Tesla Model 3 2021 - Panel gaps and quality issues
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- čas přidán 28. 12. 2020
- Showing off the quality issues on my new Tesla Model 3 2021 LR.
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- • Video (severe steering wheel misalignment)
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If it wasnt brand new, you would have thought it had been in a crash and poorly repaired
Honestly had this been any other start up brand or established brand this would have led to a class action lawsuit. It seems that people are heavily invested in the Tesla image and do not want to admit that these faults are unacceptable.
they are acceptable for a BUDGET tesla
If this had been any other brand nobody could care less.
Well, its because Tesla is leading the way for electric cars to be the norm, with relatively cheap but high quality cars. These defects however are definitely unacceptable, and if Tesla doesnt do something within the month their stock price could plumit
@@Benji10109 what can they do? Stock price can plumit at any time. Some say 25% of the workers are there only to sabotage the brand.
Dude I can look out onto my road and see issues like this on cars which aren't Tesla's. Yes it isn't acceptable, but do people not realize this happens on other cars as well?
Lmfao I love his optimism. “Hopefully they can fix it” for almost all of these issues… when he’s already f’ing bought it and there’s no way they’re going to “fix it” at that point
If a Tesla does not have gaps like this, it's aftermarket.
Of course they will fix it! This is a warranty issue. My experience with similar problems when i got my first 2019 M3 LR is that the issiues eventually got fixed, but it took some time, because the service in Norway was not properly set up in 2019, and all service requests disappeared into a black hole never to be seen again. After the service requests were intergrated into the app, this problem ws solved.
@@gunnarnyb9433 They don't fix it if the vehicle has over 100 miles on it.
Most shocking for me in videos about Tesla issues is stubborn unconditional loyalty of their customers
I agree. Tesla is not a ordinary car maker and the customers are not ordinary car buyers...
They are so brainwashed they accept cars with major defects and pretend there is nothing wrong. Lol
I think it is understandable when Tesla was only one player in town. In the end, EVs are way more dependable and reliable than ICE. So, people didnt care about cosmetic issues like these because there was no maintenance, cheap operation costs, way better reliability and performance than ICE. Now, however, when u have other EV products, it may become problematic unless they fix it. But, that still does not concern me because the cars are great otherwise. But we will see, once competition gets closer when it comes to performance, range, charging, tech, then perhaps Tesla starts losing customers. But, until then, most of us Tesla customers dont care about these issues because the competitors still are worse even when their panel gaps are better. It is all a trade off remember. There will be cars that are better than other cars at some but worse than other cars at some too. It is always like that and different people prefer different things. That is why there are more than one paint and interior colors, options, models, makes because people like/value different stuff.
@@yankees29 couldn't have said it better
This is just amazing!
If this was in Europe, the whole car would be returned to factory or never left a dealership in first place. Why do people put up with this?
@@iiiS4 It's funny, I was just out shopping and while walking on the street and by parking lot I noticed a parked Tesla 3. Just out of curiosity I looked around it and making notice of body parts alignment. As true as this video is, the doors, hood and trunk were misaligned.
I never noticed that before, it's shocking to be honest. This car costs the same as vw Golf Gti, Audi A3 Sport or Mercedes A series...
Btw, while walking back to my old Toyota Avensis I was looking for the same Tesla flaws in all the other cars parked in the lot, and beside few Citroen's and Renault's, I did not notice this on other brands.
I think Tesla, like de Lorian before it, needs to spit these wagons out ASAP to keep this artificial stock price at float, otherwise it's value is going to crash big time.
QC is the thing of the past, I guess.
That's the thing no dealers to fix this stuff before the customers see it. I bet this happens all the time with other cars to but the dealers take delivery and they sit on the lot for weeks before they get sold and the dealership fixes all these minor defects.
@@linemanap
Every Trunk seems to be misaligned... Either they can't put it on correctly or the trunks don't actually fit the cars.
No real manufacturer would send out cars this bad.
The dealers wouldn't have it, they would charge the manufacturer labour to repair.
@@superdaddys69 I have Avensis as my second car, panel alignment issues in there also but everything still works.
This what happened when you buy it online only ..
You should be furious about this. Take off the Tesla blinders and recognize you’ve been swindled.
