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gavine
Petrol Head turned EV Enthusiast
That video is a Model S. I'm not convinced that the Model X has these louvers at all.
I've never checked but I'd be extremely surprised if this were the case. How else does the MX cool the battery?
gavine
Petrol Head turned EV Enthusiast
I'll have to look at mine, but it has air vents for cooling....just no active louvers.
OK, got the car this morning. Haven't yet charged, but the first tech who actually looked at the car swore that it was a condenser fan alert. The tech that did the work several days later said it was a louver alert so they replaced the active louver module.
The first tech who ran the diagnostic when I first brought the car in this morning thought it was odd that it was the louver. He checked and there was no fan alert this time but it could have been cleared.
So it could very well be that I still have an issue. I'll keep the thread updated on my charging sessions.
The first tech who ran the diagnostic when I first brought the car in this morning thought it was odd that it was the louver. He checked and there was no fan alert this time but it could have been cleared.
So it could very well be that I still have an issue. I'll keep the thread updated on my charging sessions.
I looked at my X, 3/22/2017 delivery. Looks kind of like open brake ducts at the sides, but I don't see any louvers from the front. No louvers in the center opening either. Still has fans somewhere in there I'm sure.
The active louvers are just there for improved aerodynamics while driving when cooling *isn't* needed. The X could very well have different aerodynamic characteristics that made active louvers unnecessary. I could also be that the S active louvers don't provide enough of an improvement that they thought it was worth carrying over to the X. Perhaps a 1% improvement wasn't worth the hassle of slower charging and accelerated battery degradation due to the commonly failing louver module.
It's worth mentioning to readers of this thread that some early Model X deliveries had high and low compression lines swapped on their AC units. I know this because mine was one of them. This will drastically limit your Supercharging speeds and will disable cabin cooling in even mild weather while Supercharging.
A telltale sign is the incredibly loud AC noise coming from the X even in reasonable temperatures.
A telltale sign is the incredibly loud AC noise coming from the X even in reasonable temperatures.
McManX
Member
gavine
Petrol Head turned EV Enthusiast
Is there any way to know if this problem exists on my X? My AC runs pretty loud while Supercharging (last fall), but I'd rather have a more fail-safe way of checking before I contact Tesla. Delivery was June of 2016.
Those of us who had the issue noticed full speed AC exhaust fan (very loud) at nearly any outside temperature, even in very mild weather. This was even if one wasn't Supercharging.
gavine
Petrol Head turned EV Enthusiast
Thanks...yeah, that's not happening with me. Only when Supercharging and that's normal. Thanks for the info. I feel better now.
Evil.Labrat
Member
Mine sounds like a jet taking off anywhere in warm weather (you hear it clear across a large parking lot), and supercharging is pretty slow <60kW everywhere I go (sometimes I get lucky). But I wouldn't say it's super loud in mild (70s) weather, so not sure if mine is hooked up right or not.
A FLIR image of the condensers while the system is screaming might shed some light.
BobV
Member
In 2.5 years, I've never seen the louvers open on my car, even when supercharging in warm weather and the fans sounding like the car's about to lift itself into the air. I'm guessing the answer is no, but is there any way to function-check them myself?
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