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Air Not Blowing on Face
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I didn't know there are so many people like the fan in their faces. It's so dry here all the time if I had the fan in my face, my eyeballs will dry out in no time! Also my grandma told me, "Don't have the AC blows directly on your head or you will get a cold!" LOL 
My grandma told me if I slept with the oscillating fan blowing on my face I could die. I actually believed her for a long time but now I think she was just trying to conserve moneyI didn't know there are so many people like the fan in their faces. It's so dry here all the time if I had the fan in my face, my eyeballs will dry out in no time! Also my grandma told me, "Don't have the AC blows directly on your head or you will get a cold!" LOL
Hi,
I stumbled on this thread after experiencing the same problem on my new M3. But managed to find the bizarre cause of this!
I new that the motors that control the valves for the vertical airstream were working as I could hear them moving when the fan was on 1. So it was either that both valves were loose on or there was a blockage.
Rather than spend half a day getting Tesla to look at this, I lifted the dash from then centre and found this piece of foam!
It had been custom cut to block out the airflow to the upward vents!
My only explanation is that my M3 was previously a showroom display model and they needed to stop airflow into the face for covid 19 reasons!
I stumbled on this thread after experiencing the same problem on my new M3. But managed to find the bizarre cause of this!
I new that the motors that control the valves for the vertical airstream were working as I could hear them moving when the fan was on 1. So it was either that both valves were loose on or there was a blockage.
Rather than spend half a day getting Tesla to look at this, I lifted the dash from then centre and found this piece of foam!
It had been custom cut to block out the airflow to the upward vents!
My only explanation is that my M3 was previously a showroom display model and they needed to stop airflow into the face for covid 19 reasons!
This happened to my car, immediately after going in for service. I noticed the driver side air would not go any higher than the bottom of the steering wheel, and the passenger side could not get any lower than about chin level on the passenger.
I was able to fix it by removing the wooden dashboard panel and reaffixing it. When I removed it, I noticed some of the clips were not entirely secured. Perhaps the panel was moved or removed during the service, and the position of the panel really matters.
I was able to fix it by removing the wooden dashboard panel and reaffixing it. When I removed it, I noticed some of the clips were not entirely secured. Perhaps the panel was moved or removed during the service, and the position of the panel really matters.
I’ve been messing with the directional controls trying to figure out how to make it hit my face and it seems mine has the same issue you had. What was the fix for this?
My grandma told me if I slept with the oscillating fan blowing on my face I could die. I actually believed her for a long time but now I think she was just trying to conserve money
Are you Korean?
You need to remove the wooden panel, there are plenty of clips on you tube for this, but it's pretty easy.
Once off check that the valves in the centre of the dash aren't blocked and that theymthey when you want to change the height of the airflow. Mine had a piece of foam sat on top of the vent above the valves, this shouldn't have been there.
If all looks to be working it may just be that the wooden trim wasn't installed correctly. All of the clips need to be properly inserted before the vertical airflow will work.
Once off check that the valves in the centre of the dash aren't blocked and that theymthey when you want to change the height of the airflow. Mine had a piece of foam sat on top of the vent above the valves, this shouldn't have been there.
If all looks to be working it may just be that the wooden trim wasn't installed correctly. All of the clips need to be properly inserted before the vertical airflow will work.
I may have found the fix. I've been to the shop three times already and they replaced the actuator once and did a calibration twice and was always the same. I finally took my dash apart and read the stick inside about popping all the holders back into place and that was all I did. I pressed really hard on the grey piece between the "forward" and "upwards" slits and heard a little click after. It now blows upwards.
Please start another thread for your topic (preferrably in the model Y section because the thread you zombie rezzed is for a 2019 model 3 which is not the same as a model Y with a heat pump)
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