super20g
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I'd be very hesitant to called it normal. I believe its been reported fairly heavily, but I want it to be officially a part of my SC request to add to their data in terms of how often its happening. That, and I don't think its really acceptable for it to thump like that. Tesla may not have a solution in place yet, but I think they should ultimately provide a fix once its developed. This would be no different than other auto makers releasing service bulletins and even 'customer satisfaction programs' (the step before recalls) to fix an issue like this.
Ultimately, my concern would be that it could loosen or damage components over time, ontop of the 'fit and finish' nuisance that it is otherwise. And even though its happening on a lot of 3's, that doesn't constitutive normal, rather a widespread issue.
I agree. If it was very 'normal' wouldn't it be documented in an announcement, the manual, etc? It is an odd characteristic to make a loud bang you can feel through your shoes while you are driving down the road... The TSB made no noticeable change for me. First they told me it had already been applied. Then they told me it had not been applied but probably wouldn't help. My early LR AWD did not ever make this noise... Just the SR. I asked the tech if the S, X do, he said no.