We have a 2019 X 100D (pre-Raven). It’s developed a strange issue that Tesla has not been able to diagnose.
When driving straight, the car will randomly “tug” to the left or the right. You can feel the tension on the wheel and it’s as if the car is fighting you. It can always be overcome, but you have to apply a similar amount of tension as you would to remove the AP nag.
We have all the lane-keeping driver aids off (and it shows, because this “tug” will try and drive you off the road).
I took a video, and when you take your hands off the wheel, you can see the wheel move by itself one way or the other (or both ways). It’s really strange when you change lanes and go over bumps as that tends to exacerbate the issue. Someone is always quick to suggest some of the AP/lane departure avoidance systems, but they keep you ON the road where this problem will drive you OFF the road if you didn’t fight it.
It’s so subtle, that 3 times into service it comes back with them not able to replicate the issue. They even did an alignment thinking it was that (I doubted it as this tug is an “active, changing tug” not a persistent pull one way or another), but in a process of elimination, it had to be eliminated.
it’s frustrating because it’s a seriously negative to constantly fight the tug, and I’m worried it will make driving with our camping trailer dangerous as those tugs will be amplified. It’s almost driven us off the road several times, and honestly I’ve engaged AP several times (where the problem doesn’t seem to exist) just because I’ve grown weary of the fight on longer drives. It does not happen when you are actively steering one direction or another (I.e. going around a curve), only when trying to drive straight.
Anyone have a similar issue? It’s annoying enough we are thinking of getting a different vehicle...which I’d prefer not to do.
When driving straight, the car will randomly “tug” to the left or the right. You can feel the tension on the wheel and it’s as if the car is fighting you. It can always be overcome, but you have to apply a similar amount of tension as you would to remove the AP nag.
We have all the lane-keeping driver aids off (and it shows, because this “tug” will try and drive you off the road).
I took a video, and when you take your hands off the wheel, you can see the wheel move by itself one way or the other (or both ways). It’s really strange when you change lanes and go over bumps as that tends to exacerbate the issue. Someone is always quick to suggest some of the AP/lane departure avoidance systems, but they keep you ON the road where this problem will drive you OFF the road if you didn’t fight it.
It’s so subtle, that 3 times into service it comes back with them not able to replicate the issue. They even did an alignment thinking it was that (I doubted it as this tug is an “active, changing tug” not a persistent pull one way or another), but in a process of elimination, it had to be eliminated.
it’s frustrating because it’s a seriously negative to constantly fight the tug, and I’m worried it will make driving with our camping trailer dangerous as those tugs will be amplified. It’s almost driven us off the road several times, and honestly I’ve engaged AP several times (where the problem doesn’t seem to exist) just because I’ve grown weary of the fight on longer drives. It does not happen when you are actively steering one direction or another (I.e. going around a curve), only when trying to drive straight.
Anyone have a similar issue? It’s annoying enough we are thinking of getting a different vehicle...which I’d prefer not to do.