Ha. Just found this thread. My 2018 M3 RWD got the Infamous Squeakies a couple-three days ago. After being told that it would be until late next week or July before the car could be seen and thinking that Destroyed Car was in the offing, took it to a local tire place that I trust.
They were good. Heard the noises driving it across the parking lot, got it up on a lift, and found that upper ball joint on the driver's side control arm. While they were calling Tesla about parts, I did a quick Google search on "Tesla upper control arm squeaks" and got hit over the head by the landslide of results.
Managed to call the local service center and, after some close questioning by the SA, they said (in no particular order):
They were good. Heard the noises driving it across the parking lot, got it up on a lift, and found that upper ball joint on the driver's side control arm. While they were calling Tesla about parts, I did a quick Google search on "Tesla upper control arm squeaks" and got hit over the head by the landslide of results.
Managed to call the local service center and, after some close questioning by the SA, they said (in no particular order):
- They've seen this lots, before.
- It's not dangerous, but truly annoying.
- A mobile tech can fix it (!). (Which I think is pretty good for a piece of the suspension.)