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Super charging, thump from car
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MacGreiner
5YJ
Nope - thermal expansion. All normal. If you see smoke however . . .
I thought there was a service bulletin for this... the vents were to be replaced for some cars? I'd make an appt and have the virtual checkout you get a couple of days before decide if your car needs it or not. Pretty sure some cars do need to have the vent valves replaced.
Std supercharging issue of slight thermal expansion.
At a supercharger observe the kWhs of intake, lower than 70 and then change slots to one not shared and closer to the big transformer.. you want to get 100+ kWh at a supercharger if your battery level is less than 60%.
At a supercharger observe the kWhs of intake, lower than 70 and then change slots to one not shared and closer to the big transformer.. you want to get 100+ kWh at a supercharger if your battery level is less than 60%.
DirtyT3sla
Member
It's normal, but there is a service bulletin. If you contact Tesla, they'll "fix it" ...although nothing bad is happening.
super20g
Member
I contacted tesla about that a few times and they always said normal. Never mentioned there was a service bulletin and they could fix it.
Bill Foster
I'm going home!
DirtyT3sla
Member
I'm sorry I can't find it. I saw it on reddit like last week. It specifically said something about only doing the fix if the customer mentions it/complains.
It's very new.
wonder what they do. Mine has always done it and I just assume it was normal due to thermal expansion
Puddles
Member
Dag
Member
Honestly if it's your first time, i bet you're just hearing the contactor for charging kicking in. This is pretty normal and always happens when the car starts charging. Try disconnecting and reconnecting the charger, i bet you'll hear the same thunk.
Nothing to be worried about at all - the thermal expansion issue is a little different and probably not what you're hearing.
Dag
Member
There are two different kinds of noises.
1. When the charger starts and stops this causes the contactors to open or close which makes a clicking sound.
2. When air pressure and temperature inside and outside the battery pack fluctuate you get a popping or thump noise.
I found for the superchargers in the Bay Area this error is caused by issues with the charger and not the car. Tesla can be contacted to verify this with your car's logs and if an issue is found service will take care of it.
Just got my M3 today and driving it back home. All three supercharger stops I heard this clunk. Quite scary and led me here. I see the service bulletin above but this is apparently still happening on newer models.
Thank goodness it's nothing bad... It is about 30F out where I have been driving through.
Thank goodness it's nothing bad... It is about 30F out where I have been driving through.
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