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Hey guys. Wondering if anyone has any thoughts on what this sound could be? It happens when the car is parked in moderate temperatures. It only started yesterday and my wife isn’t sure the car is safe to drive. Any guidance or thoughts on this would be very welcome! Thanks guys! Mike

Hi guys This sound just started happening yesterday. Wondering if anyone has any thoughts on what it might be or whether it’s safe to use the car until we can get it into the service centre? Here is the sound: Many thanks! Mike

Hey guys Wondering if anyone running 18” Pirelli P Zero All Season Plus Elect would be willing to tell me the Traction, Temperature and Treadwear ratings on the side of the tyre? Thanks! Mike

Hi guys Wondering if anyone has replaced the Michelin Pilot Sport 4 18” tyres which come on the Model 3 RWD as standard with Pilot Sport 5 tyres? If so, is the rim protection the same as the PS4, or is there less protection? Keen to know before I make the change. Cheers! Mike

Hi guys I have an option to exchange the Michelin ePrimacy tyres that came on my Model 3 for a set of Continental PremiumContact 6. The Continental have a traction rating of A, compared to the Michelins which have a B. The PremiumContact 6 always does very well in performance tests...

Hi guys After picking up my new Model 3 last week, someone squeezed past my car and a pilon in a carpark three days later and scratched the rear side of the car with their bag. Amazing how people really don't make any effort to be careful of people's cars. Anyway... I can see the footage fine...

Agree, this would be fantastic.

A Thanks, this worked! It’s a little weird that pressing and holding the widget itself doesn’t let you change this, given that’s what the error message I had was saying! But awesome to have it sorted. Thank you!

Interesting! I’m starting to wonder if it’s just the widget setup process which is broken? Perhaps everyone’s fine if they already have their car and app set up, but people adding a new car using the current app may have this widget problem. The rest of the app is fine, and I was able to...

I should have mentioned… yep, I’m on iOS 17.

Hey guys, I picked up my new Model 3 yesterday (our second one), and set up the app on my iPhone. For some reason, the Home Screen widget that shows your battery percentage is not working… it’s just saying “long press and select edit widget…”, but unfortunately long pressing the widget doesn’t...

Great advice. Thanks! I’ll see how much it costs to do the leading edge of the bonnet too then.

Thanks for this info. Yeah, perhaps a different scenario, but still interesting to see that most of the damage happens on the bumper area.

Hey guys I'm in Australia, and we do country driving from time to time, where the roads often have small stones that can cause chips on the car. I have a limited budget for PPF... if I were to PPF either the bonnet (hood) of the car, or the lower front bump strip (the whole plastic area)...

This is great, thanks so much. Just a question - which set is the front and which set is the back? Cheers and thanks again! Mike

Are you able to provide the dimensions of your front and rear mudflaps? They look good - just want to know how long they are? Many thanks Mike

Hey guys Wondering if anyone has had a problem with the Tesla genuine mudflaps on the Model 3 causing paint damage to the lower skirts? From the day they were installed, the mudflaps have scraped when going over some speed-humps or other low clearance road areas. The sound didn't bother me, so...

Yep, it does still seem to be this way. I see another post below may have the clue... by setting a cover, it will work, but it doesn't compile one automatically.

Hey guys I'm looking at buying an orbital polisher to use when I get little scratches on my new Model 3. I've had a couple already, and feel the best way to buff them out may be to use ScratchX and an electric buffer. It seems that an orbitol polisher is the recommended way to go for people...

Hey guys I have a Midnight Silver Model 3 with black interior. I'm considering switching the wood trim inserts for genuine white ones that come with the white interior. Wondering what the white trim is actually made of? Is it plastic that's painted white? Or metal? Or is it a white plastic...

These look good, quite different to the hard plastic aftermarket options out there. Do they still provide good protection from stone chips on the rocker panels in front of the rear wheels? Also, are they available from an Australian supplier, or only via online order overseas? Cheers and...

Woah - I wonder if the Tesla ones also do that? Perhaps they fit differently. Also a sign that Tesla paint isn't the best, I guess.

Yeah, they definitely scrape. But it seems that aside from the sound, it doesn't damage the flaps in any way. Thanks for your feedback about the PPF on the rear panels. I am very tempted not to put it on and just trust the mud flaps...

Hey guys A few weeks ago I had the full Tesla mud flaps installed on the front wheel arches of my Model 3. The primary purpose of these is to keep the stone chips off the rear panels of my car on Australian country roads. Note that I used both parts that come in the Tesla mud flap kit, making...

Yep, I think that’s the way to go.

Hey guys I took delivery of my Model 3 less than two months ago here in Australia, and a few weeks ago I noticed a slight bubble on the driver's door armrest. It's not huge, but it's obviously a blemish. It seems to have gotten a bit bigger. Wondering if I should get this looked at under...

