Hey all, my 2016.5 Model S is at about the 6 year mark, and everything has been relatively good two years out of warranty. Recently however, I would occasionally hear a scraping sound, when going forward or reverse, even when slowly, but would often disappear when going faster.
It turns out to be some sort of plastic underbody trim piece that has about a 6" length broken free on one end. It is pliable, but stiff enough that the loose end mostly hangs down just a few inches, but occasionally bends where it can scrape the ground, making the horrible sound. This photo is from between the two passenger wheels, looking back towards the rear. But the daylight on the right is where the door and sill come down under the car, the trim piece, is about 1.5" wide, running I think the whole length from wheel to wheel, has some alternating ribbed areas and flat areas. I think the large flat round things are either plastic pegs/fasteners, or covers for fasteners, where there is a large hole to pass through the trim piece. This one in the pic is intact, but one of these round things further back I think is missing, the long trim piece may have broken there to allow the 6" piece of it to hang down.
Not knowing what it's for, I'm hesitant to cut the dangling 6" piece off, even though it's clearly not doing what it is supposed to. Anyone know what the name or number of the part is, so I can try to order a replacement from Service? And if the flat round things are re-usable once removed, or should I order some number of those for re-attachment?
It turns out to be some sort of plastic underbody trim piece that has about a 6" length broken free on one end. It is pliable, but stiff enough that the loose end mostly hangs down just a few inches, but occasionally bends where it can scrape the ground, making the horrible sound. This photo is from between the two passenger wheels, looking back towards the rear. But the daylight on the right is where the door and sill come down under the car, the trim piece, is about 1.5" wide, running I think the whole length from wheel to wheel, has some alternating ribbed areas and flat areas. I think the large flat round things are either plastic pegs/fasteners, or covers for fasteners, where there is a large hole to pass through the trim piece. This one in the pic is intact, but one of these round things further back I think is missing, the long trim piece may have broken there to allow the 6" piece of it to hang down.
Not knowing what it's for, I'm hesitant to cut the dangling 6" piece off, even though it's clearly not doing what it is supposed to. Anyone know what the name or number of the part is, so I can try to order a replacement from Service? And if the flat round things are re-usable once removed, or should I order some number of those for re-attachment?
