Thread by @greentheonly

Some seriously cool and very practical information Esp. for the tinkering types.

@Tesla now gives access to repair manuals, service information, vehicle diagnostic (remote in EU) and such.
For free!
I was told it's not a bug.
Seriously step in the right direction!

go to service.tesla.cn and then you create account with country set to China and access level: diagnostic + software.
in second screen fill in some extra details like this:

you'll get to the registration screen in likely your local region that looks like this:

YOU ARE DONE, don't press the register button, press the sign-in and that brings you to the service site with credentials you have created.

Now you can also go to toolbox.tesla.com and access toolbox with same credentials too:
It gives you both the online version and

offline version that you can download to work on older mcu1 cars.

Both let you unlock diagnostic port when the laptop is directly plugged into on-board diagnostic port.

But if you happen to live in Europe - you can also request remote access to a car by vin and owner email address (they'd have to approve the request)

And once accepted you can pull car logs remotely and do other stuff

odin tasks are filtered at low access level remotely but that's still way better than nothing.

to connect locally to your car. Model S/X look for the whiteconnector under the big screen. Here's the pinout.

Give your laptop 192.168.90.125 ip address (Static)

or you can buy ready made cable here: maxwellautotech.com/product/tesla-…

for model 3 it's in a driver footwell.

Also use 192.168.90.125 ip.

Now enjoy your tinkering!

here's a better link for more comprehensive model 3 diagnostic cable making instructions and location
teslaownersonline.com/threads/ethern…