Tesla Cybertruck went to service center with issue – owner claims it was fixed with tape

One Tesla Cybertruck owner received a far more DIY fix than he’d expected when he took his EV pickup truck to a service center.

While driving, they noticed the vehicle had excessive wind noise – typically not a part of the premium Tesla experience.

Turns out it was down to a panel gap.

However, rather than an angle grinder and wrenches, the service center’s solution seemed a little more amateur: They used a roll of tape.

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The Tesla Cybertruck issue

Reports of wind noise in the electric vehicle’s cabin are mixed.

While some owners report excessive noise, others say that their driver is relatively quiet.

However, an anonymous participant in the Tesla CyberTruck Facebook group, which has around 240,000 members, was concerned.

“Is it just my truck?! They said nothing [sic] to do about it. Is that normal? Only from the driver side,” they posted.

The nameless customer had even driven a loaner Cybertruck and found it to be noticeably quieter than their own.

So they took the truck to a Tesla service center for a fix, with the documentation stating their concerns:

“Wind Noise – I already service this issue and was said this is standard. After driving your loaner, I found that the noise in my car is much stronger then in others.”

The unusual service center fix

The repair notes from the service center, though, were a little surprising.

“Verified customer concern. Drove and compared with 2 other trucks of similar VIN range and found the turbulence noise was consistent in all trucks, some even louder than this vehicle,” said the service technician.

“Found that taping off the panel gap between driver front fender and frunk reduced the noise, however no adjustment to those panels is possible due to body fitment specifications.

“The noise heard is normal air turbulence that is expected with a higher speed. No further action required at this time.”

Both the Tesla Model 3 and Model Y have had similar issues reported on Reddit with oddly similar DIY solutions.

One possible answer to the riddle is that EVs can seem noisier because they lack an internal combustion engine that masks wind noise in cars that have a gas engine.

However, responses to the post suggest that it could be a wider issue that boils down to an ongoing struggle with panel alignment and quality control for Tesla.