Charge Port Cover Stuck Partially Open

[Brave Ulysses]

About 3 weeks ago my charge port cover started not closing completely. After unplugging the port cover "closes" but instead of closing flush it is left partially open. It only fully closes when I go into drive. It sometimes partially opens again when I am in park/car is off.

Any ideas on how to fix this? No idea why it started happening.

 

[RobertSeattle]

Not sure if this will help but that black "stopper" can be spun to adjust the cover closing amount - not sure if this will help in your circumstance.

 

[MP3Mike]

Any ideas on how to fix this?

Call Tesla and schedule a service appointment?

 

[Light Fury]

Call Tesla and schedule a service appointment?

Mine did that on day 2, so I took it to the SC and they had to adjust it. They said it was hitting something and therefore not closing properly. It was a quick fix. It’s been fine ever since. HTH.

 

[Brave Ulysses]

Call Tesla and schedule a service appointment?

Yea. Will do. Just was hopeful it was something quick and simple I could fix since scheduling a Tesla service appointment is a bit of a pain right now.

 

[skitown]

OP, I presume your car has been in temps above freezing since this happened? (Your car looks ice covered like ours right now in your pics.) If not, I would probably take a hair dryer to it in my garage first to make sure there wasn't some rogue water and ice expansion happening in the hinge area. Long shot, but can't hurt if the case.

 

[HugoBoss]

Happens once in a while, I just reopen and close again. Fixed

 

[trmmcd]

Mine was going the other way. A bit indented and not opening reliably with a physical touch. I had them look at it at a recent service visit. There is apparently a stop adjustment screw. Now it is flush again and opening reliably. That may be the black stopper referred to in and earlier post.

 

[Brave Ulysses]

OP, I presume your car has been in temps above freezing since this happened? (Your car looks ice covered like ours right now in your pics.) If not, I would probably take a hair dryer to it in my garage first to make sure there wasn't some rogue water and ice expansion happening in the hinge area. Long shot, but can't hurt if the case.

Yea. Above freezing. I did take those photos after coming back from skiing but the car has been in the 60s and in the single digits and still happens.

I was just hoping it was something simple that I could adjust on my own. It’s weird to me that the car does eventually shut it completely when shifted into drive. So whatever is preventing it from closing on its own is somehow overridden by the car when it matters.