Does your Model S scrape on speed bumps?

[bbmertz]

Speed bumps? Never.

Steep driveways and parking garage ramps? Occasionally.

+1. I rarely raise the suspension for speed bumps, but usually need to for steep driveways.

 

[Cattledog]

Scrapes on our driveway if not raised to high. Has bent the chromed U-shaped piece a couple times. Over $800 to replace. Or, since it's chromed plastic, a hair dryer for 10 minutes and a car jack to hold it back in place while it cools have made for a homemade, but not awful, repair.

 

[wts13]

Anyone with standard suspension able to comment on scraping or lack thereof?

 

[webguy]

Been "over" a few different types of bumps and had no problems so far, though I've been very careful. We have a lot of hills and sharp changes here in Seattle, as well.

 

[BcHoward]

My 2020 (November 2019 build) Model S scraped badly yesterday on a speed bump I have gone over many times in a 2016 Model S and in this same car before the suspension update. I was going very slowly. The recommended Low position for the suspension is too low for at least one speed bump so I will take a look at it and change it. Could I program it to raise at that location? Shouldn't the car do that automatically?

 

[AustinP]

My 2020 (November 2019 build) Model S scraped badly yesterday on a speed bump I have gone over many times in a 2016 Model S and in this same car before the suspension update. I was going very slowly. The recommended Low position for the suspension is too low for at least one speed bump so I will take a look at it and change it. Could I program it to raise at that location? Shouldn't the car do that automatically?

With the new logic in the recent updates, when you change the height at a location, you need to additionally ask to remember it (choice on the screen)

 

[BcHoward]

This was totally my fault about my 2020 S scraping that speed bump. When I later checked my Suspension settings, I realized that I had selected the ride height to always be on Low. So I removed the default to always Low and changed it to something else. I just drove over that same speed bump yesterday and it didn't hit it. I'm so glad it was just human error instead of the car.