Closing Two Front Doors - Need to slam it?

[whydontwe]

Do you all need to slam your two front doors in order for it to close all the way? Either I am not use to it or there's an issue because I need to slam those doors to have it close all the way.

 

[Johnny Mac]

Absolutely not

 

[Skidmark]

I do on mine mostly when it is the last door to close. Passengers continually dont shut it hard enough and need to reopen and slam.

 

[2018M3]

I do need to close the door harder than my other cars, and i found that kind of weird for a luxury car

 

[zapbranighan]

My rear passenger door had the same problem. I took it to the Tesla Service Center and they adjust it. Now I just have to slam it every other time.

 

[Antarius]

I had to for the first 3 months, it’s gotten better over time.

 

[2018M3]

Our BMW X5 just sucks it in when door is almost close.... never appreciate that till now... =(

 

[Mobile Ranger]

Adjust the strikers. If you don't know how to do that then schedule service.

 

[whydontwe]

Okay, cool. Got it everyone and thanks. I have a scheduled service appointment in early January to fix a boat-load of things, so I'll add that one to the list. Do they provide a loaner?

 

[2018M3]

Okay, cool. Got it everyone and thanks. I have a scheduled service appointment in early January to fix a boat-load of things, so I'll add that one to the list. Do they provide a loaner?

just curious, can you give a list of what you fixing so we can double check if it's happening on ours too?

 

[64Driver]

Mine are the same way

 

[whydontwe]

I posted some pictures in another thread, but here's my list.

1. Two rubber stops under the front frunk hood are missing.
2. A noticeable gap between plastic trim and front window toward the driver's side.
3. Interior roof trim is not flush above the rear passenger's side.
4. Both side view mirrors are not flush with the car.
5. Rattle at high speeds (45+) toward the driver's side vent area.
5. Two front doors require a significant push to close properly.

 

[zhu-]

Is it new? My doors took significant effort to close for the first week then it was like every other door.

 

[Moose408]

Both mine and my friend's Telsa have this problem. Both cars are a week old.

I noticed it during delivery and the service tech was there addressing some other issues and said you just have to slam it. He didn't seem to think it was unusual, but it is.

Yesterday I got in the car after a rain, started the car and turned on the windshield wipers and got drenched because the door hadn't closed all the way. It's annoying and I'm hoping it gets better.

 

[Moose408]

This reminds me of a story I heard (this is more of a joke than a response to the OP, so feel free to skip).

Mercedes built a new factory and as part of it, as the cars came down the line a laser would measure the door opening dimensions, they had racks and racks of doors and a robot would go grab the perfect fitting door to install.

Toyota representatives were visiting the factory and the Mercedes employees were very proud of this new innovation on the assembly line and described it in great detail to the Toyota reps. At the end of the tour one of the Mercedes employee asked Toyota if they would consider installing something like that on their assembly line and the Toyota reps all said, "No. No way". Perplexed the Mercedes employee asked "Why not?", to which one of the Toyota reps replied, "We make all our doors the same size".

 

[fishh]

This reminds me of a story I heard (this is more of a joke than a response to the OP, so feel free to skip).

Mercedes built a new factory and as part of it, as the cars came down the line a laser would measure the door opening dimensions, they had racks and racks of doors and a robot would go grab the perfect fitting door to install.

Toyota representatives were visiting the factory and the Mercedes employees were very proud of this new innovation on the assembly line and described it in great detail to the Toyota reps. At the end of the tour one of the Mercedes employee asked Toyota if they would consider installing something like that on their assembly line and the Toyota reps all said, "No. No way". Perplexed the Mercedes employee asked "Why not?", to which one of the Toyota reps replied, "We make all our doors the same size".

Somewhat related, but I came across this thread on Reddit about Toyota and their near-OCD approach when it comes to consistency and reliability. There's a reason virtually everyone associates "Toyota" with "Reliable."

What is it about Toyota that makes them so reliable? : cars

 

[ngogas]

Sounds like your doors need adjustments.

 

[Scrutmonkey]

I took delivery in march...my doors are much easier to close now. There's just a break in period for all the seals IMO.

I noticed it a week go that my doors required a lot less effort than the first few months.

 

[mswlogo]

Most have all been easy as well as Trunk since day one.

 

[1deepthink]

Just give the doors time. During my first few weeks of ownership I was freaking out about the same and a "sage old adviser" from the land of the Model S chimed in and said it was simply a robust rubber door seal that needed to compress a little. Sure enough after 4-6 weeks it slowed and today after 3 months it's a completely non-existent issue. As I've learned with most issues on my Model 3 in particular those related to the software - Relax and enjoy the ride. Someone else is working on the fix!