Rattle starts at 00:04. Listen with headphones.
Its coming from the front driver side.
So I have this car for 3 years now and this rattle noise is constantly there. It did get worse but then stabilized at this level.
It happens on uneven / stone roads. Even thick white lane lines can trigger it depending on their texture.
During these 3 years, below is what I have done to find / fix it, but none of it worked.
- Visited 3 Tesla service centers. Failed to diagnose. They said its "probably" the air struts.
- Visted 5 independent garages. Failed to diagnose. They said its "probably" the air struts or stabilizor links
- Visited 2 suspension specialists. Failed to diagnose. Same comments.
- Replaced front air struts. No remedy.
- Replaced stabilizor bar and stabilizor links. No remedy.
- Removed stabilizor bar and stabilizor links. Test drive. No remedy.
- Removed all the trim of the frunk. Test drive. No remedy.
- Replaced CV axles of both sides. No remedy.
- Replaced wheel bearings. No remedy.
- Checked break pads and dust cover, no play, no rattle.
- Replaced ALL front control arms except top Y shaped ones. No remedy.
- Checked ALL control arms for play multiple times. No play.
- Checked everything under the frunk to see if anything is loose. Found nothing.
- Check headlights for broken mounts. Found some. Fixed them. No cure.
- Put some rubber under the hood, left it slightly open with rubber inbetween and test drive. No cure.
- Removed tires and checked for faulty tyre pressure sensors. Nothing.
- Retorqued everything including the control arms and steering column. No cure.
(rattle is not really felt on the steeringwheel)
- Checked rear control arms. No play.
- Removed the top shock brace bars and test drive. No cure.
I am really losing my mind here. Onlything that I didn't replace is the top, Y shaped control arms, but there is no play. And the steering column...
I am considering throwing in a new steering column aswell since it is making a loud hissing noise when turning the steeringwheel.
But if that also doesn't remedy it, I am really going crazy. Anyone has any clue?
Service center says I should either live with it or replace the car as it is too expensive to pursue it. Other services are just as clueless as Tesla SC.
I like my car though and I would like to keep it so I really would love to get rid of this issue..