fasteddie7
Active Member
Tesla service said they would look into it as my car makes the same noise, and they would get back to me, but it's been about a week and I haven't heard whether I should wait until my annual service or get it fixed now.
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⚡️ELECTROMAN⚡️
Village Idiot
When do hear the noise? I only hear it when I'm outside the car after I plug it in. Is it not supposed to make any noise at all when the louvres are opening and closing?
fasteddie7
Active Member
I thought it was normal also, apparently that is not the case. When I park and plug in, a few seconds later I hear it.
randycandy
Member
I have a servicing appointment here in Seattle to address this on 16 February. They had to order replacement parts from Fremont that took a liitle over a month to arrive. I sent them a video of the groaning noise last month, and they knew what to order based on the video I sent.
⚡️ELECTROMAN⚡️
Village Idiot
I heard it today a couple of times. It does kind of sound like a grinding noise. The noise itself doesn't bother me, but I wonder if it could be a reliability issue down the line.
randycandy
Member
I picked up my car from the Seattle service center today. They performed an "active louvre retrofit," and the groaning noise is now gone!
fasteddie7
Active Member
I just went to the service center for my 12,500 service. They modified the louvre and the noise has stopped. Now if I can figure out how I blew through the tread on the two rear tires and had to replace them I'll be good lol.
I'm really interested in what the normal noise on this should be. My car is a few weeks old and whenever I unlock the car or plug in, the louvres open and close. It's definitely not silent, but I'm not sure that it's a grinding per se.
From this thread, along with others, and a number of videos online, it seems like this is a normal operating noise and the line between normal and broken/bad lovure is very slim.
From this thread, along with others, and a number of videos online, it seems like this is a normal operating noise and the line between normal and broken/bad lovure is very slim.
Joe F
Disruption is hard.
It is not normal if it sounds anything like what I (mistakenly) thought was related to mirror movement, video in post #8.
Normal is silent.
Also see video in post #14 where it was properly diagnosed.
Normal is silent.
Also see video in post #14 where it was properly diagnosed.
⚡️ELECTROMAN⚡️
Village Idiot
My service center worked on mine a few weeks ago. They still make noise, but are definitely quieter than before. They still don't sound quite right, though. Hopefully they're 100% fixed.
My December 2016 S90D had the louver noise when starting up. The SC took care of it when I had other work done in early February and I haven't heard them make a sound since. I'll have to really pay attention to see if there's any noise these days.
Joe F
Disruption is hard.
I have not taken it in to be fixed yet, so no, mine is still very loud.
Okay, not silent, it's a moving part and a solenoid moving it, but it should not make a loud sound at all. At least not loud enough that you feel something's broken...
hybridbear
Active Member
My Service Center told me that the noise is normal. They said that sand & dirt gets in the louvers and causes the noise. They told me to be sure to spray the hose through that opening when washing the car to clean out the dirt that gets in there to prevent the noise from happening. I only every heard the noise when cold enough that the car was heating the HVB when plugging it in. I haven't heard it in months since the temperature started warming up.
Joe F
Disruption is hard.
Your Service Center is mistaken, IMHO. My NEW car picked up year end '16 did it right off the car carrier, unless they're suggesting enough debris managed to lodge in there during the cross country trip.
Funny how the noise is hardly noticeable now that it's warmer. Must have "cleaned" itself...
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