Any hint to what it may be?@Duke846 Well, it is. Got a call at 5pm pacific, as promised. Everything is as I expected; that being,
1. They were able to find this, not within spec, vibration on my car and the mothership gave them a test parameter set to test everything in the front end, from DU to suspension.
2. Tesla has my service center using my car now as a test bed as more and more of these cars are being reported as having this issue.
3. Might actually be a manufacturing or design defect; hence why more testing is needed.
4. They plan to expand testing to new cars arriving at the SC to see if current vins are affected. SC told me they have seen this on new Plaids this summer as they were moving cars around for delivery.
So, I’m left with three options, it seems -
1. Let them continue the testing for the benefit of the community, and then take my car back until a fleet wide fix is available. Currently driving a 2020 Loaner S, so no issue with that.
2. Pursue buy back of car; basically a refund (requires approval)
3. Pursue buy back and replacement (also requires approval). Meaning order a new one; and Tesla pays for it and keeps mine for testing or whatever. Of course, I would inspect the replacement to insure it had less visible issues than the one I would be returning. If it didn’t, I would just leave with mine and reject the replacement. $250 deposit refunded.
Currently, I have actions in place, and good support from the sr SC manager, to protect all three options/paths.
Worst case, I get my car back, or a new 2022 Plaid that both have the vibration, or a full refund. Not the end of the world as I like options and have time to play around with this (being retired).
All good.
@WilliamG
take the 2022 and offer your full support and information on weather the 2022’s have this same issue.
the wait on the new Plaids leads me to believe the backlogs are definitely almost caught up. I am on the fence weather I am now getting this car because I believe It’s a little more than a software update fix for sure.