FSD 14.2.1 (Update 2025.38.9.6) Rolling Out

[ABILISK]

I wish Tesla gave the option to just buy an FSD license. You could buy however many at the current price and apply them to vehicles later. I can only assume the price will skyrocket once this is unsupervised. Right now best we can do is buy their cheapest car and hope FSD transfer is available later.

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[Friday]

Been driving all over with 14.2.1. Did a really excellent job in a complicated road construction area that was diverting travel lane (NB) partially into the SB lane with no left turns at intersections allowed, yet a meatbrain driver decided to try to make a left illegally and the FSD just smoothly moved carefully to the right of that vehicle to continue travel. FSD is avoiding and dealing with idiot meatbrain drivers well. Two pickup drivers ahead of me on the freeway tried a couple times to merge into the same lane ahead of me and FSD backed away and went to the left lanes to avoid the situation.

It passed the Trader Joe's parking lot test also. TJ's is known for parking lot chaos due to small lot, lots of pedestrians milling through, cars backing out without checking for cross traffic. It picked a spot out of the main chaos lot, parked head in, and then when leaving took the "back" way out of the shopping strip mall to which was easier and less congested. Just like I would do.

At another spot, a van pulled up next to the CB full of people from Uzbekistan who were there for a presentation of some sort. Hard to explain how they reacted, like a spaceship had just landed in front of them. Kinda like the same reaction I received when a bus full of Japanese businessmen came out of a building I had parked in front of and swarmed the truck late last year.

 

[Sandman1962]

I want to share that 14.2.1 finally corrected an error that my CT was making since version 12.6

the issue was that without fail, it would turn into a shopping center that had its own right turn lane rather than proceeding to the main road about 40 yds further and turning there.
Today to my utter amazement, it did proceed to the main road. Of course this is an n of 1, so I’ll need more samples, but it makes me think that someone was listening to my so many “what went wrong” disengagement voice messages

a boy can dream can’t he?

My n is now 5, and all five times, FSD correctly turned on the main road and not into the shopping center.
New behavior during this time is that FSD pulls extra wide on left hand turns. Much better than when it used to scare me by turning left too sharply, but now the pendulum has swung a bit too far in the opposite direction.
Parking is still an adventure as well as backing out of spaces. When backing out it turns a simple reverse and drive into a multiple point turn.
Overall, I am enjoying this FSD journey and have 98% since 14.2!

 

[Friday]

I did light, medium and heavy traffic today for a couple hours. Some on surface streets and some on freeways. Chill and standard are surface street choices. I wouldn't have thought it a month ago, but Mad Max is my default freeway profile. Handles bumper to bumper and open traffic equally well. I think Mad Max's motto is "Get in, Sit Down, Shut Up, and Hang On." Really starting to respect that profile.

 

[clarkjohnson188]

Anyone else still on 14.1.7? I'm connected to wifi every night and on advanced

 

[AlmostHuman]

Put just over 2,300 miles on FSD 14.1.7 and it worked fantastic. On the return trip the fist ~550 miles on the same roads and version 14.2.1 it was having same of the same issues people are talking about. On the freeway running 75-80 in the hurry profile and it was change the speed limit to 55, try to slow down. That never happened a single time on version 14.1.7 so there sure seems to be something strange on 14.2.1

 

[TyPope]

I find that in my commute, I switch between literally every single profile.
There's the time where I absolutely cannot speed over 25... Sloth
I'm in the correct lane and the truck wants to switch lanes even though that'll open up a bucket of suck in a bit? Chill
Bumper to bumper but moving okay and traffic is merging from the right? Regular
Need to get over two lanes to the left in a hurry? Let's go, Max!
The rest of the trip? Hurry.

I really believe that if I just picked one, the truck would do its thing and I'd get there. I'm not impatient. But, it goes too slow, too fast, and changes into troublesome lanes at times and I'd rather avoid that. I give it a chance to do right and then correct.


I still don't understand why about 2 out of 3 times, it wants to zoom past my driveway when navigating home. Maybe I'll let it go this afternoon and see where we end up. LOL. Maybe.

