Squeaky / Creaky Noise from Rear Seats (especially when going over bumps)?

[Mach5Bej]

I drive a 2023 Tesla Model 3 LR that I picked up in December 2022. It currently has about 8,000 miles and no accidents/damage.

I recently started hearing squeaky/creaky noises coming from my rear seat area, especially when going over bumps. It's not too audible if I'm playing music, but it's annoying to hear when the music is off. I feel like it's getting slightly worse/more frequent over time. I'm not sure if the cold New York weather has caused some part to loosen and create this annoying noise.

I'm not too sure what's causing it. Have any of you experienced this before? If so, what did you do to resolve it?

I'm going to try and drive with one seat down at a time to see if I can isolate exactly where the noise is coming from.

 

[CyberFox]

If your headrests are up, that may be the cause of it.

 

[Mercimek]

Yes. I haven’t been able to fix this. I think part of it is the seat material rubbing against each other. Part of it is the flexing of the rear shelf. If you have any solutions I would love to hear more about it.

 

[gtg465x]

I had this, but when I uninstalled my child’s car seat, it went away. I haven’t reinstalled the car seat yet, but I was thinking maybe I had tightened it down too much. I had both the latches and tether connected.

 

[Mercimek]

This makes sense… I also have a child seat attached. Haven’t tried to remove.