I understand this topic has been discussed quite a bit over the years so don’t beat me up too much, but I am curious y’all’s thoughts on my best course of action given my circumstance.
just bought a used 20M3P from a Hyundai dealership in Huntington Beach and within a day, I had the creaking at slow speeds and turning…
(80k miles, just under 4 years old)
dealer has said it isn’t a safety concern so nothing they will do, despite Tesla Service saying someone clearly greased/lubed the control arms to mitigate the sound..
(Also to note, a day after taking delivery, driver side headlight DRL inop and rear passenger seatbelt issue/OCS per the notifications)
dealer replaced my headlight and has so far balked on the seatbelt/ocs issue stating they couldn’t duplicate despite the notification popping up ever day…
anyhow,
Tesla replaced the Upper Control Arms, stated all is working as designed, yet still creaking .
my question is this:
doesn’t appear they replaced the ball joints nor ‘filled them’ so should I just buy the gear and pump grease into the ball joints or will that be futile if it’s the lower compliance and lateral links making the noise?
or should I purchase the lateral and compliance links aftermarket and look for a private mechanic to replaced them?
along with what I think is the sway bar links due to slight metallic rattles overs bumpy roads…
that said, any mechanics in SoCal (LA to OC)
that might wanna do the job?
thoughts, as I’m not willing to go back to Tesla and drop $1500 before I’ve made my first payment on the car?
and thank you for y’all’s time.
Coming from a decade back when I was all over the e93post forums with an 07 bmw 335i, so I love it here…
just bought a used 20M3P from a Hyundai dealership in Huntington Beach and within a day, I had the creaking at slow speeds and turning…
(80k miles, just under 4 years old)
dealer has said it isn’t a safety concern so nothing they will do, despite Tesla Service saying someone clearly greased/lubed the control arms to mitigate the sound..
(Also to note, a day after taking delivery, driver side headlight DRL inop and rear passenger seatbelt issue/OCS per the notifications)
dealer replaced my headlight and has so far balked on the seatbelt/ocs issue stating they couldn’t duplicate despite the notification popping up ever day…
anyhow,
Tesla replaced the Upper Control Arms, stated all is working as designed, yet still creaking .
my question is this:
doesn’t appear they replaced the ball joints nor ‘filled them’ so should I just buy the gear and pump grease into the ball joints or will that be futile if it’s the lower compliance and lateral links making the noise?
or should I purchase the lateral and compliance links aftermarket and look for a private mechanic to replaced them?
along with what I think is the sway bar links due to slight metallic rattles overs bumpy roads…
that said, any mechanics in SoCal (LA to OC)
that might wanna do the job?
thoughts, as I’m not willing to go back to Tesla and drop $1500 before I’ve made my first payment on the car?
and thank you for y’all’s time.
Coming from a decade back when I was all over the e93post forums with an 07 bmw 335i, so I love it here…