I just received my Model S Plaid last week.
I was doing a search to see if anyone else had these problems, seems like there has been a lot of random quality control issues.
Wish I would have know...for a $164K car out the door there needs to be a higher consideration of evaluation before delivery to make sure it is ready for the buyer.
I wanted to share a few things.
1) Glue exposed from the weatherproof sealing of the rear driver door
2) There were actual red/pink circles of imperfections of the trunk door, likely from QC; there was also a long scratch/gauged metal/scratch, but still the trunk door was installed
3) Insulation/glue exposed on the rear side panels wrapping around to the trunk, worse on the driver's side than the passenger side.
4) Thick paint pushing down the passenger side rear bumper? Bumper does not sit flush to the panel (I included the passenger side and driver side for comparison)
5) Maybe crooked PLAID badge...depends on the angle you look at it
6) not enough sheet metal to finish the wrapping around the driver side rear panel...
Just a few things other people can look out for when inspecting your purchase.
I have another story on how it was delivered
My other car is a 2021 BMW M5 LCI...no cosmetic issues at all, was a little cheaper than this MODEL S PLAID when ordered in 2020 ($130K)
I was doing a search to see if anyone else had these problems, seems like there has been a lot of random quality control issues.
Wish I would have know...for a $164K car out the door there needs to be a higher consideration of evaluation before delivery to make sure it is ready for the buyer.
I wanted to share a few things.
1) Glue exposed from the weatherproof sealing of the rear driver door
2) There were actual red/pink circles of imperfections of the trunk door, likely from QC; there was also a long scratch/gauged metal/scratch, but still the trunk door was installed
3) Insulation/glue exposed on the rear side panels wrapping around to the trunk, worse on the driver's side than the passenger side.
4) Thick paint pushing down the passenger side rear bumper? Bumper does not sit flush to the panel (I included the passenger side and driver side for comparison)
5) Maybe crooked PLAID badge...depends on the angle you look at it
6) not enough sheet metal to finish the wrapping around the driver side rear panel...
Just a few things other people can look out for when inspecting your purchase.
I have another story on how it was delivered
My other car is a 2021 BMW M5 LCI...no cosmetic issues at all, was a little cheaper than this MODEL S PLAID when ordered in 2020 ($130K)
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