Driver’s Side Interior Panel Popped Off

[Mansley]

New model 3 owner here (June 15th delivery). Just had this happen while getting into the car. A couple of clips on the panel that holds the seatbelt on the driver’s side popped off.

I tried popping it back in but it doesn’t hold. Scheduled a mobile service with Tesla. I think it should be covered by warranty.

Your thoughts? Advice? Is this a common issue?

 

[Avid]

I would say not common, hasn't happened to me.

 

[Mansley]

It looks like this happened between 1 to 5 days after I owned the car. Just looked at a bunch of pictures I took and it was okay at delivery. Doesn’t look like I noticed it even happening.

 

[MoHazee4]

Another issue with build quality. Talk to you service center - they'll fix it. Should be under warranty, considering your car probably has less than 15,000 miles on it.

This is where BMW - Audi - MB - and potentially Rivian ... will be able to beat Tesla.

Tesla needs to step up the build quality.

 

[Bill Foster]

Another issue with build quality. Talk to you service center - they'll fix it. Should be under warranty, considering your car probably has less than 15,000 miles on it.

This is where BMW - Audi - MB - and potentially Rivian ... will be able to beat Tesla.

Tesla needs to step up the build quality.

He stated this happened while getting into the car.

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[Mansley]

He stated this happened while getting into the car.

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Initially I thought it was me getting into the car. After going through photos I had of the car when it was 5 days old, there is the same gap there. I may have driven it about 100 miles at that point.

It’s not like I jumped into the car all “Dukes of Hazard” style.

Just noticed it about 3 weeks later. Could’ve been there Day 1, but I don’t have pictures from that angle at that time.

 

[Dana1]

Be interesting to know what they say. A clip might have broken...would think it’s warranty item.

 

[flashflooder]

they'll fix this under warranty, for sure.

 

[Ragnarkov]

I don't know why people think BMW is so great (or any car manufacturer for that matter).

I had a 2018 BMW, and it was flawless. But there where many MANY people who had nightmares regarding the internal LED ambient lighting, steering wheel vibrations (or lack thereof), faulty sensors, 'soft' glass, crappy paint quality.. etc etc etc.

It's called the bottom line. Companies try to save money, whether it be quality of product, speed of production, etc. And ANY time you try to save money, you risk lowering the quality of the end product. They are trying to ramp up speed of production, it's expected to find faults.

That being said, they should 100% cover any faults up to a certain point, which they do appear to be doing. I have a faulty speaker (front left, under corner of windshield) and they've already asked for pictures to confirm the location etc, so they have all the right equipment so they can swap out what is needed and get me going again.

Considering the car itself has been out for only a few years, I think Tesla is doing just fine. And I am confident they will resolve the OPs issue.

 

[ValSLP]

View attachment 427321 View attachment 427320 New model 3 owner here (June 15th delivery). Just had this happen while getting into the car. A couple of clips on the panel that holds the seatbelt on the driver’s side popped off.

I tried popping it back in but it doesn’t hold. Scheduled a mobile service with Tesla. I think it should be covered by warranty.

Your thoughts? Advice? Is this a common issue?

Same thing happened to me today on my model 3. I couldn’t pop the panel back in. I would hope it’s under warranty.

 

[VT_EE]

I suspect this will take them 5 minuets to fix.

 

[awhig]

I’m now experience this issue. Car is 14 months old. Scheduling a service appointment now.