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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...

I found some pictures of the dash on Ebay, and circled the areas that had felt tape applied in my car. The circled areas contain plastic "feet"; they're literally bits of plastic jutting out. Before disassembling the dash, I thought there would only be 1 or 2 obvious contact points where the...

2013 Honda Fit. I still have the Honda for its carrying capacity (hatchbacks are very useful), and to drive into places with questionable parking. I always thought I was going fast in my Honda once I reached 70, and especially 75. 80 is on rare occasions when the stars align (no one cuts me...

Best of luck to you. I found the Bellevue service center to be completely unresponsive with text messages. It's just a source of false hope. I had better luck emailing the service department, but it still took days for them to respond.

I have a similar sound. Mine is most noticeable at low speeds, especially when turning. It seems to be getting louder over time, and now happens all the time, on all types of roads. I took it into Tesla service but it was raining that day and they couldn't hear a thing, and were rather...

Also an update to my own rattles after driving it for a week: the car is significantly quieter now. There are still little noises that I hear while driving, but it's nothing like the constant rattling from before, and it's honestly probably livable. I'm certainly not itching to take apart the...

Can you narrow down the rattle by pressing on things when it occurs? Is it from the dash itself, or the A pillar trim? If it's the A pillar, I suspect it's the red part highlighted in the attached image. I noticed that it attaches to the dash grill without any insulation, so it's plastic on...

I know you didn't ask about this, but in case you're curious about the effort to do this yourself, probably not worth it unless you can constantly hear it. With the front doors you can disassemble enough of it by removing the trim/unscrewing various bolts to get access to the interior, but...

I put together a quick guide on the latch harness squeak (the one triggered by the armrest): Model 3 Rattles - front_door_latch_harness_squeak The harness squeak is nearly impossible to record because of the tight location (I'd likely have to get an inspection scope; even a GoPro was too big to...

Quick update, I found the exact part that was rubbing inside the door frame. It was the zip tie for the wire harness near the door latch, rubbing against the plastic cover for the door latch assembly. I had to work completely blind since it's in such a tight spot, but managed to pop out the clip...

Take a look at for a visual of how to remove the grill. As for pictures for the steps I listed, they don't exist. I was pretty frustrated after spending hours trying to reassemble the thing (the clips popped off 3-4 times), and just wanted to sleep at 2 am.

I wish I had discovered this thread earlier. I disassembled my grill too and thought it was easy, but reassembling the thing was an absolute nightmare. Took me several hours to put it back together (and I had to disassemble it again halfway through because while driving I suddenly heard one of...

Can you link to videos where only the trim piece is removed? I removed the entire assembly too, and I think the wood trim is pretty firmly stuck onto the assembly and not easily removable by itself. Yesterday I decided to remove the dash grill since I found a video on how to do it and it looked...

There are a couple decent videos on it. Try this one: . The dash is attached with plastic clips so you don't even need a screwdriver, and there are very few pieces so you don't have to worry about losing things or reassembling it in the wrong order. I'll see if I can find time to do this. I...

My August 2018 Model 3 has turned into rattle factory. It's actually pretty disappointing since I love the car otherwise, but it's noisier than my 6-year old $18K Honda Fit :( I've taken it into the Bellevue service center multiple times, and they're pretty ineffective: - First time: The tech...

I have a similar rattle/squeak but on the front passenger side. I've taken it into the service center twice, and they seem to be skirting around the problem and adding more insulating tape where it doesn't matter. It's so aggravating (and the service center so poor) that I'm considering...

Hope this isn't too late, but try pressing on the wheel well liners. I had a very similar-sounding rattle for the past 10 months, and I finally traced them to the wheel well last week. My sound only happens at higher speeds (40-50 mph) and also seemed wind dependent. My fix ended up being super...

Before getting my car, I was somewhat concerned about the lack of physical controls and the center touch screen. They ended up being among the biggest non-issues with the Model 3. I got used to the speedometer location within 5 minutes. I clearly remember seeing that it was in the different...

I noticed the same thing, and ended up disabling my speed chime. Having two separate speed settings like you describe would be perfect.

