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Anyone get an alignment?
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Continuing jerry33's speculation...
4. When choosing between left veer and right veer, right is preferable when on RH roads so you bend into the shoulder rather than oncoming traffic on 2 lane roads. (speculation)
Talked with the new Philly service center and they're going to call around and find a shop near here to do the alignment. Tesla will foot the bill. Was also told the clear bra is on order and will be installed by a 3rd party once in.
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View attachment Tesla Model S Alignment Specifications.pdf
Doc is attached
View attachment Tesla Model S Alignment Specifications.pdf
*sigh*
Tesla's model can't last. They called around and found a BMW dealer to work on my car. I was told 2 hours usually, but give them 3 since they've never worked on a Tesla before. Understandable. I get a call just a bit ago that the car has "literally been on the rack for 6 hours" but it's not ready. They're closing and need another day. No rental, no nada. Their shuttle brought me back to my office, but after that, what? Luckily, we DO have a third vehicle to drive (thankful we didn't do a trade in), but the spare key is in the Model S. Kicking myself for not taking it, but I've never had a dealer "strand" me before.
To top it off, on the way in a loud squealing noise started coming from the right side of the car. I'm guessing there's a rock or something in there. I asked the guy if they could take a look while it was up there, and he's pretty much "We don't work on Tesla's, the rep called and asked us to do an alignment, that's all". Schwell.
/rant.
Tesla's model can't last. They called around and found a BMW dealer to work on my car. I was told 2 hours usually, but give them 3 since they've never worked on a Tesla before. Understandable. I get a call just a bit ago that the car has "literally been on the rack for 6 hours" but it's not ready. They're closing and need another day. No rental, no nada. Their shuttle brought me back to my office, but after that, what? Luckily, we DO have a third vehicle to drive (thankful we didn't do a trade in), but the spare key is in the Model S. Kicking myself for not taking it, but I've never had a dealer "strand" me before.
To top it off, on the way in a loud squealing noise started coming from the right side of the car. I'm guessing there's a rock or something in there. I asked the guy if they could take a look while it was up there, and he's pretty much "We don't work on Tesla's, the rep called and asked us to do an alignment, that's all". Schwell.
/rant.
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Why?
Certainly wheel balance is important, but it's orthogonal to alignment assuming the wheels aren't bent.
Got the car back. They found the source of the squeal (rock, as assumed), but the car still drives the same. I stopped and overfilled the tires to 44PSI on each, and no dice. Not sure what else to try at this point. I've driving 3 other vehicles in the last week, and in none of them do I need to keep constant left-ward pressure to maintain a straight driving path.
The alignment from the BMW dealer was a failure. I have an appointment to go to the actual service center Thursday in order to get my clear bra and have them feel the pull.
Add me to the list with a pull to the right. Did ~50 mile round trip today and it is most noticeable above ~50 MPH. I have to actively keep it straight. I have the 21" wheels and am now at close to 1100 miles. Anyone sort out why we are all pulling to the right and not left? Initially I really only noticed a bit of a right pull at full acceleration.
Beavis
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I'm getting mine right now as I type. The Denver service center received an alignment machine but don't have it set up yet so they sent me to a Porche/Jag dealer. We'll see how it turns out.
It worked and is now straight as an arrow. This was their first S, they had done several Roadsters. Needless to say, it attracted a lot of attention in the service bay.
It worked and is now straight as an arrow. This was their first S, they had done several Roadsters. Needless to say, it attracted a lot of attention in the service bay.
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San Diego service is going to check my alignment next week. Encouraging that this resolved your issue.
Encouraging indeed. Glad to hear its worked on a car and isn't a hardware issue. I'll find out Thursday.
The only glitch in an otherwise all-around wonderful test drive was the car's allignment. When I took my hands off the wheel the car, a P85, immediately dove to the right. It is interesting that the store had just gotten it back from service where 19" wheels were changed out for the 21" set. Wonder if that had something to do with it. Perhpas instead of saying it dived to the right, a better description might be it rolled to the right...it didn't pull. If I hadn't taken my hands off the wheel to see how straight it tracked I would have never known there was problem.
Actually when I said test drive, I mean Tesla store test drive. I am pretty sure the first thing the product specialist who accompanied me did when we got back to the store was to report the problem to the manager so it could be addressed. How it got out of the service center that way to begin with is a little bit of mystery to me.
It still amazes it that while the move to the right was reallly pronounced I never would have known there was a problem if I hadn't taken my hands off the wheel.
It still amazes it that while the move to the right was reallly pronounced I never would have known there was a problem if I hadn't taken my hands off the wheel.
Mark Petersen
Model S EU P71
can one of you that have an alignment problem try this little experiment
try adjusting the drive hight, do it make any changes to the problem ?
try adjusting the drive hight, do it make any changes to the problem ?
To what? The car is usually in standard until a certain mph when it automatically goes into low. I've felt it on the highway (so low) and while driving around Tesla Service in PA (guessing standard since it was an industrial park with not much room for any speed). The only other option if so, would be high, and I don't think the car likes that for long when moving.
FWIW, I'm getting an appointment at Tesla Queens to do the alignment properly. Just hope I get enough charge to make it back home :scared:
After seeing the turbine design of the 21's and then seeing this post, I'm curious how much drag is produced from the right side wheels and void from the left. On the right side, the turbine pattern will scoop the air but on the left side the wheels are reversed. Is it possible it could really create that much drag?
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