Thanks for this video. I had this sound for a few weeks and found the answer on Reddit. I then searched KZread and found your video. I went out and drove the car with the carpet pulled on the passenger side. When turning, I saw a glass marble rolling to passenger side. It was a pain, but I got it out after a few minutes with a chopstick. I plan to cover the vents and seal that carpet to prevent it from happening again. Definite design flaw right there.

@mmark300

8 ай бұрын

So glad this helped! A few weeks is a long time...

Just buy a role of velcro and use the rough side, it will stick to the carpet really firm and can be adjusted indefinitely

I use silicone cauk and aluminium flyscreen mesh to solve many issues, you could use instead of buying vent cover. silicone is marvelous stuff

When working at the factory, after repairs, during test drive for noise and vibration, many times “extra” clips would fall in there and give us techs a good run for the $ diagnosing the noise😅

@mmark300

Жыл бұрын

Oh yeah, the first time had to be the worst!

I had the same noise in my model Y starting 2 months ago, booked a Tesla service and they fixed it with no charge, but didn't tell me what was inside. I will buy the cover you recommend. Thanks!

@mmark300

7 ай бұрын

Nice! You're welcome and thanks for the comment

yeah that does seem like a questionable design. A mesh and little moat in there seems better. If it has a slit hole at some point in the vent floor then sand and such would presumably fall through and wouldn't hinder airflow particularly. Bernoulli airflow.

Thank you !

@mmark300

5 ай бұрын

You're welcome!

I had somebody spill hard candy 🍬 and it’s just rolling back and forth driving me crazyv

@mmark300

Жыл бұрын

I feel for you...

@marknixre

3 ай бұрын

I have a box of chocolate covered raisins rolling around in my car, smelling like chocolate every time I turn on my AC. Clearly a design flaw #$%^&* TESLA!!@@mmark300 . Am not having any luck getting a tesla appt to remove/fix

Gaffers tape would probably be good and it's a black tape. It's mainly used for

@lowvoltagedude7837

Жыл бұрын

Musicians taping down wires for gigs

I've got three kids and started hearing a little plastic ball sound in the vent as I turn left and right. Fantastic! I was hoping you'd get into how to remove that but I asked Tesla and they won $350 to do that hence me doing research. Why wouldn't Tesla provide a screen for these vents. Dumb.

@mmark300

4 ай бұрын

Yeah, this is awful... You could try accelerating real hard. If it's on the right spot it could work. Also a really flexible vacuum hose could do it.

What should I do if a plastic lipstick went to the vent ? Help 🙏🏼

@mmark300

Жыл бұрын

Did you try flooring it? 😃

How did you solve the original problem?

@mmark300

5 ай бұрын

Had a nut get under the carpet - easy to get out with a magnet luckily

Thanks to my kids some marbles got into my air vent and the rolling around is driving me nuts. Flooring it has not solved the problem. Do I have to remove the seats to get them out? If so how can I do it? Is it safe for me to do so? Tesla are not covering it under warranty unfortunately and they are charging $500 just to remove it which I can’t afford right now. Please help!

@estelamyers5074

29 күн бұрын

That's brutal! You would have to take the seats and carpet out then I'm still not sure if you could easily get into those vents. I would try to find a flexible grab tool thing with a camera on the end of it. Maybe just an endoscopic camera with double sided tape on it would do it.

@iggypoprockstar

29 күн бұрын

@@estelamyers5074 That's not a bad idea, I will look into it. Do you think 1m long would be long enough?

If something goes in that vent, here's a thought, just turn the air on on high for the vent. It blows out and problem is solved.

@mmark300

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, but many things are too heavy

I think a pen may have fallen in mine and I can’t get it out, it’s really annoying, any ideas on what to do? 😭😭😭

@mmark300

Жыл бұрын

Try to accelerate really hard to get it as far back as possible and you may be able to reach it. And try not to stop hard at all after accelerating... Also could use one of those flexible camera snakes to see where it is

How hard is it to pull up the carpet on your own. Do I need to go to the shop for this?

@mmark300

5 ай бұрын

Why do you want to pull the carpet up? Not necessary

@ocmgforever

4 ай бұрын

I fixed it, but long story short, someone dropped an M&M in that vent. Every turn for three weeks I could hear that M&M roll from one side of the car to the other. I couldn't find it and it was driving me crazy. By luck the M&M got stuck on something underneath the carpet on the metal bottom of the car and I found it (3 weeks later)@@mmark300

What about using duct tape and dryer sheets?

@mmark300

6 ай бұрын

Sounds like a pretty good idea.

@EVGUY13245

6 ай бұрын

@@mmark300 you think so? I might actually try it!

@mmark300

6 ай бұрын

@EVGUY13245 Not sure how much air will flow through it and your car may smell too fresh, haha. Otherwise, yeah, would work

My 2023 looks different than this on the driver seat. Was able to find a spot for it on the right..

If something gets into the vent, just floor the accelerator pedal. Problem solved.😂

@Furkanf22

Жыл бұрын

didnt work for me xD

@marknixre

3 ай бұрын

Did not work for me either - chocolate covered raisins... hundreds of them@@Furkanf22

So let’s say my airpods ( the case with the buds inside ) fell inside. How do I get it out 😂

@mmark300

Жыл бұрын

Ooof! I think there's a magnet in the case, so you can try to get one of those telescopic magnets. Have you tried accelerating real hard? Just don't brake real hard after...

@Furkanf22

Жыл бұрын

@@mmark300 the problem is that I don’t even hear the AirPods I’m not even sure if they are there but I can’t think of another place they could have gone and I can’t get a signal from my iphone to the case with find my I tried accelerating but I don’t hear anything

@mmark300

Жыл бұрын

@Furkanf22 Maybe it just got under the carpet, but seems too big for that.

@shaunboy97

Жыл бұрын

My daughter lost her airpods too 😭

My 2019 3LR doesn’t have these

@mmark300

Жыл бұрын

The big openings or the vented covers?

There's much nicer solution that looks better and can catch smaller stuff. It's made by Jowua.