Keep in mind that my previous car is a Honda Fit, so the 3 is quite nice in comparison. I had a P85D loaner briefly, but it rattled quite a bit. I haven’t sat in many other S to properly compare.

I have Schlage smart locks so I don’t carry keys. Now I just walk around with my wallet and phone. One downside is that I forget to check the mail pretty often since I have a locked mailbox, and I never have the mailbox key on me.

I actually discovered that almost immediately when I first got the car. The power does noticeably drop off above 60 mph. But realistically for me, 75-80 is about the upper end of how I drive, and there's still quite an abundance of power for passing at 90 mph. A part of me does desire the...

I have that fear from going too fast, but it's from a safety perspective. It's fun to feel the rush, but I have no desire to cause accidents so I usually let go at around the speed limit. One thing I've noticed is that it's quite easy to manage your speed because of the regen and the...

I've had my P3D almost exactly 2 months now, about 2950 miles. Does the acceleration get old? Nope. I still go on ridiculous driving routes just to drive the car and accelerate onto the freeway. The only thing is that traffic is pretty bad around here, so opportunities to safely floor it are...

I've driven slow cars my entire life, but decided that after my Honda Fit I would get a fast car. Before getting my P3D, I didn't quite believe it when people said that it's more power than anyone would need for commuting. But they're right, no one needs this level of performance for commuting...

So a quick update after owning the car for a month. TLDR: It's awesome and I love the car even more than when I first got it. Performance: The instant acceleration is still addicting. The car simply goes, at any speed. I had to turn on the speeding chime because I found myself accidentally...

I've started noticing wind noise on mine too. I thought it was a rattle at first, since the sound is a bit sharp, but I went on a drive yesterday with a Tesla technician and he said it was wind noise. Honestly, though, a bit of music will drown it out pretty quickly, and it's already the...

I've waved at a couple drivers, but that was while heading to a Tesla meetup. The funniest time was when I came across another Model 3, and the other driver and I craned our necks so much we almost broke them in order to look at each other's cars. I'm sure he had the same thought as me...

I spent way more time than reasonable trying to decide between 18" and 20" wheels. I liked the look of the sport wheels way more than the aero wheels, but ultimately went with the 18s once I realized I'll be road tripping a lot, and I'd rather have extra side wall. After I took delivery, I...

Yeah, I didn't expect to be so excited to lose my keys. Turns out it's liberating to not have something that feels like a pile of rocks in my pants pocket, or to hear random keys jingling as I drive. The constant theme I get with my Model 3 is that it fixes things that I didn't even realize were...

Here's a brief review of my Model 3 Performance | Red | Black interior | 18" wheels | EAP delivery after owning it for 3 days. Delivery I took delivery at the NE 20th Bellevue WA store on August 3rd. Delivery was a quick and easy process. They walked me through some basic things about the car...

It's been a mixture. I'm actually way calmer and driving the speed limit since I'm still getting used to the car and want to avoid dings before I get paint protection installed. But I'm punching it often and randomly taking freeway detours just so I can slam the accelerator at the onramp.

Red model 3 performance EAP black interior scheduled for delivery August 3rd in Bellevue WA. I registered on 5/31 in store. I was waffling for a bit on the performance upgrade package but ultimately decided that the 20” wheels would not be good for road tripping, especially considering that I...

Awesome thanks for the detailed review! Can you comment on the ride quality of the 20” tires vs 18” if you’ve ridden those? I have a P3 ordered but I’m on the fence between the performance upgrade and its larger brakes and 20” wheels vs regular with its 18” aero wheels.

I commute from the east side to Seattle and see 2-3 daily. Around my neighborhood there are at least 2-3 of them (blue, white, red), and hopefully I'll be adding mine to the mix soon.

Registered 3/31 around 5 pm Pacific. Don't own any Teslas. Ordered performance/red/performance upgrade on 6/30, then edited on 7/3 to remove the performance upgrade. My edit button disappeared earlier today, and a Tesla delivery adviser emailed me today saying I have a VIN (but I don't see one...