Draft through small triangular window next to side view mirrors

[mcfadyena]

Congrats on the car! Unfortunate to know that they haven't addressed this...seems to me it was a poorly engineered aspect of the car.

Mine is going in this weekend to fix the draft - feeling it at the triangle portion of the window, as well as where the door hinges at the driver's side. Draft also coming in the passenger door. Car was delivered Dec. 20, so the draft issues hasn't been address yet at the factory level.

And when the temperature is as cold as it has been lately, it really brings the cabin temperature down!

Will update when I can.

 

[Quibbs]

I had this same issue when I first got my car. Called Tesla and they sent a ranger out who fixed the drivers side triangular window, did a proactive fix on the B pillar and chrome strip around the windows (exterior) as well as a service bulletin for the glass roof. This was a few months ago and everything that was making noise stopped and nothing else has cropped up.

 

[bhuwan]

Anyone know what the fix is for this issue? Is there a Bulletin #?I asked Tesla to fix it and they said "Working as design" - wtf? How can yo even test that when it's 90 degrees out ;-)

 

[lloyds]

I had the same issue. They replaced my rubber trim and all is well.

 

[bhuwan]

Hopefully someone from tesla is reading these forums.

 

[Lon12]

Is there a newer thread about this or is it fixed? I'm getting the cold air leak at high speeds with the cabin fan on low. Definitely a differential pressure problem. Fast airspeed with low fan settings results in lots of cold air. The weather stripping seems to have a very "soft" spot in it.

 

[tomp]

I had this issue (I noticed it when a bit of water came thru during a car wash). The service center repositioned the little window to fix it.

 

[bhuwan]

Hate to say it but this is not fixed and probably never will. I drove in my friends car - p90DL dec 2015 - and it has the same issue.

 

[jerry33]

I had this problem when I first got the car. The SC fixed it and it's been fine ever since.

 

[ecarfan]

Hate to say it but this is not fixed and probably never will.

That's quite a statement. As others have posted, it is fixable. It's an adjustment or a seal replacement. I had some driver side wind noise in my Dec. 2013 S and my service center fixed it.

 

[bhuwan]

That's quite a statement. As others have posted, it is fixable. It's an adjustment or a seal replacement. I had some driver side wind noise in my Dec. 2013 S and my service center fixed it.

Trust me - I've gone through every motion possible to resolve this issue on my May 2013 car (reseat weather, new design weather, reseat new weather, foam, etc)

More data: I am in a Dec 2015 car here in the west coast (temporarily, friends car) and it has exactly the same issue.

The draft is always going to be there. It's less severe than when I first got my
2013 car- but it's still there and quite noticeable to me.

 

[dsm363]

I'm having a lot of cold air leak from the top of the driver's side window so will get that checked out. It seems to be from the top of the window instead of the small corner one.

 

[green1]

I had the triangle air leak, but Vancouver service fixed it... of course they fixed it wrong, so while the draft went away, the wind noise increased significantly, a ranger then fixed that and it's much nicer now.

 

[Lon12]

So how did they fix it?

 

[Muzzman1]

I would like to know how it was fixed as well. I have the service center "fix" mine as well when in actuality, it is still the same, making noise and leaking cold air.

 

[pgh70D]

Today I noticed that I have this issue on my 3 week old 70D. I had noticed kind of a lot of wind noise coming from the triangle whenever I got over 60mph or so, which didn't bother me much but today was my first extended highway drive in cold weather where I could feel the draft as well.

 

[jerry33]

So how did they fix it?

They remove the side panel and there are adjustments for that window. When it's correct, you can put a dollar bill between the two window parts and it will be very hard to pull out.

 

[green1]

So how did they fix it?

In my case the service centre installed a new seal at the bottom of the triangle window, but they didn't wrap it correctly around the window, the ranger fixed that.

 

[jeffro01]

I noticed today that my drivers side triangle window is leaking air as well. My wife says her side seems to be "okay" so when my car is in for the passenger seatbelt replacement\center console install I'll ask them to look at that drivers triangle window as well. It's not a bad draft but I can feel cold air coming in at highway speeds which I don't think is normal.

Jeff