Clicking & Clunking while Parked

[Dave EV]

I expected vampire drain to be high but it is suprsingly low...only a mile or two per day

That's not bad - figure 10-20W assuming 250 Wh/mi. Still some room for improvement, IMO, but quickly approaching the point of diminishing returns.

 

[Snerruc]

Wow, super. You're the first I know of. How many pages?

If it’s like the S, the manual is stored on the hard drive and is accessed through Settings. It updates with updates to the car.

 

[jsrawa]

If it’s like the S, the manual is stored on the hard drive and is accessed through Settings. It updates with updates to the car.

Full manual was leaked a while back, here is the link:

Tesla Model 3 Owners Manual | Electrical Connector | Usb

 

[ölbrenner]

Full manual was leaked a while back, here is the link:

Tesla Model 3 Owners Manual | Electrical Connector | Usb

Just FYI, as reported a while back, this is an incomplete draft manual. Take contents with grain of salt.

 

[03DSG]

Full manual was leaked a while back, here is the link:

Tesla Model 3 Owners Manual | Electrical Connector | Usb

That’s the old one. There is a new complete one dated Dec 21’st. I got a PDF of it from M3OC.

 

[jerjozwik]

dont have my 3 yet, but i notice my S on occasion will make a slight click noise and then i can her an electrical hum. i am 80% sure this a phone home state where the car powers up and unloads some data. pretty sure your car is doing the same.

watching the video that is 100% an electrical contactor opening or closing.

 

[MP3Mike]

@K-MTG So have you determined that this random noise is related to the continuous charge top-off events? (Does it stop if you unplug the car?)

 

[K-MTG]

@K-MTG So have you determined that this random noise is related to the continuous charge top-off events? (Does it stop if you unplug the car?)

The noise occurs regardless of whether the car is plugged in or not

 

[diamond.g]

That’s the old one. There is a new complete one dated Dec 21’st. I got a PDF of it from M3OC.

The forum or @Trev Page ?

 

[Canuck]

Do you have climate controlled turned on in the vehicle? If so, perhaps turn it off then see what happens. My guess is the clicks are the contacts and the whirling is the climate control fans.

 

[K-MTG]

Do you have climate controlled turned on in the vehicle? If so, perhaps turn it off then see what happens. My guess is the clicks are the contacts and the whirling is the climate control fans.

I turn it off before exiting the car

 

[Canuck]

I turn it off before exiting the car

So there goes my theory. But just wondering, why do you turn off the heat before exiting? Don't you just have to turn it on again when you return to drive the vehicle? The only thing I turn off before exiting is the passenger's heated seat if my wife had turned it on, since the car will turn the back ones off but not the front ones, which I find odd. It treats the front heated seats like the climate control and keeps the settings when you return. That makes sense for the climate control but I see no need for that with the front heated seats.

 

[K-MTG]

So there goes my theory. But just wondering, why do you turn off the heat before exiting? Don't you just have to turn it on again when you return to drive the vehicle? The only thing I turn off before exiting is the passenger's heated seat if my wife had turned it on, since the car will turn the back ones off but not the front ones, which I find odd. It treats the front heated seats like the climate control and keeps the settings when you return. That makes sense for the climate control but I see no need for that with the front heated seats.

Just a habit that came from the X...I would hate having the AC turn back on when I merely had to get something from the car.

 

[JenniferQ]

Wow, super. You're the first I know of. How many pages?

161

 

[03DSG]

The forum or @Trev Page ?

PM one of the new owners and ask if they will email you a PDF copy

 

[diamond.g]

PM one of the new owners and ask if they will email you a PDF copy

Sounds like a plan!

 

[jerjozwik]

got my 3 today, the OP noise is 100% electrical contactors. heard the noise on my own car about 10 min ago while it was parked.

 

[DaveT]

@K-MTG

Have you (or others) found a resolution to the clanking sound?

I'm also hearing it on my Model 3. I've even turned off "walk to unlock" and it still does it.

 

[jerjozwik]

its nothing to worry about guys... all electric vehicles make that noise in one way or another. just so happens the acoustics or resonance of the model 3 make it more obvious.

 

[smartypnz]

The Fremont plant has reported missing workers. Perhaps.............