Very noisy when my car is warming up?

[Billbrown1982]

I can't find anyone else talking about this so don't know if its just normal. But when I wake up in the morning and switch my car climate control on to get it nice and toasty, I walk out the front door to be greeted by this.

Is it normal? It seems very loud to me?

 

[Cardo]

The noise at the front sounds normal, but I’m not sure about the whine at the back? I’ve not experienced that one.

 

[Dilly]

I often turn on climate from the app and can hear the motors spinning. Mine are nowhere near that load

 

[Irata]

I think much of the noise is the heat pump and ventilation, the noise varies depending where it's directing the heat from and too, depending how the octovalve is set.

Also the motors are used to help generate extra heat while preheating, you can hear them too.

I've noticed the noise in my car has got a bit quieter over the weeks, I guess everything needs to bed in.

 

[NorfolkMustard]

Need to compare it with other heat pump model owners

 

[Billbrown1982]

Blimey was expecting to be immediately told that it was "normal" - perhaps not after all.

Noise seems to come from the back, but I thought the heat pump was at the front? See who else chimes in.

 

[Tigermad]

Blimey. My neighbours wouldn’t be happy if my car did that in the morning. I hope the heat pump ones are not all like that :-(

 

[Adopado]

I can't find anyone else talking about this so don't know if its just normal. But when I wake up in the morning and switch my car climate control on to get it nice and toasty, I walk out the front door to be greeted by this.

Is it normal? It seems very loud to me?

The cars can be fairly noisy when generating heat (vibrating the motor stators) and running fans but that loud whine is not something I've heard. (Mine is a non heat pump model.)

 

[Billbrown1982]

Blimey. My neighbours wouldn’t be happy if my car did that in the morning. I hope the heat pump ones are not all like that :-(

Yeah to be honest its louder than the video makes it sound. Luckily I never need to warm it up at night, but I wouldn't really want to right now.

Just waiting patiently on any other heat pump owners to chime in!

Also, it goes off as soon as I open a door and the car fires up properly. So I assume it probably is one of the motors as has been suggested.

 

[nufan]

Have you a small person trapped in your boot doing the hoovering?

(On my ‘69 LR/AWD I always think the stator noise comes predominantly from the front rather than rear - not as loud/buzzy as that IIRC though. Is it an SR?).

 

[Billbrown1982]

Have you a small person trapped in your boot doing the hoovering?

(On my ‘69 LR/AWD I always think the stator noise comes predominantly from the front rather than rear - not as loud/buzzy as that IIRC though. Is it an SR?).

Sometimes, but they don't work at weekends....

Mines a LR.

 

[Zakalwe]

Mines a heat pump model (LR). The fans at the front can be noisy, but Ive never heard that noise from the rear!

 

[Yev000]

My 21 LR is doing something similar. It sounds like the rear motor heating the battery,

 

[Tigermad]

My 21 LR is doing something similar. It sounds like the rear motor heating the battery,

That’s a terrible noise :-( surely it’s not right.

 

[tess19]

I would be worried about parking it inside a garage incase it lights up.

 

[Yev000]

That’s a terrible noise :-( surely it’s not right.

It's not that bad. His car was probably colder.

 

[hcdavis3]

I think much of the noise is the heat pump and ventilation, the noise varies depending where it's directing the heat from and too, depending how the octovalve is set.

Also the motors are used to help generate extra heat while preheating, you can hear them too.

I've noticed the noise in my car has got a bit quieter over the weeks, I guess everything needs to bed in.

I have a model 3 with no heat pump. Ive heard that noise a couple of times. If I unplug the charging cable and plug it back in the noise stops.

 

[Yev000]

After doing a bit of googling, it seems to be the cooland pump.

 

[Envchem]

I preheat every morning. No pump 3 here. Never heard anything like this. Also the noise comes only from the front.

 

[Yev000]

I preheat every morning. No pump 3 here. Never heard anything like this. Also the noise comes only from the front.

I did see the battery preheat icon on my SR+ before, but dont remember the noise.

It probably only switches on when there is some heat to be had.... Mine didnt start making that noise until about 3 min into the preheat.