Until he drove it home and realised it was the best car in the world 😹😹😹
Fanaticism about tesla the brand is nuts! People are getting duped left and right but we love tesla 🤦🏻♂️🤣
@@mrindia1 sounds like someone’s been waiting for a dip for a loooooong time 😂😂😂😂😂
Lmao, over-dramatize much?
@@asalamalecom no just saying numbers don't match the value and obviously the quality of cars still suck
Dude, how can you be "Happy" with a car that doesnt close well the door? You must be kidding
Easy fix.
@@ozonic91 honestly? That's your answer?
Pay $30k for a thing you should start to "easy fix" yourself from day one?
Either you never worked for the money before or you have no self-respect...
@@superdaddys69 first of all he didn’t say himself. to align a door all you need is shims simple But Tesla should be the one doing it as for everything all together the guy never even gave tesla a chance to fix it instead the guy chose to make a CZcams video instead of calling Tesla to fix the issue
@@bassboy6963 those issues should not exist in the first place. panels alignment is probably fine, but the door and the paint bump are not fine. Tesla has to turn to quality eventually, otherwise, it will get screwed up pretty badly if FSD gets delated for another 4-5 years. As it will loose any competitive advantage against other manufactures.
It's a shit build for 30,000. Shouldn't have to be a easy fix. And if that's how their cars roll out of the place of build, they are shit.
Can't believe this for a 2021 model.. i was about to move from an Audi diesel to a brand new Tesla model 3 2021 and now I'm just disgusted.. thanks sir for this video
Why would you downgrade from an Audi to a Tesla?
Buy an E-tron. Done. End of conversation.
@@hasangenc2922 I'm going to downgrade from Mercedes c43 amg coupe to Tesla M3P :) they are totally different
Just use Prius like everybody else. Won't have any problem until 200k miles or more.
Stevie wonder built it.
The debris in the paint is a major issue imo. If that rips off you could get some paint peeling off and eventually rust.
Rusting aluminum... that'd be a worlds first.
@@cyumadbrosummit3534 well it’s a Tesla so it wouldn’t surprise me if their Chinese manufacturers offered them some “extra-lightweight panels” and Musk just pocketed that money
Who did the final Inspection at the assembly line?
Stevie wonder :)
Have you ever worked in Q.C. department?!
Managers are about quantity, output numbers, etc...
I guess, they shoosh people on line, and keep rolling cars off line.
@@ImportedFromSerbia im worked at Renault, and tesla qulity is trash lol
@@bizzybb I say Renault is trash since you guys chill there perhaps at 50% capacity is that. Meantime, Tesla has like 500K preorders on cyber truck alone, a bunch of Model S/X that the delivery can only be had next summer, and Model 3/Y long range requires somewhere from 4 to 6 months of a wait time. Those guys are overworked so u cant compare undesirable Renault to a hot cake. LOL.
It makes you wonder about potential defects on parts of the car you can't see. If Tesla hasn't fixed the build quality issues by now they probably won't ever.
They are pumping cars out trying to meet quota. They are living them for the SC to fix.
They're fit/finish issues. (All/mostly hand-finished errors) Theoretically, there shouldn't be anything / much else underlying or anything of importance.
@@ColonelCampbellAI2024 hmm, there are also quite often problems with suspension. Many model 3s have holes in the trunk where different body parts meet and there are also metal and aluminum parts touching without protection. There's a lot of potential for problems.
@@ColonelCampbellAI2024 Sorry what? That logic makes no sense. Copious quality control issues indicate a level of negligence that certainly COULD easily be affecting other areas of the vehicle. I don’t get why you’d suggest otherwise.
The markets (car buyers and investors) are not punishing them for this shit, so why would they change?
Horrifying.
Wow! That's a lot of issues. I definitely think Tesla should fix all of them, free of charge for you until you're 100% happy with it.
Absolutely.
Hahaha good luck with that. These cars are built like crap and Tesla knows it. They just don’t care about their customers because most of them are completely brainwashed.
Every time I think about buying a model 3 as a daily, I see stuff like this. Just totally unacceptable. I wouldn't touch it. I'd rather pay more for a base mod Porsche Tycan and know I'm getting a straight car. Looks like this thing was put together from a kit for a school project. It's such a shame as the rest of the tech is brilliant.
