My 2013 Model S 85 with 104k miles has been making a noise from the general direction of the RDU for some time now. Like a few years. Maybe it’s the “milling” sound I’ve read about here? Someone else posted a video with a “spaceship” sound, and it sounds about like that.
It’s slowly gotten louder. Finally had Tesla listen to it. Without physically examining it they said it was the RDU and would need to be replaced to fix it. Although the tech also suggested it probably wasn’t worth it in a car this old.
Trying to get a sense of what I can expect from the car here on out. Will the decline of this likely to be slow, as it has been, so may as well just keep going with the car for now? Or am I at high risk of near term total failure, so better to get whatever money I can out of it now and bite the bullet to purchase something newer?
Also can I expect this issue to affect energy usage and mileage? I’m wondering if it already has, but could be my imagination.
I do plan to get a newer (probably used) Model S at some point. Just trying to decide when’s the ideal time. Happy to keep using this if it’s not about to die on me!
It’s slowly gotten louder. Finally had Tesla listen to it. Without physically examining it they said it was the RDU and would need to be replaced to fix it. Although the tech also suggested it probably wasn’t worth it in a car this old.
Trying to get a sense of what I can expect from the car here on out. Will the decline of this likely to be slow, as it has been, so may as well just keep going with the car for now? Or am I at high risk of near term total failure, so better to get whatever money I can out of it now and bite the bullet to purchase something newer?
Also can I expect this issue to affect energy usage and mileage? I’m wondering if it already has, but could be my imagination.
I do plan to get a newer (probably used) Model S at some point. Just trying to decide when’s the ideal time. Happy to keep using this if it’s not about to die on me!