This looks good! Trying to track it down here in Australia, it seems that the suppliers who have it currently have it back-ordered. Does anyone know of a similar product that's the same quality? Cheers and thanks! Mike

Hey guys I've had an annoying, feint sound coming from ear-level around my driver's door window, when I go over uneven surfaces. It's not loud, but it's definitely there and it's been a bit irritating. I took the car in to get a few things checked out at service, and they said that sometimes...

Yeah, it would be great to see this feature introduced. Seems crazy that you can only view them in the reverse order they were entered!

Hey guys Quick question I'm hoping for some help with... I've recently purchased a Model 3, and am wondering whether it's possible to re-order your favourites in the Navigation app? From a bit of trial and error, it looks like the most recently added favourite will be at the top, with no way to...

Hey guys Wondering if anyone is having a similar issue to me when using Apple Music? I’m finding that all album covers are displaying fine, with the exception of the album covers in playlists I’ve created. Usually, in Apple Music, you’ll see a tile with the first four album covers of the...

I currently use Google Calendar as our actual calender back-end, but we view it on both the iOS calendar and the Google Cal app (as each app provides different views that are suitable for different scenarios). I'm not sure which it is that's currently syncing with my Tesla. I just turned "sync...

Hey guys, We ordered a Model 3 RWD for my partner on 27th March. The original ETA was before the end of April, but this recently blew out to a current ETA of 9th-28th May. I’m getting the impression that we might end up with another pushback in the next week or so. :-( The weird thing is...

Hey guys Wondering if anyone knows a way to choose which iOS calendars show up on your Tesla's screen? I've followed the manual and my calendars are syncing fine... the problem is ALL of them are showing up. This means that our school reminders calendar (which I need on the phone, but not in...

Thanks guys. Sounds like I can opt to shorten them if I don’t like the scraping, but if the sound doesn’t bother me then there’s not really an issue.

Good call, you're right.

Cool. I’m not worried by the sound either… but worried they might come loose or damage the wheel arches. How long have you had yours for? All OK so far (aside from the sound)?

Hey guys We've just added Tesla genuine mudflaps to the front of the Model 3. We travel on gravel roads and wanted to minimise stones shooting from the front wheel to the back rocker panels of the car. Tesla mudflaps have a small and large version (the large version involves an extra piece...

Thanks guys - I hadn't realise the frunk lid was pure aluminium. Explains why it's so light!

Hey guys, Picked up my new Model 3 a couple of weeks ago, here in Sydney. I've had some issues with a slightly wonky frunk lid, which I've largely addressed by adjusting the adjustable rubber feet at the front of the lid (thanks to some advice from the kind folks on this forum! Seems the...

Hey guys Picked up my Model 3 (rear wheel drive) base model recently here in Sydney. As the base 3 doesn't come with the super-premium sound system, there's no sound coming out of the upper speakers at the front. I think I read somewhere that even though these speakers aren't connected for the...

I wonder if ours are because of some Aussie compliance regulation? Feels like good old trusted ultrasonics are likely to be more accurate than cameras for this task... especially at the front of the car where the cameras are mounted high and may not see very low obstacles in front of the car...

Hey Dave Thanks for the detailed reply - just realised my question wasn't clear... I do know that my car has the ultrasonic hardware still, but wasn't sure if it had been deactivated in a software update at some stage, as part of the whole Vision programme. Cheers and thanks for taking the...

Hey guys Wondering if anyone knows whether Model 3s in Australia (sourced from the Chinese factory) still make use of the ultrasonic sensors for the parking distance display? I know these sensors were removed (shortly after the radar unit) from US-made cars, but here in Australia we still have...

Great to hear they worked well for you. Unfortunately the link you sent doesn’t work for the Amazon store in Australia. But I am seeing the service centre this week so hopefully will be able to procure a few of the rear stoppers and fit them to the front. Fingers crossed!

Cool! Thanks heaps!

That was my thinking too... just want to be sure that it won’t cause a problem with the frunk locking operation, definitely don’t want a frunk popping open on the freeway or something!

Hey guys, I've had a problem with the alignment of the frunk (bonnet) lid of my new Model 3... it was sitting lower on one side and slightly to the left. I had it looked at by Tesla service, and they solved it by un-screwing one of the rubber knobs in the frunk lid, to make the lid sit more...

Hey guys I've just joined the fold with a new Model 3. Happy to see that there's a native app for Apple Music, which is our preferred streaming service. It all seems pretty slick, although it looks like it doesn't let you store albums or playlists on the device (it streams everything... might...

Thanks - great advice, I'll definitely get onto both options straight away. I was looking at the Tesla original mudflaps... they seem to have two options (as part of the same product), a shorter, compact mudflap and a longer one. The short one looks better and probably causes less...