Another Model Y rejected today

[MYand1M]

I was already skeptical when my Tesla representative said the car was “Factory Gated” on July 7th (I placed my order on July 31st), I asked if it had been rejected but he said they didn’t see that in their notes. My VIN which was in the 25,xxx.

Today all excited for delivery day, as I got there I quickly noticed exterior issues in the first 5-10 minutes of looking at the car.

They would only guarantee the scratch would be taken care of, while the other things I pointed out was the typical "we would have our service guy look at it..." answer. No way would they put anything in writing.

I didn't spend too much time checking out the interior as I already was feeling pretty disappointed with the exterior at this point. I did notice though that the rear seat didn't fold down when pushing the button.

I’m curious to hear your thoughts and if you would have accepted/rejected the car based on these photos.

 

[glide]

That is a discarded turd.

Hood gap is awful, bumper color mismatch, hatch looks poorly aligned.

Good on you for passing.

 

[Blizzard]

I would have rejected that too. The color mismatch is insane, can’t believe they tried passing that to you.

 

[Watts_Up]

Well, too many issues, some alignments could be consider minor but other certainly should have been fixed BEFORE delivery.

Did you paid full before been able to look at the car?

I noticed a new white Model Y today, parked in the street, with a 40,xxx VIN. And I didn't noticed any obvious gap or scratches

 

[Spacep0d]

Yeah that's pretty bad. Good for you for passing on it. These rejections should encourage Tesla to use more diligence in initial assembly along with better fit and finish.

 

[raggedy]

Bumper is a different shade of course but I would have been interested to see pics of both driver and passenger side doors.

glad you rejected. That’s a rejected car. If they’re selling every MY off the line then why would this one be sitting around for weeks before being assigned? Me thinks the advisor wasn’t being honest when you asked if it has previously been rejected. Or, if a potential buyer never accepts delivery and rejects it on site like you did then it might not ever be put in notes for the car history.

Anyone else wondering what happens to all the returned MYs? I don’t see them being sold as “demo” cars and everyone’s new MYs seem to have 15 miles. Hahaha. Of course it would be ILLEGAL for Tesla to roll the odometers back to 15 miles. I just find it odd that many posters have said they returned their MYs after a few days. I think I’ve seen one poster that stated his car had some miles (more than 15) on it at delivery.

 

[Weeee]

It looks like after 3xxxx vin the quality became better. Worth waiting for the next car. This one is just like the one I test drove.

 

[Watts_Up]

Any explanation for this damage?

 

[LicenseToDrive]

Uh......that door and the paint on the fender was enough for me. I would have passed when "Factory Gated" was mentioned......your next one should be fine. VIN's are in the 40K range now.

 

[MYand1M]

It makes me feel better about my decision knowing that I'm not the only one who would have rejected this car. Thanks for your feedback.

 

[MYand1M]

Any explanation for this damage?

They didn't say.

 

[UT4EVER]

It is a disgrace that they would even attempt to deliver that vehicle.

 

[raggedy]

It is a disgrace that they would even attempt to deliver that vehicle.

how about the guy who took delivery of his white MY and it already has PPF on the mirrors and both bumpers?!?

hahahhahaa

What is Tesla doing?!? shrug

 

[Watts_Up]

It makes me feel better about my decision knowing that I'm not the only one who would have rejected this car. Thanks for your feedback.

What is your current situation?

- Getting full return (but not be able to re-order the same model ?)
- or replacement coming?

 

[MYand1M]

What is your current situation?

- Getting full return (but not be able to re-order the same model ?)
- or replacement coming?

I rejected this one and was told I should get another one sometime in September. So I'll wait for that car, and hopefully, it'll be close to perfect. I'm trading in my current car through Tesla, so at least I'm not without a car now. Would have been terrible if I had sold it elsewhere prior to the delivery day.

 

[Kandiru]

"Factory gated", pardon this dumb immigrant, but WTF is that?

Oh and BTW are the MYs still assembled in tents? Do tents also
have gates?

Muchas gracias!

 

[kavyboy]

That car is perfect!
... as a source of parts.

OK, it's not junk, but trying to sell that as a new car at full price is just ridiculous.

 

[richrootes]

Probably means a factory gate fell on it

 

[kenadams]

What happens to financing when you reject the delivery and wait for a new car which could take like another 3-4 weeks? Does it require new approval from the bank since there is a VIN change?

I am in Texas and Tesla requires full funding before they ship the car out from CA and shipping takes two weeks.

 

[alexcue]

What happened to pre-delivery inspection? Why can’t they just reject it themselves? This should have never left the factory.