2021+ Model S and Model S Plaid Refresh Issues Thread

[razh]

Spoke to soon..bass cut out again this morning. I’m so frustrated with this brand new $80k car

Do you have a service appointment for it already? Seems like a trivial thing to fix.

 

[Tony99]

Do you have a service appointment for it already? Seems like a trivial thing to fix.

Yes I have an appointment for this weekend to fix it along with a litany of other issues already noted earlier

 

[razh]

Yes I have an appointment for this weekend to fix it along with a litany of other issues already noted earlier

Cool let us know what they identify as the root cause

 

[glide]

I see the release notes for 2021.40.6 mention ANC (or active road noise cancelling, whatever they decided to rebrand it as) has been activated.

Any reviews/experiences?

 

[bridge-player]

Ran into a strange problem. I finished charging at my company's indoor garage. When I drove out of the structure, the navigation screen showed the car in Barstow CA, several hundred miles away. I was in San Jose.

The position stayed wrong for about 10 mins. 2022

LR, SW 2021.35.103.

 

[Donsla MS]

Ran into a strange problem. I finished charging at my company's indoor garage. When I drove out of the structure, the navigation screen showed the car in Barstow CA, several hundred miles away. I was in San Jose.

The position stayed wrong for about 10 mins. 2022 View attachment 744013LR, SW 2021.35.103.

You must have hit the time warp button.

 

[Turboz3]

Tire Skidding is normal.. Its a part of the way the front suspension is setup and is nothing to be concerned about. This was also how the Alfa Romeo suspension are setup.. basically when turning the control arms added camber naturally which can cause the skidding.. Im not sure if this is how the Plaid suspension works, but I can assure, after dealing with this on other cars, it was determined by the manufacturer and forum discussions to be totally normal and does not affect anything.. just consider it a performance susupension noise..


I also consdier the vibration noise at low speed to be just a harmonic frequency of the electrical current and motor speeds matching at that speed rate.. I dont think it has anything to do with the suspension and it doesnt affect performance in anyway, so for me its a non-issue

My GTR and plaid does the same thing, normal to me.

 

[cwanja]

Ran into a strange problem. I finished charging at my company's indoor garage. When I drove out of the structure, the navigation screen showed the car in Barstow CA, several hundred miles away. I was in San Jose.

The position stayed wrong for about 10 mins. 2022 View attachment 744013LR, SW 2021.35.103.

Seen it happen before on my old Model S. Was coming out of my companies garage and it put my 200 miles away in East Texas. Within a few minutes, back in the right city. Really messed up my logger data as an outlying data point though.

 

[bridge-player]

Seen it happen before on my old Model S. Was coming out of my companies garage and it put my 200 miles away in East Texas. Within a few minutes, back in the right city. Really messed up my logger data as an outlying data point though.

My old S did that also. For some reason, charging in a parking structure triggers the bad position. But never several hundred miles away.

One time it put me at a hotel, in the middle of the work day. The wife did not find it funny.

 

[impastu]

My old S did that also. For some reason, charging in a parking structure triggers the bad position. But never several hundred miles away.

One time it put me at a hotel, in the middle of the work day. The wife did not find it funny.

So you want us to believe that you weren’t actually in that hotel?

 

[bridge-player]

So you want us to believe that you weren’t actually in that hotel?

Wife saw the wrong position on her Tesla app. A quick video call clarified my position, so to speak.

It was poor software. This happened multiple times on my 2018 S. Happened after I finished charging in the garage.

In May this year, the car got a bad position while I was up in the Lake Tahoe area. I ended up taking a route that added an hour to the travel time. That one was scary.

 

[Fitz1414]

I see the release notes for 2021.40.6 mention ANC (or active road noise cancelling, whatever they decided to rebrand it as) has been activated.

Any reviews/experiences?

I still do not have it and I running 2021.50.6.

 

[glide]

I still do not have it and I running 2021.50.6.

Strange that it’s showing up for some folks and not for others.

I’ve seen that happen with other aspects of the stereo controls though. Sometimes my immersive audio would randomly disappear.

 

[Fitz1414]

I still do not have it and I running 2021.50.6.

Sorry need to clarify. I am running 2021.40.6.
Big fingers little phone.

 

[dlfjed]

A curb jumped out and scratch my rim. There is a rim shot a few hours away. It’s not that bad. About 2 to 3 inches long. I read about some members doing a repair themselves. I plan to take to professional but wanted to get something on it to protect rim from salt damage. Any help would be appreciated.

 

[theatrus]

A curb jumped out and scratch my rim. There is a rim shot a few hours away. It’s not that bad. About 2 to 3 inches long. I read about some members doing a repair themselves. I plan to take to professional but wanted to get something on it to protect rim from salt damage. Any help would be appreciated.

Funny, rim shots tend to be close at hand.

Its aluminum, will oxidize immediately. I wouldn't worry about doing anything to it.

 

[impastu]

A curb jumped out and scratch my rim. There is a rim shot a few hours away. It’s not that bad. About 2 to 3 inches long. I read about some members doing a repair themselves. I plan to take to professional but wanted to get something on it to protect rim from salt damage. Any help would be appreciated.

Dunno where you are in NY but I’ve had my BMW M rims repaired multiple times at a place in Stamford. DM if helpful

 

[mantx001]

Those grey dots are the display frits/vignette.

Since the display is LCD and not OLED (really good choice, less chance of retention), the vignette helps hide the dark "glow" of the backlight at night so the display smoothly blends into the rest of the dash vs having a harsh lit outline.

Thanks for the explanation, it makes perfect sense. I am glad I didn’t call SC.

 

[Greeney]

Is there a fix for wind noise from the drivers side triangle window?

Seems after my tint the wind noise is way up… Not sure if coincidentally occurring with activation of ARNR or not but it was noticeable.

 

[glide]

Is there a fix for wind noise from the drivers side triangle window?

Seems after my tint the wind noise is way up… Not sure if coincidentally occurring with activation of ARNR or not but it was noticeable.

Try taping it off with painters tape from the outside and see if the noise goes away. If so, make a service appointment for them to adjust the seal.