has anyone else had a loud high pitched whistle or whirling sound at around 70 KPH and above? It’s much louder than normal sounds the car makes, and it’s not under heavy acceleration or anything like that. It fluctuates when accelerating or regen braking as well, kind of gets quieter when maintaining a speed and louder when accelerating or regening. Anyone heard this, any ideas?
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High pitch loud whirling sound at 70 KPH
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Jeff Hudson
Lovin the Tesla Life
Make an appointment and let a Tesla professional listen to it. Do you have a dual motor? Can you detect which end the sound is coming from? That speed is only approximately 45 mph. You could also try different road surfaces in order to gather more information. Take your car to a newly paved road and hear what happens. Make sure your tires are inflated properly.
Camera-Cruiser
Fully Charged
Yup. I had a service appointment, but missed it. Ugh. My wife and I find it annoying to very annoying because even with the radio on, it is fatiguing. That and the fan for the HVAC on the driver side is starting to drone.
So off to service it is.
Seems to happen any road, I have RWD and it’s defiantly coming from the rear, and the sound modulates with the accelerator. Tires are good, just put on winters, but the sound was there with the factory tires as well.
I booked an appointment for 28 Dec, they asked me to record the sound and send it to them ahead of time, so I guess I’ll try that and see what they come up with.
Jeff Hudson
Lovin the Tesla Life
When my 2015 Model S developed a whining noise I put my cellphone app on record and placed it in the rear footwell to provide evidence. I never needed to produce the recording though because the Tesla service specialist could hear the noise well enough to put the order in for a new drive motor assembly. It bears mentioning that the early Model S had this as a well documented problem. This would be the first I've heard of a motor noise problem in the Model 3 but there is always a first. I have no doubt Tesla will make it right for you but if it is a normal sound they will gladly demonstrate the same sound in other Model 3's. Hopefully you are not too sensitive to the frequency of the whine. Without the benefit of hearing the noise first hand and since you can hear it at 45 mph I would guess it is tire noise both with the original tires and your new winter tires. I hope you installed a full set of winter tires and not just winter tires on the driven wheels because that is not recommended due to the driving dynamic problems that presents.
In my Model 3 Performance, when I concentrate and listen, there is a detectable motor noise from stop to about 10 mph without using any throttle and then the tire noise becomes predominant. Since you are hearing this noise at 45 mph try to concentrate on following the noise all the way from a stop up to a set speed and back to a stop and take notes. Repeatedly use the newest road surface you can find near you.
I think you will be surprised at what the recording reveals, e.g., tire noise is virtually unnoticeable until 10 mph while motor noise should present below 10 mph.
ℬête Noire
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Did you happen to have the back seats down? I've gotten the car quiet enough I can notice some motor whine but I can't make out the rear drive unless I've got the seats down. Maybe I don't notice the rear normally though because the front, even as soft as I find it, is masking any sound from the rear drive unit?
Fortunately I've no problem with that particular frequency and volume level of my car, it's even grown on me a little. With one caveat; I would quickly go batty driving at a constant 82 MPH because at exactly that speed there's some sort of harmonic happening on my car with the drivetrain and the noise defeat Tesla engineered that creates a slow loud-soft oscillation of the motor whine that sounds sort of like an electronic "beeping".
Others have reported that but the speed they report it at varies. So clearly there's some variance between vehicles in sounds created.
Fortunately I've no problem with that particular frequency and volume level of my car, it's even grown on me a little. With one caveat; I would quickly go batty driving at a constant 82 MPH because at exactly that speed there's some sort of harmonic happening on my car with the drivetrain and the noise defeat Tesla engineered that creates a slow loud-soft oscillation of the motor whine that sounds sort of like an electronic "beeping".
Others have reported that but the speed they report it at varies. So clearly there's some variance between vehicles in sounds created.
