I dropped off my X two weeks ago to have both wings looked at as the driver side detects a phantom obstacle roughly 40% of the time while the passenger side detects it 20% or so of the time. They tested the doors saying it operated normally (not sure how many tests they ran, but I was shocked to hear they said this as the problems are constant, daily and several times a day). They returned the car recently stating that almost all logs showed it was related to inductive sensors being triggered. They had removed the covers on the wing panels and verified that the sensors were affixed properly and functioning as they should.
They told me to document conditions, locations, weather, time, date, button used to close doors ect, the next time it happens so that engineers can analyze further.
After having the car back for 4 days now the frequency for the phantom objects on both doors upon closing has remained identical. Today, I had 6 consecutive failures when trying to close one of the doors. Meaning, we drive somewhere, get out of the car and try to close the door, it stops short and I override closed. We go into store, come out and get in, try to close the door and it stops short. Go elsewhere, get out and try to close door, ect ect on 6th consecutive occasions! I called the service center right before they closed and expressed my frustration and stated that I had logged all info they requested since last taking possession of the car.
They are having someone come to my house in the AM with an S to take the X back in. They told me the S had far more issues in its early days as compared to the X now. Yes the issues were different but they were plentiful and the S as he called it is "bullet proof" today. The service adviser also said they have certain protocol to follow per Tesla before switching out sensors and mechanisms and so on but perhaps this recent bout with more door closure failures on both sides will push me into getting new hardware installed on the doors. I want to love them, I have kids in car seats on both side of the doors and utilize them for their intended purpose on a daily basis but they need to work more frequently. I wait around now after clicking to close the door because I know odds are one of them will stop short! The service center has been amazing and accommodating here in the Atlanta area and never made me feel like a whack job for constantly calling in with new issues to report. I'm vin 49xx with an April build, mid May delivery (Elon sleeping bag days).