Drive Unit Replacement Poll

[byan1232]

Hey guys so I took delivery mid March 3/14 and it's only been 2 weeks. I am hearing the high pitched mosquito sound when accelerating. Even with my music turned up to 4 I still hear the high pitched sound. Is this a DU issue?

I don't hear it on the highway because I think the wind blocks out the sound.

 

[Solarwind]

No drive units, two axels replaced 27K miles #64///

 

[docrice]

Hey guys so I took delivery mid March 3/14 and it's only been 2 weeks. I am hearing the high pitched mosquito sound when accelerating. Even with my music turned up to 4 I still hear the high pitched sound. Is this a DU issue?

Does it sound like this?

 

[byan1232]

@docrice i looked at that thread already however the noise my car makes isn't that. It's more of like a high pitched mosquito noise.

sounds like the beginning of this video.

 

[Johann Koeber]

Got my second DU on my 2 year old MS. It had been making the noise for quite some time, but I wanted to wait for the new and improved DU that is to last 1 million miles.

I now have better than 140,000 km on the car and it drives like new, actually better because of the over the air updates.

 

[Rancho Gulag]

Drive Unit replaced at 34,000 miles
2014 MS 85
#32,693
According to the service tech the fix is out in beta testing. Since this is a design flaw, I expect that replacement will be necessary until the new version come out.

 

[yak-55]

Drive Unit replaced at 34,000 miles
2014 MS 85
#32,693
According to the service tech the fix is out in beta testing. Since this is a design flaw, I expect that replacement will be necessary until the new version come out.

Haha. Good one. In fact, the whole car is out in beta testing ...

 

[Rancho Gulag]

Haha. Good one. In fact, the whole car is out in beta testing ...

Car goes well with my computer which runs Windows 2.10

 

[SFOTurtle]

MS 60 delivered Feb 2013 with 40k miles: zero DU replacements

MS85 delivered March 2014 with 20k miles: zero DU replacements

 

[neroden]

Model S 85 delivered Feb 2013. (First) drive unit replacement in Feb 2016. I now have the "Q" revision.

I believe there was at least one (maybe more) design flaw in earlier drive unit revisions which has now been addressed. Has anyone with the "Q" drive unit had a replacement?

 

[JRP3]

New Model S 85 delivered Feb 2013. (First) drive unit replacement in Feb 2016. I now have the "Q" revision.

How many miles before the replacement?

 

[neroden]

How many miles before the replacement?

About 25,600.

The noise ("milling" or "cicada") developed over time over the course of a year or two. I waited to tell them about it until the most recent annual service. I figured the longer I waited the more likely Tesla would have a permanent fix ready.

When the drivetrain issues first appeared, I calculated what it would cost for Tesla to replace absolutely everyone's drivetrain, and I realized it was financially immaterial. So it was just a question of when/whether they'd have all the bugs permanently fixed.

This is a good example of why Tesla needed to build a car with a high profit margin initially, before they could build Model 3, in order to work the bugs out. Replacing all the drivetrains on a lower-margin car could be a financial problem. Replacing them on 50,000 Model S is within their budget.

 

[Cyclone]

That makes it two in 50K miles

I got my 2nd replacement after just under 15k miles. Still under 50k over. Hopefully this 3rd drive unit holds up better.

Hmm, my most recent DU replacement was 1002633-00-N ... I take it that's not as desirable?

This was what I received in Aug 2015.

My replacement was a part #1002633-00-Q, so it looks like revision Q has been the latest for a while? Anybody get a drive unit with revision R or later yet?

I got a Q for this replacement in June 2016.

 

[tdjvfr]

I had my annual service performed recently and was told they replaced my drive unit.
2012 21k miles.

"Confirmed noise from withing rear drive unit. Recording gathered and uploaded.
Proceeded to replace rear drive unit".

I didn't even realize I had an issue. Are they just being proactive?

 

[Electroman]

What happens after they reach Z? That thought is scary.

 

[ohmman]

What happens after they reach Z? That thought is scary.

AA.

 

[Cyclone]

AA.

 

[idoco]

2013 with 50k miles. Original DU replaced proactively while having annual service (Q assembly).

 

[neroden]

The Q revision has been out since at least Feburary and appears to have fixed all the problems. My guess is that Tesla are now proactively replacing all pre-Q drivetrains which haven't already been replaced.

 

[Lump]

The Q revision has been out since at least Feburary and appears to have fixed all the problems. My guess is that Tesla are now proactively replacing all pre-Q drivetrains which haven't already been replaced.

No, My second DU has the milling noise & its getting louder, I have been asking for a replacement but I have been denied, I guess I am supposed to be annoyed everytime I drive the car until someone at Tesla finally approves a swap...I need to wait until I am outside of acceptable specs (whatever the hell that means).