Truck broke down Friday night. Horrible grinding sounds.

[Lawlypops]

I was out taking my sister for her first ride in the truck and when I goosed it a bit, it made this clunking sound from the rear end. Then it sounded like something was dragging (there wasn’t but that was the sound).

So I was looking for a spot to pull over and at a light, there was another clunking, grinding noise and the truck was kind of bucking. When the light turned green the truck felt like I was driving on flat tires. Of course every error in the book was happening.

Across the street in the parking lot I went to hit park and the gear selector on the screen was not there. It wouldn’t let me put it in park for a very short time. During this time I was stopped but the truck kept making the grinding, clunking noise.

It gets weirder too. When I put it in drive it would make the same clunking noise and the screen would show I was going more than 0 MPH despite the fact that I was sitting still. I have a video of this but can’t get it to upload.

Lastly, put in a roadside assistance ticket and waited 30 minutes with no response. So called roadside and it took 50 minutes to get someone on the phone. Then the tow got all booked and when the driver showed up, I realized we can’t put in drive cause who knows what it will do. So put it in neutral and, unless I am missing something, it went back in park as soon as I got off the seat. So apparently someone has to be in the driver seat to keep it in neutral to get it on the flatbed. Sure they could’ve just dragged it up but seems short sighted to say the least.

Sorry for the lengthy post. This whole thing is beyond frustrating.

Tldr; CT started making weird noises and threw all errors. Making terrible sounds and bucking, I made it to a safe spot to park. At service now but I have no hope of seeing it again soon.

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[getsometom]

Glad no one was hurt. Curious to find out what was the cause of the issue.

Did you call Tesla roadside assistance or the one with your insurance?

 

[sgmorton]

There is a tow mode so you don't have to stay in the seat. Who knows if it would work in this situation.

 

[Lawlypops]

Glad no one was hurt. Curious to find out what was the cause of the issue.

Did you call Tesla roadside assistance or the one with your insurance?

I shoulda clarified, Tesla roadside.

 

[Lawlypops]

There is a tow mode so you don't have to stay in the seat. Who knows if it would work in this situation.

Crap, I obv did not know that. Hopefully won’t need to use it again but thanks for the heads up.

 

[Macgyverfever]

Gotta know when to pop the clutch and when to shift gears I'm tellin ya

 

[FlipSixThreeHole]

Hope everything works out!

 

[Crissa]

Sounds like the commissioning of the motors broke down - there are sensors that let the motors know where the rotors are in their rotation so that it can apply the right alternating current waves to get you the speed and torque you want.

When these sensors come out of alignment, bad things happen and the motors can run in random directions.

It could also be a mechanical failure in the single-step transmission, too. It would make grinding and squealing but not a bucking sensation.

EVs have a few parts, but when something goes wrong, well, it really goes wrong.

-Crissa

 

[Ward L]

How many miles on it?

 

[tmeyer3]

I'm sure everything will be under warranty. Sorry this happened to you!

 

[TruckGenio]

I was out taking my sister for her first ride in the truck and when I goosed it a bit, it made this clunking sound from the rear end. Then it sounded like something was dragging (there wasn’t but that was the sound).

So I was looking for a spot to pull over and at a light, there was another clunking, grinding noise and the truck was kind of bucking. When the light turned green the truck felt like I was driving on flat tires. Of course every error in the book was happening.

Across the street in the parking lot I went to hit park and the gear selector on the screen was not there. It wouldn’t let me put it in park for a very short time. During this time I was stopped but the truck kept making the grinding, clunking noise.

It gets weirder too. When I put it in drive it would make the same clunking noise and the screen would show I was going more than 0 MPH despite the fact that I was sitting still. I have a video of this but can’t get it to upload.

Lastly, put in a roadside assistance ticket and waited 30 minutes with no response. So called roadside and it took 50 minutes to get someone on the phone. Then the tow got all booked and when the driver showed up, I realized we can’t put in drive cause who knows what it will do. So put it in neutral and, unless I am missing something, it went back in park as soon as I got off the seat. So apparently someone has to be in the driver seat to keep it in neutral to get it on the flatbed. Sure they could’ve just dragged it up but seems short sighted to say the least.

Sorry for the lengthy post. This whole thing is beyond frustrating.

Tldr; CT started making weird noises and threw all errors. Making terrible sounds and bucking, I made it to a safe spot to park. At service now but I have no hope of seeing it again soon.

Seams like a recall on the works there are quite a bit of folks popping up with drive unit issues some getting stranded such as yourself. Mine is being replaced this week I hope.

 

[Madmover]

Crap, I obv did not know that. Hopefully won’t need to use it again but thanks for the heads up.

I suggest you give the entire manual a read through.

 

[mongo]

I was out taking my sister for her first ride in the truck and when I goosed it a bit, it made this clunking sound from the rear end. Then it sounded like something was dragging (there wasn’t but that was the sound).

So I was looking for a spot to pull over and at a light, there was another clunking, grinding noise and the truck was kind of bucking. When the light turned green the truck felt like I was driving on flat tires. Of course every error in the book was happening.

Across the street in the parking lot I went to hit park and the gear selector on the screen was not there. It wouldn’t let me put it in park for a very short time. During this time I was stopped but the truck kept making the grinding, clunking noise.

It gets weirder too. When I put it in drive it would make the same clunking noise and the screen would show I was going more than 0 MPH despite the fact that I was sitting still. I have a video of this but can’t get it to upload.

Lastly, put in a roadside assistance ticket and waited 30 minutes with no response. So called roadside and it took 50 minutes to get someone on the phone. Then the tow got all booked and when the driver showed up, I realized we can’t put in drive cause who knows what it will do. So put it in neutral and, unless I am missing something, it went back in park as soon as I got off the seat. So apparently someone has to be in the driver seat to keep it in neutral to get it on the flatbed. Sure they could’ve just dragged it up but seems short sighted to say the least.

Sorry for the lengthy post. This whole thing is beyond frustrating.

Tldr; CT started making weird noises and threw all errors. Making terrible sounds and bucking, I made it to a safe spot to park. At service now but I have no hope of seeing it again soon.

Might be a loose axle hub bolt. That causes the motor to be (mostly) disconnected from the wheel resulting in noise and loss of power.

 

[65SoYoLO]

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Watching this thread intensely.

 

[Cybertruck 1974]

can't wait to hear what this is about. Best of luck!

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