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Boot strut recall
- Thread starter CMc1
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There you go then. It’s the software this time. There is a fix coming in 22.16 hopefully2022.8.2
It's surely not too much to ask for the motherf&*%ing boot to open when I press that damn button though?? Especially when it was repaired 4 weeks earlier.
Yeah, it's not really acceptable though, is it?
10 service repairs in 15 months. A boot strut that failed in that time, repaired, along with other warranty work that had the car off-road for a week. A software update that broke it 4 weeks later and a promise of a fix at some undefined time in the future.
I love the idea of the car, but I am gradually gettying fed up- of the "quirks" and the constant repair issues. It'll be the last Tesla that I'll probably get. That many faults in that time is simply not good enough.
I agree totally. They fix one thing, add quirky stuff you don’t need like the colorizer etc and break other things.
I wonder if Tesla were trying to software hack the strut issue, maybe setting a higher threshold before the software detects a failure and hoping it will drag the issue out of warranty for some - yet in doing so made matters worse.
It does look like less damp countries experience the issue less, so they might have more chance of Tesla delaying the underlying fault.
It does look like less damp countries experience the issue less, so they might have more chance of Tesla delaying the underlying fault.
I’d say it is almost a certainty. No reason for the software update to go near the code for the powered boot otherwise.
DenkiJidousha
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Dec 2020, Collected car.
February 2022 (Jan?), boot didn't always fully open under power.
Early March 2022, Service Centre: powered strut replaced, now with o-ring (photo was requested earlier). Did not fully resolve the boot opening.
Late March 2022, Ranger: powered strut replaced again, alignment tweaked, very slight touching identified on right and resolved (see photo, sorry wrong part in focus). Appears to have resolved the boot opening.
Planned April 2022, Ranger: Paint touch up.
February 2022 (Jan?), boot didn't always fully open under power.
Early March 2022, Service Centre: powered strut replaced, now with o-ring (photo was requested earlier). Did not fully resolve the boot opening.
Late March 2022, Ranger: powered strut replaced again, alignment tweaked, very slight touching identified on right and resolved (see photo, sorry wrong part in focus). Appears to have resolved the boot opening.
Planned April 2022, Ranger: Paint touch up.
DenkiJidousha
Member
Replacing the boot strut was quick, could have been 5mins - but in my case that wasn't enough. It was getting the the point the ranger was going to give up, and ask me to leave the car at a service centre for a day to get to the bottom of it.
The ranger ended up having to adjust the central pin the lock engages, and both hinges before it seemed to work properly. It took an hour. On the plus side, maybe only 1mm different but the alignment is more visually pleasing now.
Billbrown1982
TM3 LR 2021 | Red | FSD
Well mine has done it twice suddenly, once tonight and once last week. Again its not been particularly cold, although very wet. Just have to monitor and see if it gets worse or not I guess.
It’s the update that has caused it. The next one should fix it.
I booked my M3 in for service due to half opening with double beep issue and hard closing and have a ranger coming in just over a week. Service estimate states strut will be replaced. It also lists the following which I’m guessing is due to the boot closing hard? ‘Exterior Component/Panel/Glass Adjustment - 0.4’.
How do you receive the estimate? I can see in the app that the cost estimates have been done but I can't see them anywhere. Would it be because mine is a lease on a company car scheme?
I’ve had it for a few weeks now. It’s progressively becoming more frequent. Right now I’m less concerned about the half opening than the force with which it shuts.
Ranger came today after I reported the "double beep" last week. He opened the boot, said it was too slow, then grabbed the open strut and demonstrated lateral free play. He said it was scrap....
Fitted a new strut, and pointed out that the top rubber seal was of a new design. The job was done in 15 mins, including a wheel tread check.
An excellent technician, ex JLR and quite chatty, he observed that Tesla's were rather more reliable than JLR cars and that the Jaguar iPace electronics were far more complex than a Tesla, which may be why the Teslas don't go wrong as often as JLR cars.
Fitted a new strut, and pointed out that the top rubber seal was of a new design. The job was done in 15 mins, including a wheel tread check.
An excellent technician, ex JLR and quite chatty, he observed that Tesla's were rather more reliable than JLR cars and that the Jaguar iPace electronics were far more complex than a Tesla, which may be why the Teslas don't go wrong as often as JLR cars.
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