Tesla’s current Full Self-Driving (Supervised) referral page offers eligible recipients a one-month trial. Its new-car-trial condition is easy to miss: someone who received an FSD trial after vehicle delivery cannot receive a referral link for at least 12 months after that trial finishes.
Tesla’s current referral eligibility and new-car-trial conditions
Start with the trial-end date
The page also requires a registered Tesla vehicle, compatible subscription hardware, no paid FSD subscription within the past 12 months, and no outright FSD purchase. Access through a one-year grant makes someone ineligible to refer or receive a link.
Make a small record before trying an offer: the vehicle concerned, delivery date, previous trial type, trial-end date, any paid-subscription history and the account’s current eligibility message. Treat unknown entries as questions to resolve. A delivery invoice alone may not answer when a later trial ended.
Work through two fictional timelines
Imagine Alex took delivery of a car on October 1, 2025, but the associated trial ended on November 15, 2025. Alex checks a referral on October 30, 2026. More than a year has passed since delivery, yet less than a year has passed since the trial ended. Using the earlier delivery anniversary would give the wrong answer to this particular waiting-period check.
Now imagine Bea’s new-car trial ended on September 1, 2025. On October 30, 2026, more than 12 months have passed. That resolves only the timing issue in this example. Suppose Bea then paid for an FSD subscription in August 2026: that separate history still matters.
These are invented account histories, not tested Tesla accounts. They show how one completed check can coexist with another unmet condition. Neither scenario determines what an actual owner will see in the app.
Keep the sender’s reward separate
Tesla says the sender earns a benefit when the recipient subscribes during the trial. Receiving or opening a link alone does not establish that reward.
For a personal worksheet, keep recipient eligibility, trial acceptance and any later subscription as distinct rows. Record an observed event only after it happens. Avoid filling the subscription row simply because the trial row has a date.
If you are helping a friend check eligibility, share the official terms first and ask them to inspect their own account history. Do not request their password or sign in on their behalf. A screenshot of a promotion can help identify which offer they mean, but it does not replace the conditions attached to that account and vehicle.
Resolve discrepancies before relying on the offer
If your saved dates and the app disagree, keep the uncertainty visible. Check whether you recorded a delivery date instead of a trial-end date, whether another subscription occurred, or whether the message refers to a different vehicle. Use Tesla’s current support route for an account-specific answer.
FSD (Supervised) requires active driver supervision and does not make the vehicle autonomous.
Tesla’s subscription and driver-supervision guidance
Check the fictional timelines
