R1T a little louder in the winter...

[jrproli]

Hello, my truck is much louder in the colder days. Well I'm in Florida, so cold is 40F... but i did notice that the motor is running more often and louder.

Is it the heater? Should i be concerned?

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[tjmsquared]

Mine does the same thing. It's the air compressor running to keep the pressure up in the suspension. If you remember your high school physics then you'll remember that:

PV = nkT

So, as "T" temperature goes down so does "P" pressure and the compressor needs to run to keep the pressure up in the system.

 

[Riviot]

What you're hearing is the truck going BRRRRRR

 

[cbrcanuck]

Hello, my truck is much louder in the colder days. Well I'm in Florida, so cold is 40F... but i did notice that the motor is running more often and louder.

Is it the heater? Should i be concerned?

Florida? Colder? Winter?

Those words don't belong together.

 

[jrproli]

thanks guys. I’ll keep an eye on it this weekend when our spring starts…

 

[zefram47]

Do you park outside? Look at the battery temperature in the gauge view. If the battery temp is somewhere around 45F or lower then the truck may drive the motors inefficiently to generate heat to warm up the battery. That inefficiency is easily detected by the sound the motors make on the Gen1 vehicles with the Bosch motors (quad-motor). It used to be they'd do this below 50F, but recent software seems to be less conservative on battery temps. You will also see a snowflake shown below the speedometer when the battery is cold enough to reduce performance/regen/etc. Even in the garage I'll get snowflake mode on really cold days if I didn't need a deeper charge the prior night (charging will warm the battery).

 

[jrproli]

Yes, i do park outside. I’ll keep an eye on the battery temperature.

 

[malditofman]

Hello, my truck is much louder in the colder days. Well I'm in Florida, so cold is 40F... but i did notice that the motor is running more often and louder.

Is it the heater? Should i be concerned?

If second gen the heat pump is loud (in my view) and would run more often and longer in cold winter weather.

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