No water condensation from the air conditioning

[CareyP]

I have had my model 3 for six months. I never see any air conditioning water condensation ever in on my garage floor like every other car I have had. The ac started smelly right after I got the car. I just want to know where is all the water going? Anyone else experience this ? Thank you.

 

[Puddles]

It won't cost you anything to open a ticket and say "A/C smells musty and is not draining." See where that leads.

 

[CareyP]

I know I just live a few hours from service and when I tried to get someone to come to me they didn’t have appointments. I just wanted to know if anyone else has no water condensation or is there someone special about Tesla’s that I didn’t know about lol

 

[dasn]

I have definitely seen water dripping from under the car on a hot day after I parked in the garage. I caught some with my hand and it looked like water to me so I assumed it was condensation from the AC.

 

[asian_xl]

the bottom panel could have caught all the water, I would definitely remove the fiber panel and check it out.
Some owners in Asia attached a water hose that lead the water to the side behind the wheel, as Tesla cheap out letting water dripping from the firewall onto the power cable.

 

[TypeRx]

FYI -- I get condensation drip in 2 places -- mid front (under the frunk) and mid rear (near rear axle). Seems a bit bizarre. I have a tiled garage so I put a drip pan under each area.

 

[CareyP]

Wow that’s crazy. Must be what my car is doing because it is dry all the time.

 

[Ross unger]

I have a 2022 model s and I get no condensate drip. I know it has to be going somewhere.

 

[Zippy114]

I have a 14 month old 2021 Model Y and get NO / ZERO condensate drip. Where is it going? Beginning to worry. Should I?

PS - AC smells like dirty socks so am about to foam clean / replace filters - I accept that this is "normal".

 

[gt7785]

I get same issue here too, been trying to google if anyone had same issue, came to this thread, seems I'm not alone.
21 Model Y less than 10k miles,
I checked under console for any water puddles like some Korean videos have shown, but its all dry. any one figure it out?

 

[gt7785]

Also last couple hot days I have noticed water condensation coming from the air vents after 1 hour of high ac use.

 

[Silicon Desert]

Wow that’s crazy. Must be what my car is doing because it is dry all the time.

Uh, well I wonder what your relative humidity is out there in the desert. I never see any dripping from my car and it works perfectly. There just isn't much of any moisture in the air up here at typical 9% RH to create any condensation.

As a side note, I find it to be entertaining when someone worries about NOT seeing water. In other threads they worry about SEEING water. I guess we all need something new to worry about.

 

[asian_xl]

it is NOT normal if you turn on A/C without water dripping. Either your underbody panel is containing all the water or something else goes wrong. My place is 40% humidity, the A/C starts dripping water after a minute or so. Make sure the water leave the car so it won't create mold inside.

If your A/C smells like *sugar*, just change the air filter.

 

[gt7785]

I have had my model 3 for six months. I never see any air conditioning water condensation ever in on my garage floor like every other car I have had. The ac started smelly right after I got the car. I just want to know where is all the water going? Anyone else experience this ? Thank you.

you even get this fixed? what was the cause?