I have been experiencing creaking coming from the rear seats of my Model 3 (21 model year) since I bought it used a year ago.
It appears normally as a leather-on-leather rubbing sound coming from the offside rear corner, but then when the body is flexed going up a hill and taking a corner it would be more of a metallic creaking sound.
Disassembly of the rear bench and removal of the seat backs is rather simple, requiring a 13mm socket for the latter. I found that the black pivot sleeve (label 7 below) between the two rear seats was sitting slight pronounced and that the zipper from the rear seat covers was through the pivot (label 9 below) that is mounted to the chassis. The pivot itself has wear marks through the vehicle paint.
I poked the zipper back into the seat and re-seated the sleeve. I also applied some lithium grease to the pivot to try and prevent any rubbing in the future.
I oddly don't have the pivot bushing (label 6 below) so will see if the Tesla SC recommend fitting.
Hope this helps someone else as was driving me crazy.
It appears normally as a leather-on-leather rubbing sound coming from the offside rear corner, but then when the body is flexed going up a hill and taking a corner it would be more of a metallic creaking sound.
Disassembly of the rear bench and removal of the seat backs is rather simple, requiring a 13mm socket for the latter. I found that the black pivot sleeve (label 7 below) between the two rear seats was sitting slight pronounced and that the zipper from the rear seat covers was through the pivot (label 9 below) that is mounted to the chassis. The pivot itself has wear marks through the vehicle paint.
I poked the zipper back into the seat and re-seated the sleeve. I also applied some lithium grease to the pivot to try and prevent any rubbing in the future.
I oddly don't have the pivot bushing (label 6 below) so will see if the Tesla SC recommend fitting.
Hope this helps someone else as was driving me crazy.