Acceleration Shudder

[XtheGas]

We need this option in the US.

 

[Scott Fairchild]

Sad news folks. As stated running the X on LOW setting wears our your tires in about 19,000 miles. Had a Continental blow out while running on LOW. It was not a pretty site. Steel all over. Pressed the edge of the limit when TESLA flat bed towed me 48 miles. BTW. Continenntal did not honor warranty. Hate Continental, Love Pirelli All Season Verde. Have 20K miles on a pair and they are still at a 7 tire rating. Guaranteed 60,000 miles!

The WORST news is this! Drove an out of the box 2019 MODEL X yesterday with 167 miles on it. It had adaptive leveling. Max acceleration from 0 and guess what.? You guessed it. SHUDDERED like a wet dog shakin'. Even the salesman experienced it - for the first time.

Ordered a new Model X yesterday and hope the Engineers have worked out the SHUDDER on the Performance Ludicrous Mode. Come on engineers. Adaptive leveling is nice, but you've had three years to fix the damn shudder.

Let's see to take off from a light next to a Corvette, first you need to lower the suspension to LOW, then you need to ENGAGE the LUDICROUS mode, then you need to wait 30 min for the battery to warm up and by the time you look up you are racing a Prius!

I just picked up my Model X from the service center and they said they've stopped replacing the half axles until the factory can figure out what the root cause is. Their suspicion is a firmware issue introduced in a past update.

 

[drkeys]

Sad news folks. As stated running the X on LOW setting wears our your tires in about 19,000 miles. Had a Continental blow out while running on LOW. It was not a pretty site. Steel all over. Pressed the edge of the limit when TESLA flat bed towed me 48 miles. BTW. Continenntal did not honor warranty. Hate Continental, Love Pirelli All Season Verde. Have 20K miles on a pair and they are still at a 7 tire rating. Guaranteed 60,000 miles!

The WORST news is this! Drove an out of the box 2019 MODEL X yesterday with 167 miles on it. It had adaptive leveling. Max acceleration from 0 and guess what.? You guessed it. SHUDDERED like a wet dog shakin'. Even the salesman experienced it - for the first time.

Ordered a new Model X yesterday and hope the Engineers have worked out the SHUDDER on the Performance Ludicrous Mode. Come on engineers. Adaptive leveling is nice, but you've had three years to fix the damn shudder.

Let's see to take off from a light next to a Corvette, first you need to lower the suspension to LOW, then you need to ENGAGE the LUDICROUS mode, then you need to wait 30 min for the battery to warm up and by the time you look up you are racing a Prius!

was it the performance model X with Ludacris? that you drove? or regular 100D for the one with adaptive leveling

 

[Scott Fairchild]

It was the 100K long range Model X with adaptive leveling (not initiated)

 

[mongo]

Let's see to take off from a light next to a Corvette, first you need to lower the suspension to LOW, then you need to ENGAGE the LUDICROUS mode, then you need to wait 30 min for the battery to warm up and by the time you look up you are racing a Prius!

Or, just push the go pedal. (Not that you should be racing on surface streets)

 

[Sg911]

I had my plastic airsuspension brackets replaced with adjustable metal ones by Baan Velgen. The car is much lower now. Shudder is gone. No change in function or comfort. See pictures for all heights after replacement.

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Did you just bring to a local repair shop for the swap or tesla specific one or Tesla?

 

[Sg911]

Sad news folks. As stated running the X on LOW setting wears our your tires in about 19,000 miles. Had a Continental blow out while running on LOW. It was not a pretty site. Steel all over. Pressed the edge of the limit when TESLA flat bed towed me 48 miles. BTW. Continenntal did not honor warranty. Hate Continental, Love Pirelli All Season Verde. Have 20K miles on a pair and they are still at a 7 tire rating. Guaranteed 60,000 miles!

The WORST news is this! Drove an out of the box 2019 MODEL X yesterday with 167 miles on it. It had adaptive leveling. Max acceleration from 0 and guess what.? You guessed it. SHUDDERED like a wet dog shakin'. Even the salesman experienced it - for the first time.

Ordered a new Model X yesterday and hope the Engineers have worked out the SHUDDER on the Performance Ludicrous Mode. Come on engineers. Adaptive leveling is nice, but you've had three years to fix the damn shudder.

