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Pulsing vibration from frunk when turning on heat – 2024 Model Y

L3xusLuth3r | 2026-03-10 14:18 | 23 views

I picked up a 2024 Model Y last week, so please bear with me as I’m still getting familiar with how everything behaves. I have preconditioning scheduled in the mornings, and it’s been working consistently over the past few days. However, this morning the cabin didn’t precondition as expected. I attempted to start defrost manually through the app, but it repeatedly returned fault messages (see screenshots). I tried the command several times, including restarting the app, but wasn’t able to get it to activate. When I eventually went out to the car (which was completely frozen), I turned the heat up from inside the vehicle. At that point the car began making a very noticeable pulsing vibration coming from the frunk area. It’s difficult to describe precisely, but it sounds and feels like a [rhythmic vibration or pulsing from the front of the vehicle](https://vimeo.com/1172164028?share=copy&fl=sv&fe=ci). I’ve attached a video so you can hear for yourself. You'll notice that it sounds particularly strange when I power it down, almost like a bad bearing. This could very well be normal heat pump behavior, but as a new Tesla owner I don’t yet have a baseline for what’s typical, so I wanted to check here before scheduling a service appointment. Has anyone else experienced something similar or know what might be causing it?

Comments (3)
goodvibezone 2026-03-10 14:31

They actually have a [site](https://www.tesla.com/ownersmanual/model3/en_us/GUID-AA58ED67-9C93-4EE6-8B19-9FDABE018787.html) you can review for that

MrSourBalls 2026-03-10 17:37

The sound in the video sounds completely normal, that is the heat pump running at full tilt heating up a car in -10C The errors when starting the climate remotely are not though. Could you go into service mode (software tab in the car, press and hold on “model Y” and input “service” and take a picture of some of the recent errors? Edit: additionally, you could give the car a reboot by holding both scroll wheels on the steering wheel, and seeing if that helps your app situation.

Inevitable_Ad_711 2026-03-11 05:51

Can't quite tell but I hear sounds of the heat pump working

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