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How "open" does the S feel to you compared to the 3? One of my problems with the S is my head feels surprisingly cramped, almost like the headliner is too big and my head is too close to it. I'm not sure if it's because I haven't found the right seat position (since I've only driven...

I have a 2018 Model 3 Performance, and test drove a Model S LR over the weekend on a whim. My comparison: Performance and handling S is noticeably quicker off the line than the 3P. S feels much stronger at 70 mph compared to the 3P, which really tapers off at that speed. S handling is more...

Really hoping for this. I have a 2018 Model 3 Performance and have thought of a Plaid S, but I'd really prefer something smaller and more nimble.

If you're handy, I'd suggest fixing it yourself. The front dash detaches fairly easily, and you can probably repair any squeak by applying foam tape wherever there's direct plastic-to-plastic contact. In my case, Tesla repaired some of the rattling/squeaking by adding tape, but they missed an...

I added felt tape to the zip tie, and felt tape to the door frame itself. I remember adding it to only the zip tie but it still squeaked pretty badly due to how tight the space was.

I didn't have this rattle, but had a squeaking sound inside my passenger door that I traced to a zip tie on the cabling leading to the latch. The zip tie was rubbing against the interior metal and producing the awful squeaking. In my case, the zip tie was trimmed pretty much to the base. It was...

Take a look at I need to know about your rattles.... where I describe the felt tape fix. Amazon has some; I think I got this one. Agreed, if you're not handy with disassembling things then it may be difficult. I can tell you that removing the front speaker grill is by far the most frustrating...

Is it coming from the wooden dash? If so, that's relatively easy to remove. The problem is that the entire bottom is plastic, and there's plastic-on-plastic contact that can result in a variety of rattles and screeching sounds. The solution is to cover all the contact point with a felt tape, and...

OP's rattle with the wheel well liner sounds like the problem in Consistent driver side rattle at speed. I posted pictures of my fix in that thread.

I have a similar noise. It sounds like large marbles rolling around or creaking, and initially only happened on bumps, but now I hear it pretty much everywhere. I took it into Tesla 3 times before they finally acknowledged the sound and would even take a look. Once they did that, they...

Have you tried pressing on the liner to see if you can make a rattling sound? Once I did that, I realized that it sounded very similar to the rattling sound that had been bugging me. I actually tried to fix it twice. The first time involved taping the top of the liner, but it didn’t help. It...

I wrapped the edge of the liner with that tape. I didn’t tape the liner to anything else like the quarter panel. The closest analogy I can think of is that part of the liner is bleeding, and I wrapped that spot in the tape like a bandaid.

See attached. This is the front right wheel well. I cut out a small rectangular piece of foam tape (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004J64OOO/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1), then wrapped it around the wheel well liner in that circled green area. Note that my rattle actually...

Mine had clips in the wheel wells. If you press on the well, you can hear the rattling sound (it's basically the wheel well liner banging against the front quarter panel). I fixed it by adding some felt tape to the bottom edge of the liner. This wasn't actually the location of the rattle, but it...

I'm glad that they were able to fix things for you. I actually had a mobile appointment scheduled for today to get the ranger to hear the suspension rattling, but it happened to be raining today (terrible luck). I didn't want to chance the rain masking any noise issues like my last service...