Just posting here to see if any one else is encountering this weird phenomenon.
Wife bought a 2021 Model 3 Performance in August 2021. Since then we've only put 3,000 miles on the odometer with mostly freeway driving and errands (aka no track days). Stock uberturbines and tires. I'm in Northern California and the car is parked in a garage. So maybe it's gotten down to 40F but this thing has never seen snow.
The tire pressure keeps dropping from the factory 42 psi down to 36 psi every 1,500 miles. And it's every tire coming down in pressure at the same rate. All 4 basically went down to 36 psi a few months, and the TPMS warning (orange indicator) popped on. I got a Milwaukee 12v digital air compressor and roadside patch kit since the Model 3 doesn't have a spare. I've already used it to refill all 4 tires from 36 to 42 psi, and now I had to do it again.
I've owned a bunch of cars leading up to this, and I've never seen this. IIRC back in the 90s, there was a push by stealerships to put nitrogen into tires to help keep this from happening, but that was a load of baloney. Regular atmospheric air shouldn't be leaking this fast.
Is this normal for all of you with Model 3 Performance? Like you just gotta keep topping these tires up?