Tesla 3 sounds like plane taking off. Normal or not?

[LSAN420]

Hi,

My tesla 3 2020 sounds like a plane engine ready to take off (or similar to a leafblower too) It's very loud. It happens when I open the door (car wakes up).
My A/C fan is at 3 (very low setting)
Cabin overheat is off
Sentry is off
Car is parked in garage. It happens regardless of outside temperature. (I'm in Austin).

I dont know how long it last because it still sounds after I start driving.

Attaching video for reference. I contacted support and they say it's normal (car is still within warranty). Hearing other teslas, I can hear the AC pumps working but they dont make this high noise.

Thanks in advance.

Ps. Video is too big for this site, so I uploaded here instead: VEED - VID_20230724_103804556~2.mp4

 

[Kairide]

Since you’re posting the question here, you seem to already know the answer to your own question.

 

[AZAV8R]

Despite the somewhat snarky first response above, my M3 sounds pretty much like this. Not all the time, appears temperature sensitive.

 

[blaferty]

I seem to remember this issue on my 2020.
Check coolant level.

 

[danarcha]

Sounds normal to me. When the temperature is hot and the car is inside a closed garage and I open a door to retrieve something, the car will make this noise for a little while. The car is three years old and has always made that noise.

 

[Shelburne]

My 2020 M3 sounds pretty much like yours on hot days when I first get in the car and the AC goes on full blast. After the cabin has cooled down, the noise level drops considerably. I've assumed that the noise is just the AC working hard to cool down the cabin. It's been like this since I bought the car in the late summer of 2020 and after 22,000 miles.

 

[mark2k]

@Shelburne

BINGO, if you look down at the cabin temperature setting on the screen it mentions that when you first enter, I don't remember the exact wording will try to take a pic. next time.

 

[Rothgarr]

My 2019 does this from time to time. It's embarrassing sometimes when you pull up to a crowd and what's supposed to be a quiet EV sounds like a jet (in a bad way).

 

[DownshiftDre]

@Shelburne

BINGO, if you look down at the cabin temperature setting on the screen it mentions that when you first enter, I don't remember the exact wording will try to take a pic. next time.

Yes. It says “Cooling Down”

 

[rayrevolver]

I literally made a video yesterday with the same sound. It sounds like a 737 at takeoff power.

2020 LR and my warranty ends in a few months. I was going to send it to Tesla but you guys are saying it's normal?

Blaferty - what coolant are you referencing to?

Just uploaded it:

 

[DownshiftDre]

Just watched the video. It is all normal for a heat soaked car with AC setting right when you open the door.

The first door open are the radiator fans ramping up in speed before you close the door.

The second door open with the more edgy sound is the actual ac compressor running.

 

[Sukhshanti]

It's going into super saiyan mode!

 

[Darmie]

You think it's bad, you should hear a Model X when it get's ready to take off. It's crazy loud.

 

[jkdman123]

Is this the heat pump making the noise? I have a 2019 so I have the old setup of AC + electric heating.

 

[danarcha]

Is this the heat pump making the noise? I have a 2019 so I have the old setup of AC + electric heating.

My car is early 2020 and doesn't have the heat pump but makes this noise.

 

[DownshiftDre]

Is this the heat pump making the noise? I have a 2019 so I have the old setup of AC + electric heating.

The video is for a 2020 Model 3 LR so it would not be a heat pump. But noises are similar for a heat pump.

 

[Park2670]

Seems normal to me. One is the fan that is cooling the condenser, and the other is the AC compressor. If it's hot, it has to spin up a lot.

Wait until you supercharge at 110 degrees F and hear the both running full blast. Its intense.

 

[UncleCreepy]

This is definitely a heat soaked car with the HVAC set to auto. The moment you open a door, the car will try to cool the cabin down. Perfectly normal.

 

[Darmie]

At least you don't have this issue.

Model 3 Owner's Manual | Tesla

Learn about normal operating sounds and your Tesla.

www.tesla.com

 

[blaferty]

In May, 2021 service center found that coolant level was low when I said coolant pumps seemed loud.
"Low coolant alerts were present. Appears coolant level was not filled to correct level from the factory."
Tesla G-48 coolant was added.
Your issue may be different?