Hopefully this post will help any of my fellow new Model Y owners...
Just picked up my new MY AWD LR 19" a couple days ago. Something was bothering me. There's this aggresive "base" sound inside the cabin when I go over any kind of uneven road. It was completely ruining my new car experience! After some research into it, I think the most likely cause is "Buffeting" noise from the boot hatch. Here's another post on the topic, with an interesting YouTube video for Model S owners. Model Y Buffeting
Note - I was also wondering if it was my choice of 19's over the 20's wheels, but I don't feel I can afford to run that experiement.
Also Note - I did NOT have this issue with my 2020 Model 3 at all, which furthers my suspicions as to this being the cause because most of the M3 hatch is isolated from the main cabin
I also happen to be quite ill at the moment which has caused my sinuses to be blocked / ears to be unequalised. I can't tell if this is amplifying the issue, or even if it's the only reason I can detect it in the first place. Therefore I've taken it upon myself to try to fix it while i'm unwell.
I took a small cup of water with fairy liquid in it. Dab that liquid with some tissue onto all 4 of the adjustable contact points of the rear hatch. If you see a full circle on the opposing contact points after having closed+opened the hatch, then you have full contact!
Note: i did NOT have full contact out of the factory. I had only partial contact on at least one of the points.
I made it my goal to achieve full contact whilst being as far out as possible. This was just my educated guess, but if anyone out there has a better methodology, please let me know.
Now that I have done all of this, my experience feels much better, though I am not convinced i have eliminated the issue entirely. Please share you're experiences if you can, am I missing something? Do you even detect the issue at all? Will the 20's resolve my issue? My wife says she can't even hear what I'm on about!!
Just picked up my new MY AWD LR 19" a couple days ago. Something was bothering me. There's this aggresive "base" sound inside the cabin when I go over any kind of uneven road. It was completely ruining my new car experience! After some research into it, I think the most likely cause is "Buffeting" noise from the boot hatch. Here's another post on the topic, with an interesting YouTube video for Model S owners. Model Y Buffeting
Note - I was also wondering if it was my choice of 19's over the 20's wheels, but I don't feel I can afford to run that experiement.
Also Note - I did NOT have this issue with my 2020 Model 3 at all, which furthers my suspicions as to this being the cause because most of the M3 hatch is isolated from the main cabin
I also happen to be quite ill at the moment which has caused my sinuses to be blocked / ears to be unequalised. I can't tell if this is amplifying the issue, or even if it's the only reason I can detect it in the first place. Therefore I've taken it upon myself to try to fix it while i'm unwell.
I took a small cup of water with fairy liquid in it. Dab that liquid with some tissue onto all 4 of the adjustable contact points of the rear hatch. If you see a full circle on the opposing contact points after having closed+opened the hatch, then you have full contact!
Note: i did NOT have full contact out of the factory. I had only partial contact on at least one of the points.
I made it my goal to achieve full contact whilst being as far out as possible. This was just my educated guess, but if anyone out there has a better methodology, please let me know.
Now that I have done all of this, my experience feels much better, though I am not convinced i have eliminated the issue entirely. Please share you're experiences if you can, am I missing something? Do you even detect the issue at all? Will the 20's resolve my issue? My wife says she can't even hear what I'm on about!!