Creak/Groan when car gets a twist.

[The Duke]

4 month old Model S Plaid. Was silent until about a week ago. Now when I go into my driveway, which I must approach at an angle while set to low ride height, I hear creaking from the back. To double check I went slowly over speed bumps and the car is definately making noises. My P100D is silent doing the same things, but it's a metal roof.

Any one else or any comments?

 

[DayTrippin]

Mine '22 S has done it since new. Any sort of torsional stress on it makes it creak. If I approach head on, no issues.

 

[NeuroRad]

Mine does slightly and I do not like it. I'd order my MS without the glass roof if I could.

 

[DayTrippin]

I hate having a glass roof. Just one more thing to worry about with no benefit to me. I'd rather have a sunroof that opens on a metal roof than an all glass roof. I have it blocked off with a shade anyway to keep the southern sun out as much as possible.

 

[NewbyMaybe]

There's a recent thread about retourqing the subframe bolts to eliminate noises.

 

[NeuroRad]

I hate having a glass roof. Just one more thing to worry about with no benefit to me. I'd rather have a sunroof that opens on a metal roof than an all glass roof. I have it blocked off with a shade anyway to keep the southern sun out as much as possible.

Sun/moonroof is even worse imo. They all mostly break or leak eventually and require routine maintenance. My next car will have a solid roof.

 

[NeuroRad]

There's a recent thread about retourqing the subframe bolts to eliminate noises.

Could you link please

 

[NewbyMaybe]

"model s refresh rattles and creaks"

Any mechanic can help with this if you don't want to wait on Tesla

 

[ninefiveone]

I highly doubt the creaking is coming from the glass roof. It is bonded to the body similar to the windshield and unlike a sunroof/moonroof/panoramic roof there are no points of movement for a creak to develop.

The rear seat in the refresh is notorious for being a source of numerous creaks and rattles. Liftgate and subframe are next most common.

 

[Aggmeister2010]

I highly doubt the creaking is coming from the glass roof. It is bonded to the body similar to the windshield and unlike a sunroof/moonroof/panoramic roof there are no points of movement for a creak to develop.

The rear seat in the refresh is notorious for being a source of numerous creaks and rattles. Liftgate and subframe are next most common.

Agreed. It's just glass, it's not structural.