Congrats! I know it was a long wait but hope it was worth it.
Thanks, yeah it was long alright - a woman could've had a baby in the time it took to road test, diagnose, redesign, repair, road test again, and deliver the fix to my car! And I'm skipping the whole story about multiple visits to the service center, getting the wrong shocks while my car was there all week, having the tech run to HQ to get the proper parts at the 11th hour, etc.
As to whether it was worth it, well it's not like I've gained new functionality. Personally, I think Tesla should have offered me to replace the rear shock with the original design to temporarily fix the rattle, even if it were to return after a few thousand miles. At least I would've enjoyed a few or most of the 9 months I instead spent listening to the knocking sounds over very bump. I know others here had the same issue and are still waiting for their replacement as well and hope Tesla addresses it for everyone ASAP.
And while I understand the shocks are not designed by Tesla and they're at the mercy of their suppliers (Bilstein in this case), Tesla is responsible to get their customers a working solution to a problem on the product they sell and warranty - namely, the whole car. This may be a bad analogy, but if the screen on my iPhone works okay but has, say, loss of brightness over time and Apple knows their supplier needs to redesign it, they won't let me wait 9 months to get the updated part. They'll swap out the whole phone to satisfy my screen issue immediately and would happily do so over and over again (within the warranty period) until the new part solves the problem for good.
Anyway, next time something similar occurs (if it does), I know I'll press harder to get a replacement ASAP even if I know it's a temporary fix.
