High pitched sound from HVAC, is this something service will address?

[acarney]

I’ve had my Model Y for about 16 months and just about 6,500 miles. My HVAC has always made a high pitched sound that comes and goes at low fan speeds, but now it’s really noticeable. It also seems to be far more noticeable in cold weather, but that might be also that I tend to precondition more and thus by the time I get in the car the fan is on a lower speed.

Is this first something that Tesla will cover under warranty? Second, is this something that mobile service could likely fix?

 

[Lipper]

Sounds like a pump issue

 

[240vPlug]

Sounds like a bearing failure but im definitely not an expert on this. I would try to schedule a mobile service through the app and see what they say.

 

[acarney]

Sounds like a bearing failure but im definitely not an expert on this. I would try to schedule a mobile service through the app and see what they say.

I've thought it was a bearing failure on the blower fan too...

Was hoping someone had this issue before and could let me know if it was something mobile service might be able to do. Sometimes the app is a little tricky and they like to default stuff to onsite (which I'm 2 hours away from)

 

[240vPlug]

Two hours…ouch. I totally understand your concern there.

I haven’t seen this before. If it were me i would schedule the service asap. If it is the bearing and it does fail you will be without climate control until you can get a service appt.

 

[acarney]

Two hours…ouch. I totally understand your concern there.

I haven’t seen this before. If it were me i would schedule the service asap. If it is the bearing and it does fail you will be without climate control until you can get a service appt.

Oh I didn't even think about that part... guess I'll give mobile service and the app a go...

Wonder if I can upload videos to the app, I doubt a picture would help much in this case, lol

 

[agokhale]

Hey @acarney wondering if you had any resolution to this through your service center?

 

[acarney]

Hey @acarney wondering if you had any resolution to this through your service center?

I haven't addressed it yet. Some family medical issues came up which have been keeping me busy and as winter got colder the system ran at higher fan speeds so I didn't notice it.

I probably won't be able to have it addressed until the fall...

 

[Gurnkiller]

Hey @acarney ! Hope your family is doing ok.

Checking in here because I have the same issue, same sound. Only when the heat is on (which I just started using this week). Wanted to revive this post to see if there have been any updates/progress.

 

[Kade Anderson]

@acarney did you ever get this figured out ? I’m having what sounds like the same problem. Please let me know

 

[acarney]

Ended up trading in the vehicle for a Performance Y before the end of summer… so unfortunately no first hand experience if Tesla would have fixed this.