 

[pae1andonly]

Anyone else still on 14.1.7? I'm connected to wifi every night and on advanced

I was cranky feeling late to the 14.2.1 party - just got the download in progress note. Not connected to wifi, power off to the starlink.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯

 

[pae1andonly]

Download was weird.

Noticed at 21%
Then is was at 17%
And then 34%, 35% ...

And "Upgrade available".

Do we get percentages on different chunks?
Like vehicle portion, FSD portion, Map portion?

Any better visibility tips?

 

[HaulingAss]

I wish Tesla gave the option to just buy an FSD license. You could buy however many at the current price and apply them to vehicles later. I can only assume the price will skyrocket once this is unsupervised. Right now best we can do is buy their cheapest car and hope FSD transfer is available later.

FSD transfers with the car so your best bet is to buy an used early Model 3 with FSD still on it. Tesla will be wanting to transfer FSD off of those so they don't have to pay do the FSD hardware (cameras and computers) upgrade.

One risk is that FSD will be so valuable they would rather pay to upgrade the old Model 3's then let a free FSD transfer happen to a new car. Only time will tell how they play this one out. The good thing, even if Tesla stops doing free FSD transfers, is if you have an old Model 3 with FSD, you could put it to work in the Robo-taxi network.

 

[drrussellhogue]

has anyone actually received 14.2.1 update? I got it on my 3 and Y but nothing yet on the Cybertruck. Teslafi doesn't show any CT getting it. I know at least Chuck got it.

Yep. I have over 650miles on FSD 14.2.1 and FSD has officially driven 99% of miles. I only take over in parking lots to park. I always let FSD drive to leave. ..but I like picking my spot.

it’s been incredible. I did have one issue where the speed limit was incorrect, but ai selected the mode that got me to speed I wanted. I also had one time where car took wing exit and just let it go…it recognized the error and turned around.

Otherwise, it’s been flawless.

 

[drrussellhogue]

FSD transfers with the car so your best bet is to buy an used early Model 3 with FSD still on it. Tesla will be wanting to transfer FSD off of those so they don't have to pay do the FSD hardware (cameras and computers) upgrade.

One risk is that FSD will be so valuable they would rather pay to upgrade the old Model 3's then let a free FSD transfer happen to a new car. Only time will tell how they play this one out. The good thing, even if Tesla stops doing free FSD transfers, is if you have an old Model 3 with FSD, you could put it to work in the Robo-taxi network.

I did that for both son and daughter’s model 3. Purchased with FSD and ultimately decided I didn’t want my son to have it because I was afraid he might be incentivized to get behind the wheel when he shouldn’t…”my car will drive me.”

Told him if he is in a situation he shouldn’t drive, uber 100%…no questions asked. That being said, I will end up paying for hardware upgrade so he can subscribe if he wants. But it saves me $8k by transferring his FSD to my cybertruck.

 

[65SoYoLO]

I finally installed 14.2.1 after a round trip from NY to FL after having the truck slow down on I-95 when it sees a minimum speed limit or exit speed signs, VERY rapidly. I made t less then a TENTH of a mile before it showed its faults.
It didn't stop at the corner and proceeded into the intersection while jerking the wheel back and forth while heading for the curb on the opposite side of the road. I had to take over.

 

[Fugue]

I finally installed 14.2.1 after a round trip from NY to FL after having the truck slow down on I-95 when it sees a minimum speed limit or exit speed signs, VERY rapidly.

I also get this when entering a lower speed zone.

 

[Friday]

14.2.1 kind of got on my nerves today, a school bus in the curb lane was signaling a right turn onto a side street, I was in next lane over and FSD decided to stop in our lane while the bus was turning, bus only had right blinker on, not any drop off flashing lights. No idea why it was wanting to do a dead stop.

I had the indecision wiggle when it couldn't decide if it wanted to stay behind a vehicle or pass around due to the targeted protected right lane coming up. It figured it out but the wiggle is weird.

It also boofed it at a stop sign for a left turn across a congested non-controlled intersection. A truck pulled out to make a right turn next to me and blocked the view of the oncoming traffic. FSD pulled about 1/4 way into the cross traffic and stopped because I think it lost view of all ways. I had to let it sit there because the car behind pulled up and I couldn't reverse back. Ugh.
I think I had 3-4 takeovers today.

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