What rest of the tech? The whole car is crap through and through from the Batterie and the Chassis to the software.. Not even talking about all the other musk scam companies
this is the reason why I can't wait for other car manufacturers to get into building cars because this allows Tesla to just keep getting away with these imperfections and some of these things are minor but some of these things are major and all the Tesla lovers will just defend it well that's fine but if you spend that kind of money on these cars which in the end you don't really own don't forget you should at least get a quality product
If this was a GM car people would be all over this and calling it keep junk. Not sure why people aren't calling out Tesla about all these cars with problems.
Its not junk. Its a shit-box. Please use the correct nomenclature when describing a Tesla.
Honestly, these problems shouldnt of happened in the first place
Firmware update will fix it
/s
Autopilot will fix it
What is this crap? I used to build better quality Tamiya kits at age 5.
Well you see this is a car and that is a model... The sizes are a bit different arent they lol
@@Jakub2
Yeah, it should be way easier since everything is 50 times bigger.
@@ihavewaited90daystochangem51 missed my point. if sth is bigger, you can see the gaps, even if they're small. A model might have tiny gaps, but is 50x smaller.
I can so relate with Chris experience. Took delivery Oct ‘18 (day 1 rezo holder, super excited) car had 15 noticeable issues during walkthrough, some minor some major:
-Panel gaps (top area where the roof and trunk meet, passenger door, frunk misaligned, mention it to the lead tech person and she says “oh, we’ve been seeing that a lot lately” in my mind I’m like well how bought u fix it before u release the car.
-paint scrape marking on side mirror, paint bubbles, dust particles in paint, lots of rebuffed paint markings, paint blemishes.
-3 dime size lifted bubble markings on the dashboard
-lots of scratches on the center console area....did I buy a rental car/demo car? I didn’t ask for one.
I had a nervous breakdown during delivery, enthusiasm to silent in 30 min. I didn’t know u could reject and never would have thought this would happen for a 63k car. Took it home and so upset I went back to the service center the next day and requested help. Who buys a car to then have it sent back for the 15 issues they want to work out, come on. The Mgr accepted the car back (showed her all the pictures of the defects), took 90 days for refund go another one when I confirmed it’s a new build car they say yes. Order comes in and it’s a DEMO car, I’m like no way! I didn’t wait this long for this. No tesla for me or at least yet until this figure it out. Really unfortunate situation.
Keep us posted Chris and thank u for sharing.
They're a shit company with 0 years experience compared to other brands. I'd skip Tesla for about 20 years.
Thank you for sharing this all companies need to be held to account. (2018 mode 3 owner with some pannel gaps)
I was actually looking to buy one yesterday but this changed my mind. I guess I will pollute the planet a few more years until they will finally hire qualified people in the assembly line. When you spend 40k on this car quality is a must.
@Strawberry Kiys that's been disproven time and time again. An EV is overall better after around 3000 miles. I'd also add that other manufacturers have a "cleaner" supply line than tesla.
Get a Ford Match E instead
@Strawberry Kiys stop talking. Go do some research before spreading disinformation.
You should buy one but just wait 4 or 5 months it’s always the news one that be real bad
@Strawberry Kiys lmao naw
Telsa fan here and yikes on these issues. Makes me think twice - thanks for vid
For an expensive car like Tesla 3 I expect everything to be perfect, now they not only have to replace your car but also make a discount for all the inconveniences.
Expensive ?
@@NB-ir1me it is more expensive than a Corolla, but the Corolla is better built
@@raphaelrodrigues1645 much more expensive than my brand new Hyundai. I haven’t had any problems that require “fixing”. Lol
@@yankees29 exactly!!
A fucking Chevy Spark has a better paint from the factory.
@@raphaelrodrigues1645 it blows my mind that some people let them slide on things that other car companies never mess up. Lol
From other videos I've seen and of the lack of quality control... I'll be looking elsewhere for an EV.
VW ID 4 AWD Pro on order!
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It's only been one day and there's such a huge influx of negative comments. Hang in there Chris.
