Do you have shudder on hard acceleration? AKA death rattle?

[Kazkorp]

Any idea what the cost of this service bulletin SB-21-39-001 is for people out of warranty?

 

[Jamojones]

Any idea what the cost of this service bulletin SB-21-39-001 is for people out of warranty?

Sorry, no idea

 

[Kazkorp]

$2,000

 

[Huachipato]

$2,000

Is that for just the half shafts and possibly the clevis or is there more to that quote? I'm re-looking at the twitter quote and I guess those with Raven front ends might have a cheaper repair as it says to just reposition the clevis but it's listed as a part for the front "Small Drive Units" vehicles.

 

[dmicah]

It's been a minnit. Has anyone validated that SB-21-39-001 offers new and improved parts that (relatively) permanently fix the problem? I'm at the beginning of experiencing this issue.

 

[Ketchups]

Any idea what the cost of this service bulletin SB-21-39-001 is for people out of warranty?

View attachment 863533Just share this with them. Specifically the billing for SB-21-39-001 part.

If you've brought up this concern before, there should be no charge.

 

[Ketchups]

wanted to post a picture of the updated vs. the old clevis mount. Looks a little more robust, doesn't it? Some engineer has definitely put some effort in trying to fix the issue.
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It's been a minnit. Has anyone validated that SB-21-39-001 offers new and improved parts that (relatively) permanently fix the problem? I'm at the beginning of experiencing this issue.

The updated parts do make a notable difference. It won't be permanent as all bushings do fail over time.

 

[GammaDelta]

There

Any idea what the cost of this service bulletin SB-21-39-001 is for people out of warranty?

There are other threads on this, but this is the first one that came up for me in my searches. Tesla has this as $350 flat rate now.

 

[acoburn73]

There

There are other threads on this, but this is the first one that came up for me in my searches. Tesla has this as $350 flat rate now.

Good luck getting the center to only charge $350. I'm fighting with one of my local centers right now.

 

[sorka]

It's not out of warranty I'd the problem was documented before the warranty expired and wasn't fixed.

 

[sorka]

Sorry for the typos. Was bashing that out on a phone this morning doing 5 other things at once.

 

[dmicah]

In my experience, the key was pointing the service team towards SB-21-39-001 part. I think there's an explanation in there somewhere.

 

[acoburn73]

In my experience, the key was pointing the service team towards SB-21-39-001 part. I think there's an explanation in there somewhere.

I did that the first service request, and even included the TSB PDF in the request. The service "manager" simply said "no". But now providing two examples of other owners' invoices this year, and a link to this forum thread worked.

 

[JustMeHere]

Shame the Op poll didn't include coil cars

Does this problem also affect non air suspension cars?

Looking to buy a 2015-2018 Ms, would be good to know

 

[Huachipato]

I think they are considered. There has always been the performance version of the Model S. It hasn't always been called "performance" but the version was always noted in one way or another.

For the death rattle, the suspension doesn't seem to be the factor that is causing the issue. Therefore there is no need to make a distinction between air and regular suspensions. I could be wrong on this point but most of the issues seem to be related to the half shafts and how the front motor is anchor to the frame.

 

[JustMeHere]

OK, I thought the possibility to raise the suspension together with fast acceleration contribute to the steeper angle of the drive shafts

In which case coils might allow for less steep angles (?)