How to Set Up Driver Profiles on Your Tesla Model 3

Two people sharing one Tesla shouldn’t mean re-adjusting the seat and mirrors every single time. Driver profiles are what stop that. Set one up per person and the car remembers.

How profiles get created

Adjust the driver’s seat, steering wheel, or exterior mirrors for the first time, and the touchscreen offers to save it as a new profile. After that, most preferences save themselves as you go: navigation history and favourites, cabin temperature, display settings, driving preferences. No extra steps.

To add a profile for someone else deliberately: Controls > Profiles > Add New Driver, then choose the Tesla app or a local profile.

Local profile vs Tesla Profile

A profile made on the touchscreen only lives on that car. Got more than one Tesla at home, or want your settings to follow you into a hire car? Set up a Tesla Profile instead. Go to Controls > Profiles, select your Tesla Account name, and either start fresh or copy an existing profile across. This syncs to your account, not to a single vehicle.

To add a Tesla Profile for someone else, share access to the car with them through the app first (Security & Drivers > Manage Drivers > Add Driver). Once they accept, their Tesla Profile shows up in the car’s driver list on its own.

Linking a profile to a key

Link each driver’s phone key or key card to their profile, and the car switches automatically as they approach. No manual selection needed. With the right profile active, go to Controls > Locks > Keys and toggle the driver icon against the key. The profile name appears under that key once it’s linked.

Easy Entry

Easy Entry moves the seat back and the wheel up when you park and undo your belt, then puts both back when you next get in and touch the brake. It sits on top of a driver profile rather than standing alone, so tick Use Easy Entry while setting one up to turn it on.

Valet Mode

Valet Mode is a built-in restricted profile. It caps top speed and acceleration, locks the front trunk and glovebox, and turns off several convenience features while active. Start it from Controls > Safety > Valet Mode while parked. The first time, you’ll set a 4-digit PIN, which you need to cancel Valet Mode later from the touchscreen. Cancelling from the app skips the PIN entirely, since you’re already signed in.

Set profiles up properly once, rather than everyone sharing the same settings, and it pays off every day more than one person drives the car.