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Plaid Vibration around 38-42MPH....
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n2mb_racing
Active Member
Cool. Excited to take this car to 200 mph.Vibration like the wheels are unbalanced at 80+ mph, and the wheel are balanced.
lbowroom
Plaid, white on black, CF, 8/27/21, Track Pack
Likely nothing to do with you babying it. Not likely a wear issue, but we’ve been over this a few times, right?
WilliamG
Hinge Fanatic
On my 4th service visit on this issue, they finally diagnosed and replaced the half-shafts.
Apparently it’s a “known characteristic” and “hard acceleration is not advised for the first few minutes of every drive” to minimize vibration
Interesting that they've put that advisory statement in there. After my fourth replacement set I credited the issue not returning even 50K miles later when I finally sold my S to lowering the car an inch but I also started not driving it hard until I'd been driving at least 10 minutes to warm things up and get them to their static clearances.
The problem is apparently really common on the MXP as well but I've had no hint of it in the 15K miles since taking delivery. Again, I only accelerate hard on the lowest setting and only after I've been driving for at least 10 minutes.
Vibration needs to be added as a feature on tesla website since that’s how they are treating this.
Instead of massaging seats, we introduced drivetrain vibrations perfectly tuned to deliver gentle massaging action to your seat backs
n2mb_racing
Active Member
I haven't gotten the 80 mph vibration after 11 visits to try and fix the 40 mph vibration. However, there is a chance they break something else while trying to fix it. And so far there doesn't seem to be any fix. Unfortunately, the 40-50 mph vibration gets worse over time until it's pretty strong and annoying.
How many miles do you have on your car? I'm at 20k and the vibration is quite minor.
n2mb_racing
Active Member
13,000. It started out pretty mild at 3,000 miles and then got stronger. They fixed it completely at my service in april, then I brought the car back for a suspension squeak and they brought back the vibration and didn't fix the squeak.
Propofoln
Member
Instead of massaging seats, we introduced drivetrain vibrations perfectly tuned to deliver gentle massaging action to your seat backs
My 80-90 mph vibration is more annoying. My 2021 had the 40-50, but not 80-90. Not my 2023 has 80-90, but not 40-50.
emailforbrett
Member
18,000 miles on my 2021 and I barely notice the 43mph vibe anymore. I guess I just got used to it. The rest of the car more than makes up for it, and any ICE car vibrates worse at any speed, including 0mph.
Well, you are missing out on a pretty amazing car. My LR didn't have it at all. My Plaid has the 38-42 mph. It has to be very lightly loaded throttle. I had never even noticed until I happened to be going up a very slight hill (might have raised the nose more) and was very gently accelerating. This was the first time I even had an idea of what people were talking about here in over 10k miles.
That was about 6 weeks ago and I haven't encountered it again. Not to mention I've been WAY up in triple-digit speeds in Mexico and the car has been as planted as can be and has absolutely no vibrations. It feels even more stable after the track pack brake upgrades.
From what I've read that turning tightly at low speeds while accelerating hard can exacerbate this, I am trying to avoid this use case. Since it the recent input seems to indicate it the halfshafts need time to warm up as well, I'll be cautious about that as well. No different than my ICE needing the oil temps to warm up before getting on the car hard. If that will minimize or eliminate the issue, then I am fine with that.
The good of the rest of the car outweighs all the other issues. My build quality is pretty good, not perfect but really pretty good. No major rattles. Once I figured out not to slam the rear seats into their lock, they have been very quiet. All in all, it is a screaming performance bargain and if something happens to mine, I'll buy the same exact car again.
Propofoln
Member
jealous of the no vibration. My 2023 is going in for the FOURTH time for the 80 mph vibration Thursday
How bad is it? That is probably the most common speed I am at on the highway here; 80-85 mph. Given you are in Dallas too, that must be very annoying. Where did you take it to, Cedar Springs?
That’s straight trash. Even under mild or light acceleration after driving for a few minutes the vibration is there. Feel it all the time on the freeway.On my 4th service visit on this issue, they finally diagnosed and replaced the half-shafts.
Apparently it’s a “known characteristic” and “hard acceleration is not advised for the first few minutes of every drive” to minimize vibration