You have a California license plate, therefore it is reasonable to assume you are in Cali. You should know that Cali has some pretty strong consumer protection laws and lemon laws. You can and should return this shit-box
Do you sell your 'shit-box' cars when all they need is an alignment? 🤔
Tesla makes it impossible to reach them within the legal return period of the car and unless you've done it before and know exactly what to do, you cannot navigate the system otherwise. Lemon law applies when you take the car in for the same problem three times. A problem that the service center must say is actually a problem. I took it in three times because the range on my car is significantly lower than it was supposed to be but they always said it was normal. Two years later my car has lost 15% of it's capacity seemingly for no reason. I work with lithium ion packs in my day job and am very careful to treat my battery nicely. Tesla just doesn't give a shit.
Overall the car is still heaps better than anything on the road, I just got a trashed one and don't have the time or patience to deal with it.
@@ColonelCampbellAI2024 can't speak for op, but of course you don't sell a car when you have to do routine maintenance. I however, would not accept a car from the factory that has more body issues than my F150 with 400,000km has.
I wonder why do Tesla owners keep saying they have best cars ever despite ridiculous build quality issues and ford focus level plastic interior?
I love when the fanboys get all defensive even when it’s their car that has massive problems. Tesla’s are nothing but a low quality piece of crap with a tablet strapped to the center console. Lol
:D my 11,000 brand new low-end car has better built than this.
11,000 dollars or...? Which car is it?
@@bastianm5478 you can't buy it in US, only available in Southeast Asia.
@@axlnightmare answer the question
@@bastianm5478 my last gen corolla makes this tesla look like it's been written off in an accident and rebuilt, I'm pretty sure teslas have the worst build quality I've ever seen, he's lucky he even got a refund, I've seen people get teslas with finger sized panel gaps and tesla says it's within specification. No amount of range makes up for the fact that this 40000+ dollar car has worse build quality than most 10000 dollar cars
@@Friday_V7 Nope, but a clue. It's a japanese car.
Just why do people accept delivery of this?
You get given the card to the car and told to drive away and report issues that need to be fixed. There’s no walk around first or option to refuse taking the car. And you’ve already paid by that point.
I think you made a reasonable choice to drive away and be happy and trust they’ll fix up what’s needed, which is mostly what will happen. Fingers crossed.
PS saw a video on how they make the seats and it’s pretty labour intensive czcams.com/video/ygysPNyXqKk/video.html
@@codykonior now there is your problem. At least start warning others. There are other brands available.
@@VirtuellJo No there isn't
@@kesaber1 327 of them. Some are buses and trucks, but you get the gist (if you want to) elbilstatistikk.no
„Tesla Standard“
"Within spec." Tesla's definition of misaligned panels.
🤣🤣🤣
You look cool with all this. I would be freaking out!! I hope they fix every single issue. Please let us know.
I have a 2020 Model 3 SR+ that I took delivery of back in Dec. 2019. I have panel gaps here and there, some paint issues, and rattling when I drive, but nothing as bad as this. The only major problems I've had that I needed service for was humidity in my rear driver's tail light and one of the tips of the pins in the charge port broke within a few months. (Tesla said they would replace it and never did, thankfully it works fine) Seeing your video almost makes it seem like quality control has gotten slightly worse since. Hopefully it gets better. Really nice cars, but they really need to get better at build quality.
Okay, I think we have a case of people inspecting their Teslas much more closely than they would any other car. It would be nice if the car didn't have these issues, but they all seemed relatively minor to me, and seem to be things that you would find on any car if you inspected it that closely. I have a 2019 Mazda CX-9 (a $42k Japanese car), and after I watched this video, I went out and compared it. Like this Tesla, it has trim at the top of the door panels that doesn't perfectly align between the front and back doors, it has a couple places where there are small stretch marks in the leather, the gaps above my headlights look larger than below, my roof panel sticks up a littler higher than my tailgate / spoiler top panel, and some doors occasionally don't close if you don't close them hard enough (on my Mazda, this seems to be due to very thick rubber padding, but it has softened up a bit with use and happens less and less often). He would have never noticed the tail light alignment if he hadn't been constantly comparing to other Model 3s. I think the only reason people don't notice these issues in other brands of cars is because they aren't as excited about cars from other brands and don't look over them with a magnifying glass like this. I mean let's be honest, no one ever cared enough about a Honda Pilot or Toyota Camry to go searching for every 2 mm misalignment.
The best comment on CZcams.
Mazda panels are known to have uneven gaps too though.
@@cobrachannel100so that makes it acceptable? I drive a VW CADDY delivery van. And the build quality is better than this Tesla.
