Broken Falcon Wing Door Latch

[Ramisanders]

I noticed the plastic latch on the bottom of the interior of the falcon wing door had a crack in it. Here’s some pictures. I’m going to take it into the service center tomorrow. Glad I have ESA. Has anyone encountered this issue. Is it a big deal? Or should I be concerned that the door won’t latch or close properly when I go to close it. I’m worried about driving it today. Thanks. Pictures attached.

 

[davezforce]

That might just be a plastic cover that covers a metal bracket underneath, or I would at least hope so. I think you should be fine to drive if you can get the door to lock shut. Hopefully it’s the door is just out of alignment and caused the plastic casing to crack.

 

[Ramisanders]

That might just be a plastic cover that covers a metal bracket underneath, or I would at least hope so. I think you should be fine to drive if you can get the door to lock shut. Hopefully it’s the door is just out of alignment and caused the plastic casing to crack.

Do you know an override to close it shut in case it doesn’t close?

 

[davezforce]

Unfortunately no. I would think you could try and assist it closes at the end by just applying light pressure to push the door towards the lock at the end of the close cycle

 

[mhinterseher]

My metal piece broke last week. Fell off when the door opened. Pretty sharp piece. Luckily no one gut hurt.

 

[Ramisanders]

My metal piece broke last week. Fell off when the door opened. Pretty sharp piece. Luckily no one gut hurt.

Do you have pictures ? Not sure what you are talking about.

 

[mhinterseher]

Do you have pictures ? Not sure what you are talking about.

 

[Ramisanders]

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Dude thanks so much. Looks like the same exact thing happen to mine. So did you not fix it?

 

[mhinterseher]

Dude thanks so much. Looks like the same exact thing happen to mine. So did you not fix it?

Scheduled an appointment still waiting for repair as said just happened. Btw. my X was delivered in December 2017.

 

[Ramisanders]

Scheduled an appointment still waiting for repair as said just happened. Btw. my X was delivered in December 2017.

My X sept 16. Right before they changed to AP2. 30 days to be exact. Pretty bummed about it.

 

[Ramisanders]

Scheduled an appointment still waiting for repair as said just happened. Btw. my X was delivered in December 2017.

Do you have FSD?

 

[mhinterseher]

Do you have FSD?

Yes HW3 already upgraded. Can’t wait for next software upgrade. Tesla’s are outdated as soon as you buy them. I could have easily waited 3 more month for MCU2 had I known. On the other hand still very happy overall with the car.

 

[Storm13]

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Mine just broke the same way. How much to get it fixed? Did they have to realign door?

 

[mhinterseher]

Part was still under warranty. Ranger came out. No realignment was done.

 

[lynnpt2001]

This just happened to ours over the weekend, one side fell off the other side is cracking. It appears to me to be a weak part, this cover is metal and is made to guide the door latch into the hole on the body to grab the latch. Repeated stress on this cover everytime the door closes is going to fatigue this metal and it is bound to fail. Not to mention any stress that is on it while driving. I also believe that as the doors age, and more play begins to occur in the hinges etc, the alignment in these latches will continue to loose tolerances and cause these to fail more often. Tesla should be looking at this and make a change, does anyone know if the latest cars are the same or are they different. By looking at the parts catalog there only appears to be one part number.

 

[lynnpt2001]

FYI drove to the service center today, they had 2 in stock, paid $ 42.00 for both of them, going to replace them myself, probably should have picked up 4 since I know this will be happening again in the future.

 

[Shak]

That falcon door latch cover has broken multiple times on my 2016 Model X - yet again this weekend - I am the first/only/single owner, for what it's worth…

I'm very frustrated, upset, and depressed with the number of times that I've had my Model X in service in the last year for failures and recurring defects - I bought this vehicle because I was lead to believe it would be low maintenance and save me time, but it's a lemon and I've experienced greater reliability with 20+ year old used cars that I bought for 1% of what I paid for my Model X - dealing with Tesla service in Ontario, Canada has been a nightmare.

 

[Neil_dsb]

My 2018 Model X has also just broken, requested the part I can replace it

 

[stuttgart]

Can someone share the part number of the latch cover? Mine just broke yesterday.

 

[lynnpt2001]

Can someone share the part number of the latch cover? Mine just broke yesterday.

When you install these you have to keep the cover slightly loose and close the FWD. Loose enough so it can center itself into the hole when the door shuts but tight enough to stay in place, when you open the door mark it's location then tighten them. If they are not centered entering the latch hole this is what breaks them. People should periodically adjust these covers as the door changes and moves position over time, this is why they break