. The iPhone doesn’t work unless you remove the case. The Android works perfectly fine.

My 2023 RWD did this too, seems like its fixed in the Highlands though fortunately. Edit: Good on you for posting it to Makerworld and sharing the link for everyone :-)

I’m 1000% going to print this out and test it on my 22 LR. I have to lift my phone off the charging pad and move it around several times before it will charge my 14 Pro Max. Thank you for this!

i have a plastic case, and my Google pixel phone charges fine, but recently i got a iphone 17, and charging is on and off.. I would love to get this mod.... but i am a dummy when it comes to tech. any good solutions?

Counterpoint, I have a qi2 case and the charging is worse.

I have a pixel 10, with a qi2 compatible case. I'm gonna have to try this...

It works poorly because you're using a case around your phone. All that effort for nothing.

Where is the file on thingverse?

I have a MagSafe case and the charging works not at all lol

I miss the old wired charging and the door that covered the phone in my 2019 M3P. That stuff worked and didn’t light up the car on every push notification, text message and phone call.

Not fixed in the highland. My 12 pro constantly overheats in my highlands' wireless charger. Short trips are fine, I do get like 5% of charging. But longer trips... it overheats and throttle the charging so much that it actually discharges, and I end my trip with less than I started with.

Does anyone have any insight as to whats best for a 2018 and the newer apple and google magsafe chargers?

I have both s24 ultra and iphone 17. Both phones charge flawlessly on my m3 and my. It just a really slow charger just enough to keep your phone alive. I also have wallet case on my samsung with 2 - 3 plastic cards and still charges