For the longest time I thought the way my 90D accelerated was normal (on heavy acceleration the car would shudder a little bit) and that the noise in the interior cabin was expected (a turbine type whine). However right before my 50,000 mile mark (where I would lose my warranty) I began to notice a sort of grinding sound that seemed to localize to the front of the car near the middle. Wasn't always reproducible but quite noticeable when it did happen.
So I took it to the dealer to evaluate right away because I didn't know if I would have to pay out of pocket once I hit 50k (ended up at the dealer at 49,950 miles).
Fortunate for me the tech was able to reproduce the sound later (I took one on a test drive and wasn't able to recreate it). Picked up my car the next day and they told me that they replaced both the left and right half shaft.
I will tell you that the way the car drives now is night and day difference. The acceleration (hard or regular) is silky smooth (much like a golf cart now) and there has been a noticeable reduction in the engine turbine whine in the interior cabin (my loaner was a RWD Tesla and when I was driving it I was impressed with how much quieter the cabin was compared to my car originally, but now the gap is much smaller).
I am curious to know if this issue is still considered part of the drivetrain and regardless of the 50k mile mark would have been covered under the 8 yr/unlimited mile warranty. Because of the amount of miles I put (the car is just over 2 yrs old) I didn't feel it was worthwhile to pay for an extended warranty and hopefully that doesn't bite me later.
On another note, I had complained to the tech that the music streaming is so much worse than when I first got the car, with almost every song taking time to load or even worse have a load error pop up. He said that it is a known Tesla issue and will have to be a software update and there is no hardware fix. I am not sure what they did but every song I play now pops up right away and immediately starts playing, basically the way it was when I first got the car. They didn't put any mention of repairing anything etc on the invoice ticket.
The last thing for those who have put a clear body wrap film on your car (I had Xpel full body wrap placed the day I got the car new) but I had noticed that one of my sonar sensors (front passenger) was no longer functioning well (the "white/yellow/red whiskers" seen on the dash would never come on that side. Thought it was hardware issue. Tech tested it and then said there was film over sensor which was removed and now it is engaging properly.
On a side note for my loaner I got a Signature Red Model S which I am about to do a separate post about my thoughts on that.
So I took it to the dealer to evaluate right away because I didn't know if I would have to pay out of pocket once I hit 50k (ended up at the dealer at 49,950 miles).
Fortunate for me the tech was able to reproduce the sound later (I took one on a test drive and wasn't able to recreate it). Picked up my car the next day and they told me that they replaced both the left and right half shaft.
I will tell you that the way the car drives now is night and day difference. The acceleration (hard or regular) is silky smooth (much like a golf cart now) and there has been a noticeable reduction in the engine turbine whine in the interior cabin (my loaner was a RWD Tesla and when I was driving it I was impressed with how much quieter the cabin was compared to my car originally, but now the gap is much smaller).
I am curious to know if this issue is still considered part of the drivetrain and regardless of the 50k mile mark would have been covered under the 8 yr/unlimited mile warranty. Because of the amount of miles I put (the car is just over 2 yrs old) I didn't feel it was worthwhile to pay for an extended warranty and hopefully that doesn't bite me later.
On another note, I had complained to the tech that the music streaming is so much worse than when I first got the car, with almost every song taking time to load or even worse have a load error pop up. He said that it is a known Tesla issue and will have to be a software update and there is no hardware fix. I am not sure what they did but every song I play now pops up right away and immediately starts playing, basically the way it was when I first got the car. They didn't put any mention of repairing anything etc on the invoice ticket.
The last thing for those who have put a clear body wrap film on your car (I had Xpel full body wrap placed the day I got the car new) but I had noticed that one of my sonar sensors (front passenger) was no longer functioning well (the "white/yellow/red whiskers" seen on the dash would never come on that side. Thought it was hardware issue. Tech tested it and then said there was film over sensor which was removed and now it is engaging properly.
On a side note for my loaner I got a Signature Red Model S which I am about to do a separate post about my thoughts on that.
