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front motor whine around 60mph model Y
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Get it booked in for the SC to investigate. Our Y doesn’t make any unusual noises.
I thought a soft clunk every time I stopped and started in traffic was odd until I realised it was the brake switching on and off.
I thought a soft clunk every time I stopped and started in traffic was odd until I realised it was the brake switching on and off.
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Motor whine
I'm 3000 miles in to M3P ownership, and I could swear the motor (not sure if it's front or back) is whining more than it used to. It's a high pitched whine - under part throttle, it's intermittent like a square wave form, and becomes steady under heavier acceleration. I assume this is just the...
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Thanks for sharing. I must admit I like the soft whine of the motors under acceleration. Perhaps OP is experiencing something noisier as his Y will be very low mileage?
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Following. Have just made a SC appointment for a high pitch whine on our Y too.
Didn’t do it new. 1100 miles in and around 70- 80% throttle it’s like there’s a dentist drill in the car with you.
Will report back what they say. I can drown it out with music until they look at it though.
Didn’t do it new. 1100 miles in and around 70- 80% throttle it’s like there’s a dentist drill in the car with you.
Will report back what they say. I can drown it out with music until they look at it though.
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Ours did it when new - loud whine like a dentists drill getting louder the faster you got.. nothing like the noises the 3 made and louder than the road noise at 70.
After a few hundred miles on the motorway (it's still cold, haven't really had anywhere to go yet) it's a lot lower volume and appears to be getting better on each drive, so I cancelled the SC appointment - some part or other wearing in I think.
Some in the US forums have suggested a grounding strap might need tightening, so if it doesn't go away completely there's still the option of chasing it.
TBH I'm somewhat disappointed - thought the build quality had got better but I've so far had booming from a poorly adjusted rear door, pressure wave issues still not resolved, and a dentist drill noise. All my 3 did was rattle all its life..
After a few hundred miles on the motorway (it's still cold, haven't really had anywhere to go yet) it's a lot lower volume and appears to be getting better on each drive, so I cancelled the SC appointment - some part or other wearing in I think.
Some in the US forums have suggested a grounding strap might need tightening, so if it doesn't go away completely there's still the option of chasing it.
TBH I'm somewhat disappointed - thought the build quality had got better but I've so far had booming from a poorly adjusted rear door, pressure wave issues still not resolved, and a dentist drill noise. All my 3 did was rattle all its life..
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We have two Model 3s and a Y. The Y has amore noticeable whine than the 3s but it doesn't bother us. Overall the Y is quieter I'd say so maybe that's why we can hear the motor(s) more.
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I had a loan 2017 MX for 5 days while the SC did some stuff for me and when I got back into our MY the Y was noticeably quieter. We don’t have any high motor noise like some have mentioned in our MY - 400 miles. We have a 1k road trip this Friday so I’ll check in here if anything crops up.
Sounds like you don't have it.. if you hear the dentists drill you and your passengers won't be able to miss it. It's not something you have to listen for.
You'll hear a high pitched noise it the motor is used to heat the battery, but you said that was not it. Otherwise, in normal driving only the rear is used. The front is used in hard accelerations. Otherwise, if the car detects slippage (snow, ice etc) it will use the front even for gentle acceleration and even for regen for a while. When the front motor is used, you'll hear it. That is all normal.
Are you saying the front motor makes the high pitch noise people are describing here and that this is normal? If so, what makes you say that?
Normal motor whine is not what people are describing here.
Maybe I’m not reading your comment correctly, but I’ve read this noise can be front or rear and can either be a seal, a strap or a sign that the drive unit is failing.
I cannot tell if someone in this thread has a mechanical problem. What I'm saying is that in "normal" driving the front motor doesn't even get used at all. It's free spinning. It doesn't make any noise. In some situations where the car actually needs to use the front motor (harder acceleration, or gentle acceleration after detecting slipping, or sometimes regen, you'll hear some noise from that engine. When it is used, there's a high-pitched sound from it and that sound is normal. The front motor can also be used to precondition the battery while driving to as supercharger, not by generating thrust but by generating heat by using the inverter in a non-efficient way, and that also produces a high-pitched noise that can be heard. All of this is normal.
EDIT/NOTE: if you removed the read seats, you would also hear the rear engine and it has a high-pitched sound.
EDIT 2: The OP said "more so under load", which makes me think that the front motor gets used at that time, making noise.
EDIT/NOTE: if you removed the read seats, you would also hear the rear engine and it has a high-pitched sound.
EDIT 2: The OP said "more so under load", which makes me think that the front motor gets used at that time, making noise.
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