Just took delivery M3RWD, humming sound when the car is parked at home - normal?

[theocguy]

EDIT: Sorry for the typo on the title - I should have my reading glasses on before I post msg. haha

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Hi,

Just took delivery today. Absolutely happy with the car. Either I am lucky to have a good quality of car or I am not picky. I thought the car I got does not have much of the problems like other mentioned, and as, there are some slightly misaligned but I don’t think they are too big deal.

However, I can hear some low humming sound coming from the front of the car when I sit in the driver side and the car is parked. Screen is on but I don’t have the music turned on. So, is this humming sound normal?

 

[MrFusion4]

humping...sound? did i read that correctly?

 

[tm1v2]

Shoe away the animals.

More seriously, these cars make a lot of distinct sounds from who-knows-what as they sit parked, as they actively cool down, go to sleep, wake up, preheat, etc...lots of noises, and not just fans. Nothing should be crazy loud or "whoa-is-this-broken?" sounding though.

Our old OG Model S has an almost entirely different set of sounds it makes, compared to our Model 3 with heat pump. It's all normal. Usually. Except when it's not.

If you can capture an audio track of the sound we can all chime in on whether our cars make it too. I haven't thought of "humping" for any of the sounds our Model 3 makes but I'm guessing your sound is normal nonetheless.

Note I would expect heatpump/octovalve and pre-heatpump Model 3's to make different sounds, at least from their heating and cooling systems.

 

[Tam]

...humping sound...

I hope this is a typo. The humping sound is the noise animals make when they have sex. Humming sound on the other hand does not have to be related to sex. That means the car does not need to "hump" with another car in order to make a humming sound.

As @tm1v2 mentioned, your can make noises (non-sexual sound) as expected while the car appears shutdown, asleep...

 

[jjrandorin]

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Thread title changed from what appeared to be a typo, to "humming sound" from the description in the OP)

 

[theocguy]

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Thread title changed from what appeared to be a typo, to "humming sound" from the description in the OP)

thanks

 

[datoda]

Haha. This brings back warm fuzzy memory from when I just got my Tesla I almost lived in my garage to record every sound it made, wondering if it was normal or not. I don't recall doing that for my first baby.

 

[Nikooo777]

turn off climate, that should quiet down most of the noise.

Some noise is expected, however once the car is locked and has been "off" for a few minutes you shouldn't hear anything else

 

[theocguy]

turn off climate, that should quiet down most of the noise.

Some noise is expected, however once the car is locked and has been "off" for a few minutes you shouldn't hear anything else

Possible because the car was ‘on’ as I was in the driver side but door was open, screen was on.

 

[OldPro]

EDIT: Sorry for the typo on the title - I should have my reading glasses on before I post msg. haha

Edit the content in below as well...

Hi,

Just took delivery today. Absolutely happy with the car. Either I am lucky to have a good quality of car or I am not picky. I thought the car I got does not have much of the problems like other mentioned, and as, there are some slightly misaligned but I don’t think they are too big deal.

However, I can hear some low humming sound coming from the front of the car when I sit in the driver side and the car is parked. Screen is on but I don’t have the music turned on. So, is this humming sound normal?

Our 2018 M3 Long Rang RWD makes all kind of interesting noises when parked. Kind of entertaining!

 

[Mattopotamus]

Totally normal. Tesla's make some weird ass noises.

 

[OldPro]

turn off climate, that should quiet down most of the noise.

Some noise is expected, however once the car is locked and has been "off" for a few minutes you shouldn't hear anything else

I sit in my garage most evenings having a cold one and a smoke, my wife's M3 makes all kinds of noises when off and locked. "What's the muffled sound coming from the trunk?"