Hi y'all. Long time lurker here, and now glad to finally be a part of this community.
I consider myself a lucky one out of the bunch, given that my Plaid (Oct 21 delivery) hasn't given me any major issues... until now, seemingly. This post will be detailed, and I hope it will either a) articulate an annoying issue that someone else may be also experiencing, or b) allow the brainpower here (from folks who are way smarter than me) to chime in and assist in diagnostics.
Any feedback/input is appreciated! Thanks everyone.
I consider myself a lucky one out of the bunch, given that my Plaid (Oct 21 delivery) hasn't given me any major issues... until now, seemingly. This post will be detailed, and I hope it will either a) articulate an annoying issue that someone else may be also experiencing, or b) allow the brainpower here (from folks who are way smarter than me) to chime in and assist in diagnostics.
- After the fine folks at EUDM Autosports (shoutout to Phil) put on Vossen HF3 (20x9.5 / 20x10.5) with Pilot Sport 4S tires (265-40-20/295-35-20) on the car, a few days later, I started hearing some awful creaking + high-pitch sounds coming from the front of the car whenever I would turn the yoke (full rotational turns) left or right. I first thought something may be rubbing against the suspension, given that these are bigger wheels with beefier tires, so I brought the car back to Phil and he inspected it thoroughly.
- He didn't find any issues with the installation of the wheels, and was able to isolate the occurrence of the sound issue. Turns out, the creaking/high pitch/grinding sound only happens when the car is a) not moving + b) the brake pedal is pressed (or the brake hold is activated) + c) the yoke is being turned left or right.
- I took it to the Smithtown, NY Service Center, and they inspected the car for a day. When I went to pick up the car, the techs notified me that they pulled the wheels off the car, and inspected the suspension + brakes. Their conclusion is that the brakes aren't faulty or degraded by any means (the car only has about 7,500 miles), and that this brake sound is a common, but normal, issue on Model S cars. I questioned them about this, but the techs did not seem to be concerned by this "issue" and assured me that this sound, while annoying, does not affect braking performance nor compromises safety.
- Attached a vimeo video from when I brought it back home after Phil inspected the car and isolated the issue. However, since getting the car back from Tesla, I'm convinced the sound is much more painful to hear, as it now has a grinding effect, on top of that high-pitched sound; both of which happens as the yoke is being turned left or right.
Any feedback/input is appreciated! Thanks everyone.