I noticed my left (driver's side) trunk 'arm', is almost flush on the outside when closed, but it's recessed into the cavity next to the rear glass. Not enough to touch the roof part, but barely. The right side is almost flush everywhere. I also noticed a larger gap further below, where I can actually see the inside of the trunk when closed. And it was like that since day 1, and other M3s as well. The right side is much better, but the gap still wider than on other cars costing even less than mine.
I think the first step is to determine what is wrong: If the trunk lid itself is way off (more than mine, which I'd already consider defective), or the hinge itself. To make matters worse for a claim, is the issue is not happening immediately, but after some use. And THAT is what Tesla is apparently using as an excuse to blame the owners. Can you guys with the issue please analyze the left hinge carefully? And it only happens on the LEFT side, correct? By the way, I thought about reporting that panel issue when I bought the car, but since the other brand new ones looked exactly the same, I said to myself 'what for'. A replacement would be the same, and I didn't want a freaking body shop messing with my brand new car for something that you can only see when pointed to it. In addition, I lubed the hinges very well, and trunk is working fine as far as that... although it started closing with a 'slam', rather than soft-closing soon after delivery. It hasn't gotten any worse yet, so hope it stays that way. But I'm almost sure the side twisting action of only having ONE power strut is putting extra strain on the trunk, and whatever the defect ends up being, it's being exacerbated by that twisting torque only from the left side. Curious if somebody can determine what's being the root cause of this trunk issue.
. But other than that, you're correct.
