Maybe every 7500 miles go in for a tire rotation and spline grease.
I'm giving up on this one until there is a fix. It's just a noisy suspension that needs an updated design to the half-shafts. I really really really wonder how this never got addressed by engineers. I mean, service centers have canned answers since it's probably brought up so regularly.
Some of the band aids have helped, but to me it’s still there but hasn’t gotten worse. Luckily there is 8 yrs, 150k miles for me to keep nagging for a fix. ? I plan on upgrading or trading for a Gen 2 long before that anyway.
If I had the equipment, I'd put a rubber bumper on the ends of each half-shaft to eliminate the clunk. I'm sure it would eventually wear out, but that would fix it. I have 33 months left, so I'll probably hold out for gen 3.
Well that is exactly what this is: bad engineering.
That's fair. When I was mentioning bad engineering I was thinking of things like the jounce lines, and how they squeak on almost all G1s I've ever seen. Other suspension issues might be from assembly or even down-right bad luck.
Some people have heard the clunk in every loaner and R1 they have rode in. So far I'm 2 for 2 in hearing it. It has been to VERY common.
The last time I complained loudly to the Austin service center, they allowed me to drive two different loaners. One had 2000 miles and was nice and tight and no play. The second one had 6000 miles and was a little looser but no clunking. But even I have new hubs and half shafts and still hear it 40% of the time, so it has to be on the motor side.
It's just odd that the quads and dual motor setup do it. Here's my Part # on my dual motor half-shaft.
8 years is the drivetrain coverage… which doesn’t include the suspension per my read of the warranty… so wouldn’t that be just 5 years (or in my case only 4)?
