Not sure if this is what you're talking about but Tesla's 3/y front drive units seem like they started making all kinds of unpleasant "cricket" noises some time between 2022 and 2023. There is a large thread about it here...
This product strikes me as another totally non-mainstream, spec-chasing dumpster-fire by GM, similar to the heinous monstrosity that is the Hummer EV.
Anyone towing enough to justify the massive battery size and associated cost and weight would be MUCH better off buying a gas or diesel. The...