NVH Foam Lining delamination in tires may be cause of vibration while driving

[REM]

Hey guys,

Wanted to chime in about an issue that a small percentage of us may face. If one day you notice a slight or even moderate vibration on otherwise smooth road surface (that typically gets worse with higher speeds) then you probably have a tire with delaminated foam. I suspected it happened to me during a long drive on the interstate. Seemingly out of nowhere, I started getting a lot of feedback in my petals and could also feel it in the floor. Really made me think at first that one of the drive motors was slipping.

Tesla replaced the tire under warranty since you cannot re glue the foam. They first suggested that I get the tires rebalanced, but of course that didn't help. Have a tire shop test all of your tires first to see which one(s) is affected, then have them remove the tire from the rim to confirm. Make sure you use an absolutely trusted shop. Maybe even take it directly to Tesla.

I took it to a tire specially shop and they ignored every single word I told them, and ended up putting an absurd amount of weights on my tire. Can't trust anyone these days.

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[Electric Metal]

Hey guys,

Wanted to chime in about an issue that a small percentage of us may face. If one day you notice a slight or even moderate vibration on otherwise smooth road surface (that typically gets worse with higher speeds) then you probably have a tire with delaminated foam. I suspected it happened to me during a long drive on the interstate. Seemingly out of nowhere, I started getting a lot of feedback in my petals and could also feel it in the floor. Really made me think at first that one of the drive motors was slipping.

Tesla replaced the tire under warranty since you cannot re glue the foam. They first suggested that I get the tires rebalanced, but of course that didn't help. Have a tire shop test all of your tires first to see which one(s) is affected, then have them remove the tire from the rim to confirm. Make sure you use an absolutely trusted shop. Maybe even take it directly to Tesla.

I took it to a tire specially shop and they ignored every single word I told them, and ended up putting an absurd amount of weights on my tire. Can't trust anyone these days.

Tesla basically told me to F-Off and that weren’t giving me new tires. Was told to go through Goodyear. Goodyear told me that they will prorate my tires. I pay 420.00ish they pay $40.00. Like I said in my previous post the warranty and customer service was laughable from Tesla and Goodyear. This is what my tires looked like…………. Foam was basically folded to one side and the truck was rendered useless past 50MPH.

Ohhhhh……… forgot to mention they told me it was the front drive unit and replaced it under warranty, after repeatedly telling them to check the tires. I was 100% sure that is was the tires, but I guess I got a new front drive unit out of the deal!!!!

 

[REM]

Tesla basically told me to F-Off and that weren’t giving me new tires. Was told to go through Goodyear. Goodyear told me that they will prorate my tires. I pay 420.00ish they pay $40.00. Like I said in my previous post the warranty and customer service was laughable from Tesla and Goodyear. This is what my tires looked like…………. Foam was basically folded to one side and the truck was rendered useless past 50MPH.

Ohhhhh……… forgot to mention they told me it was the front drive unit and replaced it under warranty, after repeatedly telling them to check the tires. I was 100% sure that is was the tires, but I guess I got a new front drive unit out of the deal!!!!

Maybe I have enough good-guy credits to just get a simple replacement. They let me keep the old one too! So I need to find a spare rim somewhere.

 

[dLux]

Hey guys,

Wanted to chime in about an issue that a small percentage of us may face. If one day you notice a slight or even moderate vibration on otherwise smooth road surface (that typically gets worse with higher speeds) then you probably have a tire with delaminated foam. I suspected it happened to me during a long drive on the interstate. Seemingly out of nowhere, I started getting a lot of feedback in my petals and could also feel it in the floor. Really made me think at first that one of the drive motors was slipping.

Tesla replaced the tire under warranty since you cannot re glue the foam. They first suggested that I get the tires rebalanced, but of course that didn't help. Have a tire shop test all of your tires first to see which one(s) is affected, then have them remove the tire from the rim to confirm. Make sure you use an absolutely trusted shop. Maybe even take it directly to Tesla.

I took it to a tire specially shop and they ignored every single word I told them, and ended up putting an absurd amount of weights on my tire. Can't trust anyone these days.

I had the same experience: around 70mph, the car started shaking like crazy. I went to a tire shop to have it balanced (Tesla has ~30 days waiting times for appointments, so I tried a well-rated tire shop first). They started balancing it, but figured that one of the tires would take about 12lbs of weights to balance and they gave up. Lucikly I managed to squeeze this problem into an upcoming appointment with Tesla, they admitted the issue and replaced 2 of the tires for free, balanced all and rotated them for no charge.

 

[AverageJoe]

Had same problem after a trip. Drove great until 74-75mph+ then the truck started to try and shake itself apart. Tesla technician took a ride with me said it's either tire balance or could be foam like I suggested. He said they would check both and now I see in the service tracker they replaced the tire under warranty for foam separation. Questions I have now are;
Do I have a brand new tire with three that have almost 6,000 miles on them?
Can you change just one tire on a four wheel drive vehicle?

Edit: vin 34,000 ish awd FS

 

[Willinak]

I wish all the posts required putting your VIN series in because that is important information for the rest of us!

 

[dLux]

I wish all the posts required putting your VIN series in because that is important information for the rest of us!

VIN: beast, ~42k

 

[SpykeDaddy]

I had a related issue caused by that foam.

One of my OEM truck tires had a razor blade type of cut in the tire that resulted in a 1 PSI per few days leak. Discount Tire tried to fix it twice with no success. The manager on the final try shared that the tires had an interior foam used to muffle sound and it was interfering with the glue used to seal the tire. Third time was a success!

Only sharing for those who might run into the same issue. It just took a lot of tries to get it right. They didn't do anything different due to the foam and, honestly, they weren't sure if the third try would do and I was ready to buy new tires.

 

[Fedork]

Hey guys,

Wanted to chime in about an issue that a small percentage of us may face. If one day you notice a slight or even moderate vibration on otherwise smooth road surface (that typically gets worse with higher speeds) then you probably have a tire with delaminated foam. I suspected it happened to me during a long drive on the interstate. Seemingly out of nowhere, I started getting a lot of feedback in my petals and could also feel it in the floor. Really made me think at first that one of the drive motors was slipping.

Tesla replaced the tire under warranty since you cannot re glue the foam. They first suggested that I get the tires rebalanced, but of course that didn't help. Have a tire shop test all of your tires first to see which one(s) is affected, then have them remove the tire from the rim to confirm. Make sure you use an absolutely trusted shop. Maybe even take it directly to Tesla.

I took it to a tire specially shop and they ignored every single word I told them, and ended up putting an absurd amount of weights on my tire. Can't trust anyone these days.

Just happened to me a few days ago, but I only found this post after this has been diagnosed by Tesla and I got new tires (old ones were almost worn out anyway). I wonder how common this issue is

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