Likewise. I get it when leaving my driveway and turning right onto a main road. Or when doing anything greater than mild acceleration from a stop. Or when towing. I don't know the speed at which acceleration won't cause it, but it's likely greater than 25mph.
I agree that having that on does induce a shudder/vibration in the steering wheel when drifting over lines. This definitely should be ruled out before bothering the Service Center about it.
Yes, but mine is just an X90D. Not thenP model and I still have the issue quite bad. So if others can accelerate nearly twice as hard, I find it hard to accept the CV joint argument.
Both of my cars are standard cars, not performance. The torque of a standard Tesla exceeds the torque output of most high performance cars. The fact that the torque is instantaneous and the cars weigh north of 4700 lbs makes for a stress on the joints that is greater than they can handle. Compare a torque curve of a ICE engine to the curve of an Tesla and it becomes obvious where the problem is. The torque of the ICE engine builds with rpm, the peaks and then tapers off. The Tesla is pretty much a straight line from zero rpm to it's maximum rpm. Compare the driveline stress of drag race vehicle, top accelerating cars don't have CV joints because they can't handle the power.
Update to my Aug 3 comment: I've since remembered/noticed that my car was set to automatically raise the suspension to high at my home location, at the driveway entrance (I set this when I first got the car). Upon leaving home I recently noticed it still remained in the high raised suspension mode (even after 2 miles from my home) and I would experience the shuddering. I'm now wondering how long or far after leaving home does it still remain on high suspension before going back to the normal setting. I had assumed it would return to the normal setting immediately after leaving my driveway area, but no, that is not the case. I've since removed the "learned" auto high setting of the suspension for my driveway location, and I'm not experiencing the shudder that I previously described at 30-35 mph after leaving my home. This reaffirms what Tesla Service said to me, that using a lower suspension will lessen the possibility of the vibration. No more shuddering at this time, at least for now.
It only lowers suspension setting once you reach a certain speed (eg. 30 mph). It will remain at the same setting as long as you stay below that speed. This is all controlled within the car's settings.
Man, I was hopeful for new part numbers, but these are the same as mine were the few times they've been replaced. I really hope it is great for you from here, but mine "wear out" after about 5-7k miles. Shouldn't have to do an alignment to change these if they come out and go in without trouble, so I'm sure yours is the same as it was before.
I had one replaced and they didn't re-align the car. I asked about it and he said it wasn't necessary. I don't think they have to undo anything that relates to the alignment to pull and replace the half shafts.
I'd watch them. 20" all seasons were done on the inside 1" or so in less than 10k miles on low. 30+k on the new set with it set to standard. However, my car has every problem in the book so it might be anecdotal.