This is why you don't become a brand fanatic or a persona fanatic.
I’ve seen better built Ladas. Shameful from all involved at Tesla.
Must be the workers at Fremont. The reports on build quality of the Tesla Shanghai factory so far are positive.
If Tesla does have quality testers in the assembly I wonder what they do all day?
I had exactly the same issue with the front passenger door being super hard to close. They did a good job though fixing it. I do have those gaps by the back windows too. They really need to step up their QC control.
I have the same car. It seems to have the LG Chem not the Panasonic. This means that it charges slower, is heavier, has lower top voltage and higher degradation. I specifically asked the sales rep when I bought it if it had the Panasonic cells and they said yes. I feel like I have been lied to and am very disappointed by Teslas way of doing business.
Poor issues and not acceptable. Pity someone disliked your honest video.
what will happen to you if you say bad things about other ppls religion.
@@saauuzza lo, you are comparing a car to a religion? I guess Tesla fanatics can be considered a cult.
@@sacachu ej our messiah.
Took delivery of my Y last month... I had a few minor issues. Passenger window sticking out. Head light had a bigger gap compare to the other side. Scratch on my headliner, tail light not aligned... I still took delivery and made an appointment with SC within 24 hours.. Dropped my car off 12/15, and got it back in a week. They were able to fix everything. They also fixed a couple of other issues I didn't even notice. There were uneven gap on my tailgate that they adjusted, and the same door not closing unless you applied more power to close it. They end up replacing the rubber seals inside the door and adjusted my door a little.
thats embarrassing though cars should be in perfect condition when buying new, not buy a car then take it back to be taken apart rebuilt and fine tuned
@@TUZKGaming Tesla do make cars in perfect condition. You just barely hear about it. Also tell that to a couple of my Lexus who had both cosmetic and engine/transmission issues... Sister also had a Mercedes that had electrical issues. My friends Toyota had paint issues... I just recently checked my G35 and Mom's Rav4 just to compare. Even those cars had minor panel alignment issues also. Fact is a lot of this car companies have been around a lot longer and still have issues. Tesla is a fairly new company. I expect them to have growing pains.
@@baldpnoy410 check the news 90 percent of teslas come with defects the owners just live with them
@@TUZKGaming Check the news? LOL... Yea I've owned 2 tesla's and I have friends who owns Teslas. We all got ours in near perfect condition. I don't need to listen to some news who reports every Tesla accidents like it suppose to be accident proof... Tesla has fixed all my issues and defects and in near perfect condition. I don't see a problem as long they address the issue. New company with growing pains.
@@baldpnoy410 new company? Tesla’s been in the game near 20 years. Am I wrong?
I took delivery of mine 10 days ago. I inspected very carefully, no issues found yet.
Consider yourself lucky
I have the same issue on my model y 2021, the funny thing is my left trunk gate is misaligned worse than on the right side i have scheduled an appt but i hope they dont give me the within spec bs
I see a car that had been in a car accident and was repaired at an unskilled collision shop with #bad_quality_repair. But then it's a #Tesla 😏It's courageous of you as a #Tesla owner to come out like this and not be defensive or try to hide the shameful quality #Tesla has! I feel so sorry for you to have to pay actual money for these defects. Thanks for the video and best luck!
I also had a contactless delivery of a Model S just before they closed in the evening and drove it straight home to my garage and the next morning I noticed a paint chip and went to the delivery center in Tampa Florida and was told that they would not fix it because I didn’t have documentation showing proof that the chip was there when I picked it up.
Every evening car delivery is a reason to hide some issues. You just got punked.
2021 model and they still have so many issues just like the past years
No they are rushing. He got a bad one. They have people putting out videos like this. Ford and Honda Civic had issues this year but no one has posted videos. Again why did he take delivery? They are not inspecting cars right now for quality
I picked up my 2021 Model 3 Dual motor 2 weeks ago and no issues at delivery but have noticed some minor defects in paint. I don't think there any perfect Tesla's. Owners find minor defects after delivery I'm sure.
@@keith78111 what’re you talking about? What issues did civics and corollas have? Is this in your head?
