Hey everyone,
The suspect car is a Tesla Model Y in November '22, and the rattles are driving me insane. I don't want to leave my car at the dealership if they won't solve the problem, so I was wondering if anyone has taken their cars in for a rattle and could share what the Tesla folks did to repair it. If you've solved a similar rattle issue yourself, please share your tips and tricks.
Here are some details about my car that might be helpful:
Thanks for reading up to this point. Can't believe I'm here talking about rattles and chirps, but here I am, lol. Honestly feels like I just picked up an old project car and doing self mods to make it function like a regular car, haha.
The suspect car is a Tesla Model Y in November '22, and the rattles are driving me insane. I don't want to leave my car at the dealership if they won't solve the problem, so I was wondering if anyone has taken their cars in for a rattle and could share what the Tesla folks did to repair it. If you've solved a similar rattle issue yourself, please share your tips and tricks.
Here are some details about my car that might be helpful:
- It has around 4,000 miles on it
- Tesla mobile tech came by to install homelink
- Tesla mobile tech replaced the driver-side door panel
- I have mud flaps installed on all four wheels
- The rattle is coming from the dashcam housing and makes a crazy sound when going over regular, jacked-up roads here in the Bay Area. I know it's coming from the housing because I can press down on the flat area where there are vent holes (not sure for what) and it goes away. I took it apart over the weekend and added some sound-dampening material, but there are multiple pieces that are clipped together and pressed against the windshield. Aside from adding sound dampening and using electrical tape to hold it down against the smaller pieces that reside against the windshield, I'm not sure what else I can do to keep it from rattling. For those who have brought this to Tesla, how did you guys fix it? I know it's a known rattle spot.
- The other rattle is coming from the front of the car, either under the dashboard or from the frunk. This one is pretty crazy because it sounds like I trapped a bird. It chirps! Hard to describe, but it legit chirps like a bird is singing in the cabin when I go over bumps. It sounds more like plastic on plastic than nuts and bolts. This was the one that existed since day one but got more hardcore in both the sound it makes and the type of sound it produces. It didn't use to chirp, just rattle, but now it's chirping. The difference between when the chirping started was after the mobile tech installed homelink. Over the weekend, I inspected the frunk and it looks like a bunch of the white clips that hold the top plastic piece in place were not set in place. I'm having my wife drive around without that top piece after I removed it just to see if it goes away. The chirping has definitely died down to uncommon but is not gone 100%. My questions here are: any tips on how to secure the clips when I put that cheap plastic back, and are there any chirping technicians out there?
Thanks for reading up to this point. Can't believe I'm here talking about rattles and chirps, but here I am, lol. Honestly feels like I just picked up an old project car and doing self mods to make it function like a regular car, haha.