Ear pain/Pressure help

[polyphonic54]

Someone mentioned one ear, this definitely affected my left ear more with out e-tron and I still have trouble with that ear to this day (almost 3 years from selling it). There is this annoying bass sensitivity and pressure feeling.

We rented a Q5 the other day and it was so uncomfortable due to booming. Anyone else drive that car recently? Even my wife was fatigued by it. We regularly drive in a 2-3 other SUVs and hatchbacks zero booming issue.

At least ilovecoffee developed a solution for the Y. Just wanted to add that this is not just a problem with the model y!

 

[SmallButWhole]

Wow! This is "exactly" what mine sounds like! And yes - wet weather definitely dampens the perceived noise - very odd isn't it?

Model Y rattle - rear quarter

Hello all I'm at my wits end... I own a late 22 MYLR with a very annoying rattle. It's been to the service centre a total of 5 times over the last 14 months for days-weeks at a time, the car has covered 17k and the problem started at 4k. This isn't a mild trim or seat rattle, most of those...

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At first I thought it was the tailgate. I've removed all trim, felted, secured wires, 8mm tubing, adjusted hatch stops, installed solid stops etc. if anything - correctly adjusted lower stops make it significantly worse - I run them full in now.

As in my post linked above I carefully removed all hatch and trunk trims. I rode in the back to locate the source of the noise. You would not believe how loud it sounds with all the trim removed! The noise is coming from a very specific section of the trunk. Exactly where the lower left hatch stop makes contact. Photo in attached

Tesla SC are unable/incapable/unwilling to fix whatever is causing this...

You pointed the issue to SC and they couldn't/didn't want to fix it? I recently installed a 5/16" tube and it sounds like it helped a bit but the noise is not completely gone. I can't tell for sure because prior to installing the tube, I opened up one of the rear seat back panel to check for loose wires/clips and accidentally broke 2 clips. Good thing I did though because I noticed there's 2-3 clips missing. So that seat panel is currently sitting clipped on with 4 clips only and has a broken piece of a clip inside and it's causing some rattle. I'm bringing this to SC in a couple of weeks to have them fix it and also check the other rear seat panels for missing clips. Hopefully once that's fixed, I can get a better idea of how much the tube helped.

Also FYI, I watched a lot of Model Y POV videos and I turn the volume way up and paid close attention when the car goes over bumps. Most of the Model Ys in the videos make the exact same noise. Even the 2024 Ys. Hell.. I heard the same noise in a model 3 highland video as well. I'm starting to wonder if the noise is actually just from the suspension.

 

[Yonki]

I’ve been away from this thread for a while. I think people are hearing different things. The subsonic noises we’ve had since Day 1 can be heard sitting still in our garage. The outside world needs to be very quiet (I tried this at midnight). Turn on the AC or the heat - when the compressor clicks on, you’ll hear/feel this disturbing extremely low rumble. If you can hear it in a video played back on your phone or tablet, you are hearing a different noise. You’d need a serious subwoofer to hear the subsonic noise that was bothering us when we got our early 2021 Y.

I’m traveling right now but will try again in 2 weeks when I get back. The problem hasn’t been bothering us for the last few years, and I’d like to try to determine if we’ve become desensitized or the problem has lessened.

 

[Hingjon]

I've replied to this forum several times already but the story with the Service Center continues. Tesla is currently replacing the rear wheel drive unit as a mechanic told me that this low resonating vibration is caused by an imbalanced rwd unit. They told me that another customer faced the same problem and that this fixed it for him.

I'm interested to hear what the results will be. Tesla told me that if the problem was coming back (when they fixed it) then they should replace the engine again. As diagnosing this problem can only be done fully loaded.

It could explain to why some Model Ys don't experience the same level of resonating frequencies, ear pressure, etc. But that is just a thought of me.

I'm still hopeful that something like this could fix the problem that I'm having.


Things I've already done:
applied tubing
Applied extra rubbers by tesla to support the trunk when closed. The trunk didnt seem to move anymore when closing the doors of the car
Modified tailgate rubbers with 3d printed models

Things yet to be done:

Rwd unit replacement by tesla
Complain when this doesn't fix it

 

[Hingjon]

Forgot to tell you that Tesla also adjusted the tailgate rubber knobs.
Also they balanced the tires 2 times already

 

[Hingjon]

Interesting thing to tell you guys about my experience with a Tesla Model 3 loaner.

I've got sensitive ears so when I hear something I can't unhear it. My Model Y has the problem a lot of people having with ear pressure / resonating low frequencies / booming.

The Model 3 loaners (I've had 2 of them yet) ALSO experienced resonating low frequencies and sometimes ear pressure but only at the level of 10-20% of the Model Y. You can only hear it when you fixate on it at 110-120km/h.

I find it very interesting that that this is also present on the 3. Seems to be a resonating problem I believe. Guess you can hear with more cars but with EVs it is very profound as you've got no engine sound to mask / counteract certain frequencies.

When I search for the same resonating sound on a combustion car (Ford Fiesta) then you can also find traces on what I find in de model Y and 3.

Thought I'd share my thoughts in this post

 

[be10v]

Closing update on my side.
Hoping this may help a potential buyer if someone is looking to get one.

I was really excited to get a Model Y (or any Tesla in general). I rented dozens of models 3s and always looked forward to a model Y as a better option, roomier car.

As noted earlier in this thread, I did not even think that this low frequency noise could be a thing as I've never experienced it in any other vehicle.
Some people note that it can be heard even when the car is stationary - I had exact same problem.

After multiple attempts to fix the car between SC and forum suggestions, and after Tesla ended up denying service and wanting to charge $500 per diagnostic visit, enough was enough.

Unfortunately I ended up selling the car to a new happy owner and I'm not intending to come back to the brand after such a poor experience and multiple issues early on. Someone got a great deal though.

I'm glad that not everyone is experiencing this and some people just don't hear/notice it.
End of the day, these are good cars, but not for everyone as some people apparently are a lot more sensitive to these types of vibrations that cannot be "reproduced" and that "do not exist" by the SC.

Junk.