@@keith78111
Tesla fanboy apologetic butthurt as usual
@@lespaulranger If we all exist in this guy's head, then sure. 👌🐒
This is a disaster. I think the car was made incorrectly and doesn’t fit together. No bench would fit perfectly in the car
@@geekflyer77 Excited to hear what they have to say. Please keep up updated. I also strongly encourage you to opt out of this: www.wirtzlaw.com/2020/11/11/forced-arbitration-review-act-fast-to-opt-out-of-teslas-forced-arbitration-provision/
Some of these issues still persist with the late 2022 model 3. I picked mine up on September 5, 2022 also from the Fremont factory and I noticed some of these issues as well
I got my Model Y two weeks ago. Tons of alignment issues. Tesla service fixed some of them. Some they said are in specs (3mm off). I fixed all the door alignments myself. Took 5 mins to do it. Not sure why they just don't do it for their customers. They took more time to convince me to accept the flaws than actually doing the fix. Unfortunately, that's how it is now. If there is another option that's comparable to Tesla, I will definitely give them a try instead.
Check beneath the rear seatbelts. Is there dye transfer on the shoulder areas where the seatbelt hangs over the seat?
This is the reason why other manufacturers are catching up and passing Tesla. It's not the tech or the range or the performance. They're just built better.
It’s 2022 and I just accepted delivery this week of a model 3 RWD and my tail lights are sticking out just as much if not more than yours. How could they go so long with no improvements. Could you let me know if they were able to fix your gaps?!
Looks like it's has been in an accident right front door striker is in wrong position causing door to not close properly and misalignment of luggage lid to me seems like it was hit on the right side as the colour doesn't match either on the right. Tri stage pearl white you can see the different shade as u walk around. The pillar panel as well and weatherstrip on left rear door as well the chip resistance coating wasn't applied properly again looks to me it's been in another accident someone was in there before you bought it. Definatly would go back and check serial number for any work done to it even though its a new car. I've been doing autobody for 21 years.
How did you get 2021 in 2020 if they say they year of the car depends of the date ofmanufacture?
How the delivery centre allows that? How they clean and check the car? That is really bad that’s why the competition will be stronger in the next few years if they don’t fix the quality control issues. Shame on Tesla !!!
They don't have any centers, cars come and go right away. I don't see real competiti, there is nothing that can match Tesla specs and volume, others can't/refuse to do it because it will kill their ice production.
Can't effing get panel gaps, paint, or door opening mechanism right, but sure he's gonna take us to Mars!
Fuckin jest.
What happens with contract when you refuse delivery?
I just received the “you must go into ready status by this date” or you loose your order. Granted I ordered august 25th 2021.
I’m concerned if I get a poor quality MY I reject it then what…?
I'm unsatisfied with tesla. Ask to get it repaired. You could notify the lemon law agency in California and the dmv. Plus an attorney.
Lemon law only applies if they can't/won't fix it.
I'd return that, too many issues. My m3p had one slight panel gap resolved straight away and is otherwise perfect. "Dagenham Friday afternoon car" by the looks of things.
1. A door with a frameless window works like that, the window won't close if the door is not fully closed, that is not Tesla's fault, it's how the door works. The black trim on the door might be fix by just pushing it down. Firstly take it out then push it down, it might just work and you will have it perfectly alligned with the one in the back. Yeah , you gotta slam it a bit but you get used to it. I have a 2019 mercedes CLA which i have to slam the doors hard on the back for them to close. It's not the best thing to do but you get used to it. After all it's not like you buy an S-Class or a Maybach, you buy a Tesla Model 3 which is aroun 50.000 euros.
2. The panel gaps of the trunk-c pillar are not that bad to be honest, i've seen worse gaps in model 3's and other cars. What you have is barely an issue.
3. The gaps of the tailights are a bit big but it's not that bad to be honest, maybe it also can be fixed by removing the tailight and trying to reposition it. Maybe yes or maybe not, you can try and see.
4. The problems with the paint / clearcoat . Those can be fixed by polishing the surface until it's perfectly smooth , then apply paint protection film and you'll be fully safe from a lot of things. You don't have to repaint anything, just polish it at a professional and put PPF on it.
5. The creases on the white leather might be because the leatherette was not properly stretched when applied and the glue that sticks it to the foam under it might have just deattached from the foam and there you have a crease. But you might be able to fix it with heat at a local guy who does interior leather stuff for cars.
