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Not mine after I switched the filtersClimate control design is b*ll$hit. Smells like a rotting dumpster.
lucky you, I changed filters twice in a month and dumped 2 bottles of AC cleaner onto the coil, watching it drain through the bottom of the car... after a few days it still smells like stinky feet after the car sits for 15-30 minutes in between drives.Not mine after I switched the filters
I Don’t use keep climate on.lucky you, I changed filters twice in a month and dumped 2 bottles of AC cleaner onto the coil, watching it drain through the bottom of the car... after a few days it still smells like stinky feet after the car sits for 15-30 minutes in between drives.
After sitting all night - usually no smells, sometimes a faint stink
While driving - no smells
Toggling on/off recirc - sometimes a faint smell for a minute
Drive, get out of the car with keep climate ON - no smell
Drive, stop, get out of the car for 15-30 minutes, come back to the car - smells terrible
It’s not that strange if this thread has reached 9 pages of owners who experience this plus many other additional threads talking to this…maybe you’re a lucky one.This is all so very strange. So many people from different parts of the country complain about this smell. I've had my M3 for about 20 months now. I have never smelled anything (good or bad) coming form the AC/heat vents. Not when it's been 5 below zero and very dry, not when it's been over 100 degrees and extremely humid, not after a week of steady rain. I have a friend who lives south of Phoenix. She has a MY that's about a year old. She's never encountered any odors either. I certainly don't doubt these claims so what can explain this?
This is all so very strange. So many people from different parts of the country complain about this smell. I've had my M3 for about 20 months now. I have never smelled anything (good or bad) coming form the AC/heat vents. Not when it's been 5 below zero and very dry, not when it's been over 100 degrees and extremely humid, not after a week of steady rain. I have a friend who lives south of Phoenix. She has a MY that's about a year old. She's never encountered any odors either. I certainly don't doubt these claims so what can explain this?
That is something well within my skill set and I'll be the one doing it next time. I didn't expect having to pay for it in a 6 month old car. It's very short sighted of Tesla to clear maybe $25 in profit for a service call that dissuades me from buying another one. Not bothering with issues on my daily commuter is entirely the reason I don't keep them past the warranty expiration.Not mine after I switched the filters
I wouldn't buy that. All the long term reviews I've read about a filter in that location says they eventually took it out. Air flow gets drastically reduced. Other cars usually have a filter at that location, but they don't have another filter in the interior like a Model 3. Also in cars with a filter by the windshield, they always have a way for the air to route underneath a plastic cover before reaching the filter, to knock out moisture or heavier debris. There's no such guard in the model 3, so an exposed filter there will not be a good idea.Anyone used this yet to keep shenanigans out of the intake???
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I wouldn't buy that. All the long term reviews I've read about a filter in that location says they eventually took it out. Air flow gets drastically reduced. Other cars usually have a filter at that location, but they don't have another filter in the interior like a Model 3. Also in cars with a filter by the windshield, they always have a way for the air to route underneath a plastic cover before reaching the filter, to knock out moisture or heavier debris. There's no such guard in the model 3, so an exposed filter there will not be a good idea.
I cut out cheap plastic furnace filter material. It doesn’t retain moisture or appreciably restrict airflow and is easy to shake clean. It only keeps out the larger debris.So then what is the go to to keep debris out?
Probably not a good idea, unlike other cars, there's no mechanical way to knock most of the moisture from the air stream before it encounters the cowl area. Reviews of a filter in the cowl area in a Model 3 all says that filter gets smelly/soggy in the rain.Honestly I wonder if all of this is fixable by removing the factory filters and installing a MERV 13 or similar filter at the intake in the cowl area. That would at least get the filter off of the evaporator. It would make it so the recirculated air isn’t filtered, however. Probably void the warranty also.