Is the glass distortion still a problem for ‘24 model

[Fstr]

I am a long time owner of a M3P. Love the car, but I want something more reasonable for long trips and going up to the snow. I sat in a 23’ Model S today, and noticed some minor distortion in the driver side window. Doing a bit of searching, it looks like the ‘21 refresh may have brought with it some bad glass distortion.

Has Tesla figured this out yet? Will a ‘24 Model S still be a crap shoot?

 

[fholbert]

I am a long time owner of a M3P. Love the car, but I want something more reasonable for long trips and going up to the snow. I sat in a 23’ Model S today, and noticed some minor distortion in the driver side window. Doing a bit of searching, it looks like the ‘21 refresh may have brought with it some bad glass distortion.

Has Tesla figured this out yet? Will a ‘24 Model S still be a crap shoot?

We have glass distortion problems?

 

[Fstr]

Yup!

Is your windshield distortion this bad?

One way or another, I have to get my windshield fixed because it's ruining my enjoyment of driving this new car. I have 4 areas in front of the driver's seat that act like a magnifying glass, and then the whole lower part of the windshield is so rippled and wavy that my wife refuses the drive...

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[Muzzman1]

We have glass distortion problems?

Don't ask, cause once you see it, you will not be able to unsee it.

 

[EVRider-FL]

I don’t have any noticeable distortion on my 2023 Model S windshield.

 

[Mercimek]

Just test drove a new model S and had this issue. Wasn’t too noticeable unless you look for it.

 

[DerbyDave]

Check it out before, of immediately after delivery. If the S comes with defective glass, you should be able to get it fixed, and the fix is easy and no one will know.

AGP of Peru makes the windshield for the X and S. It has always been laminated.

 

[CTruck_BMW]

2023 built in Q3, no glass distortion at all

 

[WilliamG]

2023 built in Q3, no glass distortion at all

You just don’t see it. They all have it. Don’t go looking. Mark my words.

 

[David99]

I owned 2 Model S. A 2014 and a 2015. No distortions. Then my windshield cracked and I had it replaced in fall of 2023. I noticed a small distortion when I looked a little to the right, right under the AP camera. It wasn't bad and it was not in my normal field of view looking forward, so I never bothered to tell Tesla after the replacement. My current Model Y has no distortions.

 

[Excaliber]

noticed some minor distortion in the driver side window.

OP said the distortion was in the driver side window so I'm unclear if he meant the windshield.

 

[DBV1]

Have never noticed this on my 2021 refresh Model S LR.

 

[Excaliber]

I haven't noticed anything on my 2021 Model S Plaid refresh

 

[CTruck_BMW]

You just don’t see it. They all have it. Don’t go looking. Mark my words.

There's no need to diminish other's ability to know just as much as you do. Unless u believe u r the smartest one in the room, then good for u but u are wrong.

I have sat in many many other Tesla, tesla drove a ton of them before I got mine, and I always rent Tesla when traveling for work. I know and I can always find the distortion when there is any, even the smallest tiny spots. Mine has none of that. I went looking many times before, no need to mark your words.

 

[WilliamG]

There's no need to diminish other's ability to know just as much as you do. Unless u believe u r the smartest one in the room, then good for u but u are wrong.

I have sat in many many other Tesla, tesla drove a ton of them before I got mine, and I always rent Tesla when traveling for work. I know and I can always find the distortion when there is any, even the smallest tiny spots. Mine has none of that. I went looking many times before, no need to mark your words.

Respectfully, I disagree.

 

[CTruck_BMW]

Respectfully, I disagree.

You can disagree and show as much ego as you want, but it’s my car, my eyes, and my evaluation seeing it myself. You disagreeing that a car u had never ever seen has glass distortion is non-sense and makes no difference, lol. Am not going to believe that there is distortion only because some random guy on a forum thinks that every Model S on the plant has distortion. That’s just BS.

 

[WilliamG]

You can disagree and show as much ego as you want, but it’s my car, my eyes, and my evaluation seeing it myself. You disagreeing that a car u had never ever seen has glass distortion is non-sense and makes no difference, lol. Am not going to believe that there is distortion only because some random guy on a forum thinks that every Model S on the plant has distortion. That’s just BS.

You got the special S with no distortion in the lower part of the back window, for example, - I guess? And... I'm not some random guy on a forum. I'm a random guy on a forum who's sat in more Model S refresh vehicles than I care to admit to, and have shared similar experiences to many here. As I said, I can disagree, and that's fine.

 

[jebinc]

You can disagree and show as much ego as you want, but it’s my car, my eyes, and my evaluation seeing it myself. You disagreeing that a car u had never ever seen has glass distortion is non-sense and makes no difference, lol. Am not going to believe that there is distortion only because some random guy on a forum thinks that every Model S on the plant has distortion. That’s just BS.

The distortion is real. Mine sucks. Tesla says they all (refreshed MS) have it to some degree.

To each…

 

[CTruck_BMW]

The distortion is real. Mine sucks. Tesla says they all (refreshed MS) have it to some degree.

To each…

That’s right, and I agree as I have seen it in many Tesla vehicles (even in some Model 3 ones). But for someone to claim that he knows that every single one on the planet has distortion is just BS. That was my only point.

 

[PR0FESSOR]

My 2023 Model S Plaid has distortions, and the 2024 Model S I drove also had distortion. Knowing how glass is formed, I doubt anyone has a Model S without distortion. Remember, this glass is produced on an assembly line likely using the same tooling for all the refresh Model S vehicles, and maybe the pre-refresh versions as well. I find it highly unlikely that anyone has distortion-free glass on refresh Model S since mass production simply does not work that way. Once the problem is fixed, it is likely to stay fixed until the next major Model S change.

Joe