Remember you're not paying for an S Class or Maybach. In my opinion what you have showed in this video is very minor , i would gladly accept those flaws and enjoy the car for what it is. After all , you are gonna spend most time inside of the car not outside.
Thank you for this video, hopefully people see this and do not put down a deposit on a new Tesla (current wait time 6-12 months), so that I get mine sooner. One test drive is all it takes.
Have fun driving a shitbox
I had the same issue with the door not closing easily. It's a very easy adjustment to the striker with 2 bolts. Either you can do it yourself or do have the Tesla Service Center do it themselves, which is what I did.
Why the hell should the purchaser of a NEW $50k car have to fix a misaligned door themselves!?! Insane
@@PilotEJ401 because if has software and a battery powertrain that no other car make can provide just yet. Tesla is a tech company. And i paid $37K, not 50.
And you shouldn't have to fix it yourself. That's why Tesla will do it for you. Only a few come out this way. All car makes have a minor issues that they've slowly fixed over the handful of decades they've existed. Tesla has only been around for one decade and quite frankly they've done more than other car company has in the last decade.
It looks like the body panels were assembled in inches, not millimeters😀. I am eager to see if the chinese and german gigafactories will have the same product quality.
I don't think I would have accepted delivery. Got a Model Y a month ago and I got some screws rolling in the trunk door and the charging pad in the center console rattling.
My 2020 M3P has a paint run on the front, bad gaps, and the back doors just sound so nasty when you open and close them. They seem like a civic, not sturdy and just horrible sounding when closing
my taillights are worse and popping out so much and the service center in my city said it’s up to tesla standards so i had to hit up a stockton service center and they gonna fix it and are so much helpful compared to the service center in my city the employees seemed bothered even looking at my car
Hey Chris!! I have a few issues that’s exactly like yours. Thanks for doing the video. So let me know what happened because I made an appointment with them next week.
Can you refuse acceptance if you have these problems? I have a March delivery date and wonder about the delivery process.
@@davidfairrington706 You can but they are smart now. Before you can drive away or "meet your car", they will make you to turn on your TESLA APP and click on the option "ACCEPT DELIVERY" .Thankfully my car wasn't too bad but there are a few things that I had to scheduled for them to fix .
So curious - did they take care of these problems for you?
They better start getting it right because the competition is coming. This is also the problem I have with not being able to see the exact car you're getting before buying it. In this case, you have to try catching these defects BEFORE accepting delivery.
Musk is the ultimate cult builder and marketing manipulator.
He cannot fix these trivial build quality issues from 1970s, but sure talks big about going to Mars! Lies like a snake in the ground, disgusts me.
If a company can't show quality, it's a strict NO for me.
Yugo - Master of Quality for Tesla :)
Hahahaha.....
And the stock keeps going UP. When the music stops Oh boy!!! Blood bath.
Stocks at this point have nothing to do with reality and everything to do with making a select few very rich.the more money the common person puts into stocks the richer the truly wealthy become because they are the ones who set the low price for stocks. Once enough common people build there stock they pull out causing those characteristic peaks and valleys. The stock market is simply people building other people's businesses for them.
Tesla common issues and still people buy those. Your choice, your mistake, live with it.
Hey following up, did Tesla fix this for you?
Thought my car build issues were limited. Though front and rear lights seemed off, but not too horrible. Biggest issue were door handles not flush. On a side note, is a yellowish tint for their side cameras?
yellowish tint for side cameras? I think you may be talking about the dimming film on the sideview mirrors, which is a new thing they introduced for the 2021 model. That's basically to avoid strong reflections from other cars at night.
Pick up my TM3 three weeks ago and I have the same problems as your call! The Quality of the car is very poor!
Are you serious by ditching a legend BMW and move to this junk??
I was about to get Polestar 2, but will wait for the i4.
Love how people consider it junk after a few panel misalignments. You're paying more for the software and technology than you are for body panels. BMW, along with most big car makes, are far behind Tesla in that realm. If anything the price for a BMW vs the EV quality is more junk than this.
@@ozonic91 Tesla is nothing but an electric Fiat.
BMW is a whole different driving experience, something brands like Tesla will probably never achieve.
@@ozonic91 I would love to see how janky Tesla's software is. I bet your ass it's a bunch of spaghetti code.
