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    Front Motor Noise At Speeds around 50mph

    I haven't looked at the forums in a while but have been considering a Model X and came across this thread. I had a new 2016 facelift Model S 90D that had exactly this motor whine problem at a constant 30-45 mph range. Became intolerable to me as it was the frequency of a dentist drill. The...
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    60 mph; excellent road markings and AP2 tried to throw the car at the median

    Correct--I did not know that AP1 used radar in the way that you have described and there was nothing I saw in Tesla documentation that described it this way, and the sales team was of no help in this regard. Thank you for clarifying. I agree with your comment on TACC and for me as well I would...
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    60 mph; excellent road markings and AP2 tried to throw the car at the median

    Thank you very much for clarifying my misunderstanding. I was thinking of the system prior to v8 for sure.
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    60 mph; excellent road markings and AP2 tried to throw the car at the median

    Hmm--I am pretty certain that you are describing the AP2 system. The MobileEye, AP1 system as I understand it is camera based only. However, I stand to be corrected if I am wrong. The Subaru Outback Touring I own has a 3.6 engine. It is very linear and smooth. Is that the engine your mom...
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    60 mph; excellent road markings and AP2 tried to throw the car at the median

    With respect to TACC, I leased an AP1 model S90D and was very comfortable with auto steer and TACC in it so that is my vehicle for comparison purposes. I own a 2017 Subaru Outback touring. The binocular camera based TACC system in the Subaru is FAR superior to the TACC in my AP1 Tesla. Much...
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    85D Whine

    I had exactly this same issue on a new (2016), refreshed S90D that developed after about 3,000 miles. The service center told me that replacing the motor unit was unlikely to reduce the noise on a long-term basis as all of the 90D drive units were developing this noise, some sooner, some later...
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    Brand new Model S quality issues take months to resolve

    Not sure if it is dealer specific or a BMW corporate policy but we have always had pickup and delivery from BMW of Manhattan and BMW of Southampton, both during the no cost 4 year maintenance period, and afterwards.
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    I challenge you to say this sound is normal.

    With respect to the dentist drill whine at 20-50mph, I had the same noise develop after 1500 miles in my new, refreshed 90D, perhaps after a long road trip. Denver service center told me (after a 6 week wait for an appointment) that this was normal and would not benefit from a replacement drive...
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    Brand new Model S quality issues take months to resolve

    One of our cars was a Chevy Volt which we traded in for the Tesla, so we are replacing that with a Subaru Outback. We have another Subaru coming off lease. We have excess solar power from our panels and I am a driver and really like the torque of an electric vehicle. Will consider the Bolt...
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    Brand new Model S quality issues take months to resolve

    Consumer Reports has removed the model S from its recommended list of cars due to the quality problems reported from its extensive readership survey. I leased a 90D. 6 weeks to get an appointment at the service center to fix quality issues. Service center one hour drive away, no longer does...
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    90D Motor whine?

    In my case turning range mode on or off made no difference to the whine.
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    Just placed order for 60D...

    I own a Subaru Forester with first gen eyesight and also drove a refreshed 90D for 3300 miles over 3 months with extensive use of AP. The comparison is to the TACC only since first gen eyesight does not have auto steer. I found the Subaru eyesight system to be far superior over Teslas TACC as...
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    Happiness Guarantee Vanished ...... Now you see it .. now you don't ?

    Az_Real is correct. The Denver SC is the only one that I know of in Colorado. They told me that they were in communication with HQ and I believe them since the repair was linked to the exercise of the happiness guarantee and presumably because of this, the situation is then bumped to the...
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    Happiness Guarantee Vanished ...... Now you see it .. now you don't ?

    In my case, I am an engineer and had my eyes wide open through the whole process. I very much researched and wanted a Tesla Model S, and would still like to own one that is reasonably trouble-free, with a good service center support situation. I have solar cells on my roof and traded in a...
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    Happiness Guarantee Vanished ...... Now you see it .. now you don't ?

    Until recently, I was an owner of an S90D. I took advantage of the Happiness Guarantee and returned my vehicle to Tesla. Reasons were two fold. First, a dentist-drill type whine from the front motor at 20-50 mph that developed at 1500 miles. Many others have this same problem. SC said that...