Vent pass thru in trunk no longer in production

[RandomJohnny]

Any thoughts on this:

Anyone else missing the trunk vent your Model 3? P3D Manufactured 6/19 : teslamotors


Anyone tried covering this passthru with dynamat? What were the results...significantly less road noise?

Curious if it still better to have the pass thru there but Tesla just decided to eliminate for production reasons.

 

[Tony_YYZ]

The service center had covered mine with dynamat. I can confirm it made a small difference with the road noise. Unfortunately it lost adhesion and fell off a few months later.

 

[mtschida]

I have struggled with excess road noise since December 2017, M3. I added acoustic absorbing panels, front and rear, Acoustic absorbing materials, front and rear, added multiple weather striping, and all helped a bit. Last week i bought two rear OEM 18" michelin tires, and discovered the original tires were defective, resulting in significant noise from the rear. My new Michelins are exactly the same model, but actually QUITE! I asked Tesla to warranty the other two original tires (I think they are aware the early tires were bad), they declined but offered free labor for other non-tire related, maintenance/service... I have not recommend a M3 to any person that was interested in a Tesla, due solely to the poor ride / noise problem. It is difficult for me to understand why Tesla was ararw of this problem, but never issued a service bulletin or tire recall...

 

[ngogas]

Go drive a Jetta from vw. That *sugar* is even worse.

 

[jkoya]

Last week i bought two rear OEM 18" michelin tires, and discovered the original tires were defective, resulting in significant noise from the rear.

Any specifics on what the defect was ?