Silicon Desert
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Hmmmm, so I should expect a high performance car like a Tesla to shake like an old Ford truck with bad shocks on a gravel road and that is considered normal?
I haven't seen any other car do that at any price range.
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News for Model X owners with the dreaded shudder
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I haven't seen any other car do that at any price range.
Silicon Desert
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Uh yup, that is sort of what I hear when I hit the Gigafactory. Of course, they aren't the same type of engineering folks that I usually talk to.FWIW, I spoke with my SC rep who is pretty close to engineering on this issue and he is unaware of any permanent fix in the works.
Hmmmm, so I should expect a high performance car like a Tesla to shake like an old Ford truck with bad shocks on a gravel road and that is considered normal?
The model 3 performance does not use air suspension so it should be a good choice if that is a concern .... I have had my MX P100d issue resolved for now with a tire change and re alignment of wheels done by SC ... but the service center did acknowledge that it’s an issue with a few MX cars .. they put the number at 5% of MX have an open service ticket on this particular issue ... they told me that they will inquire into a possible new replacement part with folks at Fremont ... to me it appears to be similar to the issue of double image with front panoramic glass that some earlier MX owners were facing ... turned out to be part supplier’s fault for not putting the UV coating on glass properly and no longer an issue with newer owners or after glass was replaced with properly coated glass by Tesla ... once the defect is identified , a fix should be available...
I'm a new owner of a model x. I have noticed the steering wheel "shudders" at times when I go over a painted line (lane marker). I this a warning vibration feature (like my old BMW) or a steering vibration problem? Thanks!
mal_tsla
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SpudLime
Active Member
There is a setting called lane departure that you can toggle on or off. Its letting you know you crossed the lines.
I have the shudder also. I got 2500 miles on her. This is ridiculous.
bayx
Member
No but I know the difference between the lane departure on and off.
I don’t think this has anything to do with lane departure.
lynnpt2001
Cookie Monster MX & M3
I have had the shudder from about 5K miles to now which I have 10,500 miles. Now there is a loud clicking sound in the left front under hard acceleration when it is set to standard. Low is smooth at the moment, but it is only a matter of time....
bayx
Member
Perhaps Tesla is ignoring this problem because they are too distracted with production numbers, dealing with SEC and now apparently DOJ, etc? They will have to resolve the shudder issue soon before their reputation takes a hit. Maybe there are very few MX owners compared to S/M3 and MX owners seem to be more forgiving than M3 owners.
One way to shed more light on the shudder issue is to maybe tweet links to all the shudder issue threads to vloggers/bloggers like Marques Brownlee @MKBHD who may have some power in terms of reaching out directly to upper management.
One way to shed more light on the shudder issue is to maybe tweet links to all the shudder issue threads to vloggers/bloggers like Marques Brownlee @MKBHD who may have some power in terms of reaching out directly to upper management.
This is real. They've been selling FSD for 2 years and now there's a large number of Model 3 on the street they stopped selling it.
All the price changes / PUP bundling, Tesla did nothing to people who just bought the car with or without PUP. Yet just last night Tesla decided to bundle Performance Package into the Model 3 Performance (effectively slashing price by $5k), EM craved in and is offering refund.
They’re still selling it. It’s a bit “off menu,” but they’ve confirmed they’re still selling it.
pox
Member
I don't know a single X owner with over 15k miles that hasn't had this issue. And every owner that has had it "fixed" it comes back after a few months. Can this ever be fixed or is it just a design flaw and they need to let us know there will never be a fix, Any aftermarket guys up to showing Tesla how it could be done? It's been over 3 years now.
At what point do you guys demand a fix? Mine had gotten pretty bad in low. Just a moderate acceleration will shudder. My SC previously said it is a known problem and mine is "not that bad".
butlp
Member
I spoke to the service adviser at the Oakville (Toronto) SC about my vibration and he said "Tesla was now looking at a software fix that would reduce the torque to the front motor on hard acceleration". Not sure if this was BS to get rid of me, but I asked him to make sure my vehicle record shows that I have complained about this issue.
bayx
Member
The only way to "demand" is to take a legal route because not much is gonna happen by asking SC's, they are just employees working for Tesla. Given that Tesla has known about this issue for at least a couple of years (or more?) & hasn't done anything about it, legal route might be something that could be considered. It can be disheartening to be driving a rattling 100+K car!
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