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Hansshow Power Frunk Trouble

Discussion in 'Model 3' started by steffensl, Jul 29, 2020.

  1. NR5473

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    Of course not. I just found myself never using it because hand prints would be all over the black paint. This is also an awesome option for the kids’ backpacks in the morning as I drop them off for school.
     
  2. NR5473

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    I’m giving them until the end of next week before I charge back via my credit card company.

    They asked me to change the speed of the frunk lifts. I did that troubleshooting and still had issues in 20° weather. As soon as I am back in my heated garage for 30 minutes, it works perfectly.

    I am going to insulate the motor of the unit over the weekend to see if that helps. If this is a continuous problem, I will just uninstall.
     
  3. LionXng

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    How do you imagine you will do that? I'd like to copy if you have a good idea.
     
  4. NR5473

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    The motor is just a plastic unit from what I remember. I’ll either zip tie some basic insulation around it or find a plastic box that could house the entire unit while allowing the cables to pass through.
     
  5. Maaz

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    Mine is having a problem with closing. The frunk goes all the way down and right before closing fully and latching it beeps and goes back up all the way. It happens once in a while and I have to keep pressing close until it finally closes.
     
  6. tlr1000

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    If there's a speed that doesn't even work, then that speed shouldn't be an option at all. The unit should be considered defective if it doesn't work at each speed that is available. Either the motor is defective or the the lifts are defective or both. I'd be surprised if the insulation works but can't hurt to try. I assume that the cable to the latch is not kinked?
     
  7. tlr1000

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    Maybe a latch alignment issue or latch motor cable needing adjustment? This may involve moving latch mechanism left/right or adjusting the cable in or out. Just my guess.
     
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  8. Instntq

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    I used to/still have the same issue. The frunk just would not open. It seemed to catch on something and the close back up. It got so frustrating. I was at least able to open it by folding a microfiber towel up so that when the frunk opened just enough, I would stick the towel in there to hold the frunk up. This would then allow me to manually lift up the frunk. I ended up replacing the latch spring (little accordian looking one) that came with the kit with the stiffer OEM spring and that seems to help it open better.

    It still gets stuck every so often but more often than not, it'll take 2-3 tries of re-opening it to fully open properly. If it does get stuck, I have to use the mircofiber towel trick to jam it and this allows me to get my fingers in to lift up the hood.

    I haven't tried increasing the open/close speed/strength though. This is V1 of the kit too.
     
  9. Petermcg

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    Mine closed and locked in that position so there was no gap at all. I would be very wary about your current situation with a microfiber fix. You don’t want to go through what I went through.
     

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