Two questions came to mind when I found this little guy: How did he get there and how do I get him out! lol
I've seen people refer to the Model S ability to near-instantly jump into a gap in traffic in another lane as "teleportation" Perhaps you teleported into a space previously occupied by the fly? :tongue:
What's he doing in there? Looks like the the backstroke to me, in the remaining residue from the condensation that always forms back there.
I had a dead spider in my tail light when I took my car in for drive unit noise last year so I asked if they could remove the spider while they fixed the other issues (I assume there is some sort of hidden vent hole to keep condensation from building up in the tail light and the spider used the vent hole to sneak in). Here is the description of how they removed the dead spider: Concern: Customer states that in the right side inner tail light lens there is a spider inside. Cause: Dead spider inside right side inner tail light assembly. Correction: Light - Fog/Reverse - Rear - RH Removed inner tail lamp assembly and used compressed air to remove spider carcass. Part Qty LAMP ASY - L/Gate TAIL B/U - SAE (RH) 1.00 (6005924-00-C) APPLIQUE TAPE, RH (1021608-00-A) 1.00 Pay Type: Warranty
I also had a fly in one of the tail lights in May. Tesla just swapped the tail light out under warranty...
I had that as well. Service guy also baffled as it is apparently a sealed unit. Replaced the whole light assembly.
funny people here :wink: I have 2 mosquitoes in my right brake light. Pretty sure they have been with my car since 2012!
What the aitch-e-doublehockeysticks? Do they assemble these taillights in some Yanomami village near the Amazon river or something??? How many other people have got bugs in their taillights?
Then perhaps flies and other insects have harnessed wormholes and are using them to get into Tesla tail light assemblies...
To get rid of that fly, take the advice and old lady gave me once: Put a spider in there. But then you'll need a way to get rid of the spider, so you might need to put a bird in there. She said some other stuff, but she died a long time ago.
I had a mosquito in there once. They blew it out with compressed air, and of course had to reapply the applique. Seemed like a lot of effort. I'm hoping that more recent builds have a fix for this, and that they're sealing older builds as needed to prevent this in the future.