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Plaid Vibration around 38-42MPH....
- Thread starter cytranic
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jebinc
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WilliamG
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That doesn’t line up with anything I’ve heard (or tested). Even the service centers who have worked on these cases no longer replace those half shafts because it’s ineffective.
Hi there, I have a 2016 Model S. I noticed that if I put my phone too close to the screen it caused interference and I hear feedback in the speakers. Try moving your phone off the wireless charger and see if it goes away.
I used to place my phone in the cubbie slot under the touchscreen.
n2mb_racing
Active Member
Thanks. It turns out the buzzing is coming from the yoke, not the speakers. Stupid yoke.
I am the one who had mine done.........that @cytranic was referring to......I can confirm after almost a week and half and a few hundred miles the vibration is completely gone. No matter what I do I can not recreate the issue.
n2mb_racing
Active Member
Nice! Do you have the part numbers for what they replaced? Can you post a copy of your service invoice, so we can show it to our SAs?
n2mb_racing
Active Member
Sorry to hear that it is still vibrating! I was referring to @smf72
I'm hoping they can do whatever they did to his car on mine.
Perhaps there are sloppy tolerances between car bodies that are causing some cars to vibrate and not others? It is quite strange.
jebinc
Well-Known Member
@n2mb_racing Right. I bet his invoice is the same as mine, so there’s something more going on if his really isn’t still vibrating.
@WilliamG
@cytranic posted my service order.......all I know from the SC and Fremont is that these new half shafts are labeled Plaid as opposed to S. This is my second set going back to June as my car is VIN 035. I can promise mine is 100 percent cured not sure if they did anything else but I have been hammering on it and driving slowly through the 38 MPH range and it is gone....as you can see they also verifeied it is fixed.
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jebinc
Well-Known Member
@smf72 Yes, the Plaid ones are different. I confirmed that as well, when mine were being put in. I checked your invoice, posted yesterday by @cytranic, and the parts installed are identical part numbers installed in mine, to no effect. So, something else is afoot.
Glad yours isn’t currently vibrating. Please let us all know when/if it does.
I will be the first one back complaining as this is the second time they have been replaced but almost 2 weeks later nothing at all
I keep waiting for it to come back and am empty handed
joga
Member
This seems like the most credible theory at this point given all the uncertainty around half shaft replacement being a resolution.
I picked up my Plaid on June 30th (VIN 430) and never noticed this issue until about a month ago - probably around 3k miles. I don't believe it existed prior to me noticing as I obsess over every little annoying noise in the cabin...of which there are plenty. The vibration is exactly as described by most - around 40 mph, +/-2 mph, there's an odd vibration coming from deep within the front of the car. I've dealt with tires/wheels out of balance before, that was my first thought but pretty quickly it seemed like something having to do with the drive units.
jebinc
Well-Known Member
Not buying it, as that proposed root cause would have existed from day 1, and for the majority, the vibration arose after many miles.