@@superdaddys69 Yo stop talking rubbish, my Fiat is build much better than this piece of dirt 🤣🙈 And the BMWs are not what they used to be 20 years ago, the newer models have terrible reliability issues with mechanical parts 😳
@@tea_and_crumpets6919 Happy new year and respect to those who built your fiat 👍👌👌👌
Misaligned body panels means its an authentic Tesla and not some cheap chinese knock off!
So the Chinese made model 3 isn't authentic since it is better built?
Just buy the NIO EVs in China, better built, more room electronic sun shades, more comfortable and stylish and you can swap to a larger battery for road trips.
This piece of junk is so bad gaps are ☹ everywhere on my 2021 model
@@tonyduong70 that's trade mark.
Becuase chinese knock off looks better and classy
Did you miss these things on collection? Eg in the rain? I wouldn’t have accepted the car.
I drive a 2021 E Class. yet to find an imperfection. Not sure what the infatuation with Tesla is.
The big question is if these cosmetic issues will affect the car on the long run. I have a 2022 model 3 with some of this issues but otherwise the car is pretty good, no sqeacks or noises and seems to be solid silent.
It's overall bad quality that was put together as fast as possible
I got a well built model 3. September build. Some people certainly haves issues but Tesla will fix any problems
Model X still has load of issues and sent fixed. You should not have these issues in the first place! Might as well buy a lexus!
Anyone know if the M3s produced in China have quality issues. If not, then this is a quality labor issue in Freemont. Im not sure, but hundreds of workers in Freemont wanted to Unionize and stated qaulity and safety would improve if they formed a union because the union would bring in experts from other auto plants (musk took this as a threat that quality would purposely suffer if not allowed to form a union as a way to force his hand). What do you guys think the reason for persistent quality issues at Freemont (and new quality issues as pointed out in this video that was not seen on 2020 M3s)
Did they fix the issues?
This is normal, welcome to the Tesla family.You’ll love everything else
Disgusting that they can get away with this especially at the prices they charge.
Sad that so many Tesla fanboys blind themselves to this.
Panel gaps and paint defects on a Tesla aren't a surprise. Not good but not a surprise. I'm sure the service center will correct them. How does it drive and is it's performance up to expectations? Battery range?
nasty issues, but overall i'd also check if the effective full battery pack, degradation, etc are in order and such - over time, you'll pay more attention to that than the gaps (assuming worst ones do get resolved by Tesla)
I have the SAME FREAKING GAP ON MY LEFT TAIL LIGHT. Ours look IDENTICAL.
Its normal quality for tesla unfortunatelly. You should see alignment of the model X
And Honda too. CRV, Pilot, Odyssey, a gap on the lift door is larger on one side compared to the other side.
Cars are crappy these days, younger people have no pride for fit and finish, they just do it for the money.
I'm intrigued as to why you would take delivery of this vehicle with so many obvious quality control issues.
Wow. I had no idea that Teslas were so shabby. This really changes my perception of the brand. Would no longer consider.
How does one tell the difference between having gaps vs having an obsessive compulsive disorder ?
Looks like my Fiat Punto
1997 looked 5 years ago after3 major crashes and 150k miles :D
Thanks for the video I got my 2021 LR delivered from Fremont on 12/25. I have green tape in the exact same spot in my interior. Also same issue with driver's side taillight. And doors require some extra force to close, and front passenger door is misaligned. Hoping that a service center visit (couldn't schedule one until 1/6) can sort out these issues.
I took delivery on 12/22. I have dents on the trunk and quarter panel I only noticed in the right light after delivery. You are not alone.
Wow that really sucks!
Seen the door one listed everywhere in other videos and Tesla fixed them well. Seen the roof and lights ones in other videos but not sure if they got fixed (I think a roof was).
The seats are probably going to stay that way though. It sucks but they’ll probably crease soon from normal use anyway.
Sorry to hear about the problems, keep us updated on how the fixes go.
Are you missing your wheel centre caps too ?
Those are Aero rims.
Damn bro... Thats bad 😔
Jesus its horrible. Why did you accept it?
Jesus?
Also why did you accept the car when it was delivered? Did you not inspect it? You can choose to have it replaced or repaired
For free
Thats a 60K car once you add the auto pilot! F that! Aint paying that much that quality
it’s better. it’s bad because of the end quarter shit.
And its not even an autopilot.
in what factory was it built?