Hey all,
Are there any older Model 3 owners here, maybe from 2017 model year? How reliable has the car been to you? Any big or small issues that people may have had?
As the 4 year bumper to bumper warranty have starting to run out for older owners(or might have already run out from high mileage), do you think the car will be reliable enough to be kept for a long time? Just wanted to hear people's opinions on this topic, that's all.
I'm the other side of bumper-to-bumper, >60,000 miles (Aug 2018 built AWD). Won't lie, I've driven it hard. Like "take it to the race track" hard. That'll shake out problems that most people will never see.
Right as warranty was running out one of my front suspension upper arms went "creaky", got it replaced as a freebie. Odometer was actually over 50K at the time, but I'd phoned in the complaint and they'd started investigation prior to 50K. At the time I also had them re-align the front driver seat. The side of the back was touching the center console lid, so it'd squeak when cold.
A number of little squeaks and rattles over time. That absolutely MUST be fixed because of how quiet the car is.
Made a point to watch the techs fixing them for me so I'm actually getting pretty good at handling it myself, now. I believe at one point, maybe 20K, Tesla replaced the rear shock because when I had it in they noticed it was making a bit of a noise (I hadn't noticed it!).
Umm, at about 35K the frunk had an issue, it'd pop up from the first latch. The second latch would hold it, so not really a safety concern but it happened on a cross-continent road trip ahead of a long weekend a good ways from a SC so was a bit inconvenient. Only took 5 minutes for the tech to fix the latch alignment. Same trip it complained about the sensor in the front passenger seat, had to get them to replace that.
Ah, other things. Had the front right boot go very, very early. Not sure if was manufacturing issue or road damage. Tesla replaced the whole half-shaft. Also front alignment was out so early that it might have come from the factory that way.
Oh, and one of those race track days I melted the higher performance aftermarket pads.
But given how well the rotors held up, getting turned and they were like new, I'd say that was a W for quality.
That's pretty much it.