Tesla is among the world's leading manufacturers in the automotive sector when it comes to software, innovation, and safety. And Tesla has also increasingly overcome its Achilles' heel of build and production quality, and can now easily compete with other manufacturers.
However, there are still a few minor issues that Tesla customers need to address themselves. These include the prone to failure of the ventilation slot under the front seats of the Model Y, which we want to look at here.
Protect Tesla Model Y air intake
The Model Y has air vents under the front seats that are relatively unprotected from the factory. Especially if passengers frequently ride in the back, there is a risk of dirt, stones, and other foreign objects getting into the vents.
At best, this is annoying because it naturally reduces the performance of the ventilation system and causes disturbing noises when foreign objects move around during the journey. At worst, however, it can become very expensive.
Distance can be complicated
Removing foreign objects that have become lodged in ventilation ducts is often difficult or impossible without major modifications. Depending on the situation, It may therefore be that in Service center The rear seat or even the vehicle floor has to be removed to uncover the culprit. And that's not cheap, but... many hundreds of euros The cost is obvious.
The solution: Model Y ventilation grilles
To prevent the problem from arising in the first place, there is a simple solution: custom-fit Model Y ventilation grilleThese are installed under the front seats in no time at all using a click mechanism and effectively prevent foreign objects from getting in. Since the Model 3 suffers from the same problem, we naturally also have a suitable replacement for it. Model 3 air vents.
Beware of Model Y with BYD battery – exclusive solution from Teslabs
For some time now, Tesla has also been building Model Y vehicles in the "Standard Range" version at its Grünheide plant in Germany. These differ in some details from models produced at other plants due to the new BYD battery in the vehicle floor – these include the jack points and the aforementioned ventilation slot.
The air vents in the Model Y Standard Range from Grünheide are significantly larger. than in the other models. Ordinary ventilation grilles therefore didn't fit this model. Something new was needed.
In 2023, Teslabs became the first shop to introduce custom-fit air vents for the Grünheide-built cars with BYD batteries into its product range. The new product was the culmination of months of development. Together with various Model Y drivers and a manufacturing partner, our team took precise measurements, developed and tested prototypes until the final vent was ready.
Choose Simply select your vehicle variant when ordering, and we'll send you the correct part. Not sure if your Model Y is from Grünheide? With our VIN decoder Find out the model variant, production location, and much more.
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