What is my model 3 doing?

[skunnmd]

I've had my model 3 for about a month now.

Occasionally when I go into the garage after the car has been off for 30 min or so, I find the car doing this.

Tonight its been going on for an hour.

What is it up to?

 

[MRPLUGIN]

There is a cooling pump running and the louvers are cycling open and closed. SC confirmed it as a software issue. I find if i don't switch my app to my MS the car seems to make all kinds of fun noises in the garage.

 

[skunnmd]

It seems to me that if this continues all the time, the repetitive nature will end up wearing out/breaking something?

 

[skunnmd]

It is indeed the louvers, I can see them.

Its also now been over an hour and a half and they are still going.

 

[cbflip2000]

Try turning off Bluetooth on your “phone keys” and wait up to 20 minutes and see if it leaves the louvers closed. Mine did.

 

[skunnmd]

Try turning off Bluetooth on your “phone keys” and wait up to 20 minutes and see if it leaves the louvers closed. Mine did.

nope, didn't change anything. Still going 3 hours later.

Now I have a service appointment for 8 days from now. Will see...

 

[fseir]

nope, didn't change anything. Still going 3 hours later.

Now I have a service appointment for 8 days from now. Will see...

Are you also seeing unusual vampire drain?

 

[alloverx]

Make sure your car is plugged in whilst this is going on.

 

[skunnmd]

Are you also seeing unusual vampire drain?

I hadn't noticed much, but will be paying more attention now

Make sure your car is plugged in whilst this is going on.

Yes, it was


It ended up going for about 7 hours, then mysteriously stopped at about 3am...

 

[eSpiritIV]

sounds like a service center call is in order. If it was cooling i would think that it would stay open till done, then close. Not cycling repeatedly every 30 seconds.

 

[John Lamoureux]

What version of software/firmware are you running? Was it updated recently?

 

[Big Earl]

Curious. If you reboot the center screen, does it stop?

 

[skunnmd]

sounds like a service center call is in order. If it was cooling i would think that it would stay open till done, then close. Not cycling repeatedly every 30 seconds.

Made service center call, scheduled for next Wednesday. And my commute was only 8 miles yesterday. Mid 50s when I got home. Not a lot of cooking needs.

What version of software/firmware are you running? Was it updated recently?

2018.4.9. Was updated about 10 days ago but this was the first time I noticed it going so long.

Curious. If you reboot the center screen, does it stop?

Center screen power off and steering wheel reset didn’t do anything.

 

[John Lamoureux]

Made service center call, scheduled for next Wednesday. And my commute was only 8 miles yesterday. Mid 50s when I got home. Not a lot of cooking needs.



2018.4.9. Was updated about 10 days ago but this was the first time I noticed it going so long.



Center screen power off and steering wheel reset didn’t do anything.

I'm curious if people noticed it prior to 2018.4.9?

 

[chibi_kurochan]

I'm curious if people noticed it prior to 2018.4.9?

The same thing has been happening on our model 3 for more than a month now.

Our car was in Santa Clara SC for almost a week just for the to diagnose this + whirring noise right behind the headlights and they gave it back to me by saying that's normal operation.

I gave up trying to tell SC nowadays, they just tell you it's fine and move on. Eventually tesla will fix it.

 

[John Lamoureux]

The same thing has been happening on our model 3 for more than a month now.

Our car was in Santa Clara SC for almost a week just for the to diagnose this + whirring noise right behind the headlights and they gave it back to me by saying that's normal operation.

I gave up trying to tell SC nowadays, they just tell you it's fine and move on. Eventually tesla will fix it.

That means it was occurring before the last release. Your SC experience is disturbing; I'm not an owner yet so I can't speak to the experience, but I hope mine is better.

 

[slipnslider]

I rented a Model 3 and while it was sitting in my driveway it made a constant quiet rapid clicking sound, whether it was plugged in or not. If I owned it I would be worried. Telsa can call it "normal operation" all they want, but that doesn't mean its true. It just means they don't want to deal with it.

 

[jschwefel]

I think it’s “normal” given the software does have some bugs. Rest assured Tesla will fix them and add new functionality along the way. It’s good to be patient.

 

[skunnmd]

I don’t mind being patient for a fix, but I’m wary of constant actuation making failure a possibility down the line...

 

[Shygar]

It is indeed the louvers, I can see them.

Its also now been over an hour and a half and they are still going.

Maybe it thinks it is in a wind tunnel