Mine is off as well. I tried to bend it by hand. The front edge of the frunk is way stronger than some have suggested. I put at least 100# of force on the edge - it barely flexed, and didn't bend.
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Is front hood gap "within spec" ?
- Thread starter Kobicue
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Mine is off as well. I tried to bend it by hand. The front edge of the frunk is way stronger than some have suggested. I put at least 100# of force on the edge - it barely flexed, and didn't bend.
Yup completely agreed. Also took away the 7day return policy as well but hey I'm stuck in this predicament with the holidays here. Hopefully tesla SC correct it in one go.
Uncle Paul
Well-Known Member
There is usually an adjustable rubber stopper that adjusts fittments like that. Looks like yours might be up a bit too high. Perhaps just screwing it down a little will make your hood fit better.
I took my car to gett PPF (except the hood) + tint and the owner whos friends with the manager at a local Tesla SC, sent him the pictures above. Got back with a 50/50 replace/fix which doesnt really help lol.
But yeah soonest SC appointment isnt til 12/9. I contacted them via app and they said they wont be able to make that determination of replace/fix until i bring it in on that date. Sigh.
NY_Rob
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vinny84
Member
Post delivery my car needed 5 service visits (5 months) to address all delivery issues. Sigh. Out of 5 visits, they tried to align the hood in 4 visits (3 different service centers in NJ). Here is how it looks now. Not 100% perfect yet. I finally gave up.
jmatero
Member
My hook like like the OP's and they actually replaced the hood. Now, after multiple adjustments, I have exactly what you do: bulge off center to the right. And to level the hood, the right hood bumper is unthreaded to the point where it is about to come out. There were others at the service center with the same bulge and I'm trying to ascertain whether it's the hood or the front bumper.
I dropped my car off at the SC to get OP issue and other issues from delivery corrected. They just called me to give me a status and one of the completed work they have done already was the hood gap. I have my eyebrow raised on that one as I was expecting them to take some time to fix or replace the hood. They said they made some few adjustments and it corrected the issue. We will see..I'm hoping I don't have to Uber all the way there only to find out it's not corrected and will take additional time.
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angus[Y]oung
Active Member
@Kobicue I wonder if you could ask them to send you a few photos so that you don't have to waste a trip?
Damn. That is sad. I'm no metallurgist, but bending aluminum back and forth can't make it straight. There are so many warps in that hood. Hopefully it doesn't look that bad at every angle. Elon can hire people to land a rocket booster from outer space onto a drone ship in the middle of the ocean, with precision, but he can't find people who aren't completely vexed by the notion of aligning body panels.
Customer: "Why wasn't this caught by factory QA?!"
Telsa: "We actually don't have factory QA."
Customer: "Why wasn't this caught by the delivery team when they completed a pre-delivery inspection?!"
Telsa: "The delivery team actually doesn't do a pre-delivery inspection."
Customer: "Why am I buying a $60,000 car with so many defects?!"
Tesla: "Because it's actually a $10,000 car with $50,000 of really cool technology. And you're anal. Now go away while we update the Emissons app with new fart noises."
Am I the only one here that thinks these aren't alignment issues, but QC issues with the body panels themselves? There's a limit to what "aligning" can accomplish if the panels (specifically hood and front bumper) aren't manufactured consistently.
Most of the hood issues appear to be inconsistent curve of the leading edge. Ditto for leading edges/following edges of doors/fenders.
Definitely. The way the front edge is lifted on one side is a panel issue, not an alignment issue.
We were fortunate that the panels and the alignment were absolutely perfect for the Model Y we picked up on Monday. On my 2020 Model 3, I had to spend about 30 mins fixing the alignment of the frunk by adjusting the latch and the rubber bumpers, but I got it perfect after doing that. I wouldn't be able to fix the issues in this post.