Suspension Creaking on Very Slow Movements?

[Gasaraki]

When I move very slowly, like 1 or 2 MPH, I hear the suspension creaking or something creaking. Also when I stand on the drivers door frame, it sometimes creaks also. What is it? How much would it cost for Tesla to fix, do you think? This is just going straight not during turns.

 

[MagnusMako]

For the suspension, most likely the well known upper control arm issue.. Had it on my 2018 and was fixed under warranty. They need to replace them. If it's out of warranty, probably going to be well over 1k.

 

[Gasaraki]

After looking at other posts, it might be control arms... I'll start a service request and see what they say.

 

[Gasaraki]

For the suspension, most likely the well known upper control arm issue.. Had it on my 2018 and was fixed under warranty. They need to replace them. If it's out of warranty, probably going to be well over 1k.

Damn... $1000+

Maybe I won't get it fixed...

 

[MagnusMako]

Damn... $1000+

Maybe I won't get it fixed...

Put in a service ticket from the Tesla app and they'll respond back with a quoted price for you to get an approximate (but most likely accurate) amount.

 

[israndy]

They do offer a pretty cheap service for this issue, but all I did to stop the noise was rotate the ball on the top of the suspension and the noise went away. I tried injecting grease into it first, but rotating it did the trick on my 2018 TM3.

Not my video

 

[Gasaraki]

They do offer a pretty cheap service for this issue, but all I did to stop the noise was rotate the ball on the top of the suspension and the noise went away. I tried injecting grease into it first, but rotating it did the trick on my 2018 TM3.

Not my video

I can totally do that. Also when I take that bolt off, do you know if that is under load? I don't want to take it off and not be able to put it back on.

 

[Firehuntah]

I can totally do that. Also when I take that bolt off, do you know if that is under load? I don't want to take it off and not be able to put it back on.

Yes, it's under load. You have to take the load off first by pushing the control arm down towards the knuckle before you can take the bolt out. It's not too difficult, easy to take out and place back. You can use a crowbar for help.

Fixing that ball joint is only a temporary solution though. Best solution is still to replace them with the newest revision upper control arms. Getting them replaced at Tesla is actually pretty cheap.