Fix for front wheel knocking

[av8or]

The air suspension squeak/chirp is fixable? Between that and the possible half-shaft fix, that would make this 95% vehicle 99 to 100%.

I was told that it stops “most“ of the squeak. We’ll see.

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[Trayner22]

@Helios Thank you for the video. Mine is in the Richmond Service Center right now for this. For mine, if I switch to Conserve Mode the sound goes away. No update yet, as I just dropped it off on Saturday (7-20).

 

[joelster]

does that mean just replacing the motors or something else?

They replaced the entire front drive unit, which includes the two motor and the inverter. The first replacement was a bit noisy and they determined that it was also faulty and replaced that one as well.

I do not want to panic anybody here. My situation was different that what is being described in this thread however. It was worse than the typical driveline knock which I did also experience early on. I guess I was just whining a bit.

This is usually a pretty easy fix though I do wish that their solution was to actually replace the drivelines.

 

[joelster]

Took mine in for this and they are going to replace both front dampers. Also they have a fix for the wheezy squeak over speed humps, some kind of damper oil line now with a reservoir.

This is good news. When I was last in the tech mentioned that there was a fix coming for the suspension chirp. Might be time to submit a ticket...

 

[Jonger1150]

Sounds good. I chalk this up to them being a new company and a new model. It's almost a perfect vehicle minus the chirp and half shaft play. I'm 1 month in on my lease....I have an R2 on reservation and plan on leasing the latest R1T when the lease is up.

I might even buy it if these two things are resolved. Who knows.

 

[GANTZ]

If it makes a loud metal on metal crunch noise could be a loose bolt like mine supposed to have 4 but as you can see one went missing and thats when the noise stopped . Its in the shop now.

 

[joelster]

If it makes a loud metal on metal crunch noise could be a loose bolt like mine supposed to have 4 but as you can see one went missing and thats when the noise stopped . Its in the shop now.

Yikes...

 

[SeaGeo]

Within the last few days/maybe-week I've noticed a distinct change in the noise coming from the footwell (and front wheel-wells on both sides when listening from outside). Prior to this there was no noticeable noise, and now a predictable clicking/ knocking every time the brakes engage or disengage (eg coming to a stop at a light, or accelerating from a stop).

literally just had that half shaft replaced for the same noise.

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