Watch Tesla FSD Hunt a Newly-Opened Parking Spot Across a Lot

Watch Tesla FSD Hunt a Newly-Opened Parking Spot Across a Lot

Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (Supervised) has steadily improved on highways and city streets, but destination parking continues to frustrate many drivers. Automated parking remains a frequent cause of driver disengagements.

Owners often report the system choosing inconvenient spaces at the end of a trip—such as far from an entrance in an otherwise empty lot—or attempting to use handicap or reserved spots, which prompts the driver to intervene.

A recent owner video suggests that, in addition to gains in confidence, smoothness, and decision-making on public roads, the system’s behavior in parking lots is also advancing.

Spotting an Opening in Real Time

A clip posted on X by @TennesseeTesla showcases a meaningful shift in parking logic. In the footage, a Tesla running FSD v14.3.3 moves through a crowded restaurant lot behind a blue pickup truck.

When the truck pulls into a space, the driver expects the car to stop behind it. Instead, the vehicle selects reverse and backs up at 1 mph across a significant portion of the lot, pausing to yield to a pedestrian walking behind it.

After the pedestrian passes, the car continues reversing down the aisle and backs into a newly vacated spot near the business entrance—a space that opened after the car had already driven by. The sequence—determining there were no spots ahead, detecting a fresh opening behind, and safely reversing to take it—stood out to the driver.

This blew my mind. FSD V14.3.3 backs through a entire parking lot to grab a newly opened parking space. @DirtyTesLa @elonmusk pic.twitter.com/nedhZwOMMc

— Honky Stonk (@TennesseeTesla) June 8, 2026

Refining the End of the Drive

Parking has long been a weak spot for Full Self-Driving users, many of whom want more granular control to direct the system to a specific space. Seeing clearer reasoning applied to the process is an encouraging sign.

Tesla introduced a Parking at Destination option with FSD v14.1 that lets you define how and where the vehicle stops on arrival, but it still doesn’t allow selecting an individual parking spot. That option works alongside FSD’s default parking logic, which attempts to choose an appropriate approach for the destination.

The observed FSD v14.3.3 behavior indicates Tesla’s self-parking is maturing—from blindly hunting and choosing a space at random to recognizing availability and adapting on the fly.