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News for Model X owners with the dreaded shudder
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Had ours done and picked up the car today. Can't get over how much smoother acceleration feels!!!
I would ask. Particularly if you have had it done in the past, they may be willing to goodwill it.
I did my first half shafts 30 k miles past warranty for free. Not sure if they are required to do it but they did since I waited for a “real” fix.. turns out it made it worse. I scheduled an appointment and listed out the parts that are new and how it fits the SB. I even crawled under the car to assess my clevis assembly and noticed even after the fix last time, it still is the old style hex bolt so not sure if it was even changed out last visit per the 2019 SB.
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So later on that evening, this little light came on. Bringing the car back Tuesday and see if may be related to the half shaft change.
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Bringing an update to the little red light and a reminder to anyone that's doing any shudder work.
It was determine that a suspension calibration was needed.
It seems like for some, the problem is gone & others like yourself have seen it return. I'm not sure anybody at this point can predict what will happen. Only that if we base what could happen by all the people who have taken time to share their experience, it's very likely this problem is fixed. For how long, nobody knows. I don't know what I'm having for dinner tonight so not worried about my car in a year....yet
Just a reminder: if you reported an issue under warranty and it returned while under warranty, or even if returned OUT of warranty, feel free to request an out of warranty repair--at their expense. The TSB confirms a product-wide defect--to charge for this repair when an issue was reported under warranty is UNsat. Even if fixed, Tesla KNOWS the "fix" was insufficient as is evidenced by the TSB.
Stick to your guns: do NOT pay for the TSB out of warranty . . . .
Stick to your guns: do NOT pay for the TSB out of warranty . . . .
Repair laws here say they have to give you an estimate and get authorization to begin work, so you should be fine.
Does anybody know if they'll honor the TSB even if the car is out of warranty? I am thinking of buying a used X P90DL & having it shipped. If I notice the shudder, which is highly likely I will, I'd like to bring it in for a free repair. And I guess my follow-up question is if they don't do the repair, what'd it cost me out-of-pocket? Hoping no more than $2K. But honestly if the issue is pretty much non-existent in Low or even Very Low setting. Having tires that may wear unevenly would be a price I'm willing to pay for no shudder.
DrComputer...did the problem return slowly or quickly over time? It looks like you didn't even make it a year w/ the new parts until the problem returned.
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