Let's see to take off from a light next to a Corvette, first you need to lower the suspension to LOW, then you need to ENGAGE the LUDICROUS mode, then you need to wait 30 min for the battery to warm up and by the time you look up you are racing a Prius!

I had the same experience ...pre-Raven 800 miles , on a 2019 X 100D loaner

 

[4DXP]

Did you just bring to a local repair shop for the swap or tesla specific one or Tesla?

Local rim and tuning shop

 

[drkeys]

wow guys this is confirmed....I guess it's time to get a new one looks like they won't able to retrofit the older model since it is too complicated and it's too involved with the new suspension setup

Refreshed "Raven" Model S/X Suspension using Maxwell ultra capacitor?

Elon just retweeted the Teslarati's article.....I guess we'll continue to see improvements on this

 

[candy_sr]

It was the 100K long range Model X with adaptive leveling (not initiated)

Is this the pre refresh model?

 

[drkeys]

Is this the pre refresh model?

Scott Fairchild states that it was the new adaptive suspension, however it was not initiated due to still learning.. so the old air suspension setting probably in play when he test drove it. there are few other people who has tested the new suspension noted improvement without shuddering

 

[volkerbradley]

I had my plastic airsuspension brackets replaced with adjustable metal ones by Baan Velgen. The car is much lower now. Shudder is gone. No change in function or comfort. See pictures for all heights after replacement.]
How long did it take to do this work and how much did it cost? Did you have to get these parts from the Netherlands or were you able to buy them in Canada?

 

[4DXP]

volkerbradley

I Iive in Holland. They mounted them for me for 250. But it is very easy to do. Could have done it myself if I had a lift.

 

[4DXP]

Front brackets are very easy to access. Rear might need a lift and a wheel off to be able to see it. Although I adjusted and remounted them on the back blindly.

 

[drkeys]

Here is a new recent update for older "non refreshed" model S/X regarding the suspension issues

Acceleration shudder | Tesla

looks like unless you have the new refreshed "ravel" model S/X, the older version of suspension will likely to encounter issues down the road until Tesla finds a permanent fix. Of course you can always do after market modification to strengthen the current load on the suspension components.

 

[VikH]

Here is a new recent update for older "non refreshed" model S/X regarding the suspension issues

Acceleration shudder | Tesla

looks like unless you have the new refreshed "ravel" model S/X, the older version of suspension will likely to encounter issues down the road until Tesla finds a permanent fix. Of course you can always do after market modification to strengthen the current load on the suspension components.

See my post in the other shudder thread. It correlates with what you posted. Tesla has a new motor mount fix that is supposed to help -

News for Model X owners with the dreaded shudder

 

[Scott Fairchild]

was it the performance model X with Ludacris? that you drove? or regular 100D for the one with adaptive leveling

It was the regular 100D and the load leveling had not been turned on because it has to "learn" from the new owner.

 

[4DXP]

Here is a new recent update for older "non refreshed" model S/X regarding the suspension issues

Acceleration shudder | Tesla

looks like unless you have the new refreshed "ravel" model S/X, the older version of suspension will likely to encounter issues down the road until Tesla finds a permanent fix. Of course you can always do after market modification to strengthen the current load on the suspension components.

Could you please describe these aftermarket items?

 

[4DXP]

Front brackets are very easy to access. Rear might need a lift and a wheel off to be able to see it. Although I adjusted and remounted them on the back blindly.


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Made a new picture in very low (Lambo mode) with the adjustable lowering brackets mounted. Starting to look like an S . I only use this mode to show off or in Ludicrous+

#noshudder #cheapesttuningever

 

[Silicon Desert]

Hate Continental, Love Pirelli All Season Verde. Have 20K miles on a pair and they are still at a 7 tire rating. Guaranteed 60,000 miles!

Yup I got the same Pirelli tires on my MX and love them. Maybe I am just getting more deaf, but they seem quieter even without the foam. Yea I know those Continental tires make more noise when then wear down a but, not the comparison I'm making.
I guess you know you won't get 60K miles with a heavy Tesla, but those tires do have more tread than the original Continentals and it appears I will get a lot more mileage out of them. The Pirellis probably also cost you less money.