Geeesh, there are a lot of hyperbolic statements being used in this thread lately. Things like, "it's a joke," or "unjustifiable for a car of this cost," etc etc. And all over a noise that I can't hear on any of the provided videos in this thread.
There may be a noise. I believe everyone. I've been down the "noise" frustration in various cars that I've owned too (most of them from interior panel squeaking). However, the presence of a noise does not necessarily constitute a bad thing or a product failure. My Tesla makes noises too. My ICE cars make a lot of crazy varying noises. None of these various noises would ever be categorized as representing "bad product" by any rationale consumer.
For example, Audi engines typically sound very, very different than the average ICE engine. However, that's the product. Nobody can return a gurgling Audi because it doesn't sound like their Lexus engine or the broader industry ICE engine.
It is well documented by "experts" such as Bjørn Nyland that Tesla's are not the quietest EV's. That doesn't make Tesla wrong.
What is the argument that the sound is representative of bad product? We know the noise is not loud at all; it's very difficult to record it or even reproduce it in person (per many separate posts herein). What was built wrong, what is failing, or what is under performing? So far, I've only heard arguments that it's bad product simply because the noise is present.
In the decades of automotive history, that alone is not enough to represent bad product. Hard to imagine a consumer bring back their RAV4 because its engine was 1 db louder than another RAV4 engine.