Manufacturing Issues on my Model 3

[Moderatefan]

My co-workers and I all have the drive stalk issue. Our three cars were manufactured in May and delivered the first week of June.

Are we saying that everybody who got car in the last year got the issue with stalk cover falling off and nobody brought it up, so it was never fixed by Tesla? Or this is a limited issue for a hanful of cars?

 

[mekberg]

Are we saying that everybody who got car in the last year got the issue with stalk cover falling off and nobody brought it up, so it was never fixed by Tesla? Or this is a limited issue for a hanful of cars?

None have fallen off. It seems like the double-sided adhesive is too thick for the manufactured tolerance between the stalk and cover.

I brought it up to the Mobile Service guy and he just sort of shrugged. Perhaps it isn't widely known.

Curiously - this issue is only with the drive stalk and not the signal stalk.

 

[Moderatefan]

Steve to answer your question, about how good it stays back when I press the gear stalk sticker, yes it does stick but after some time it come back to the position I showed in the picture.

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Isn't another issue that we're missing the piece of adhesive strip on the front of the stalk in addition to the strip oh the top? I see adhesive residue on the top, but not on the front. And there's this H shaped outline that likely shows where the adhesive strip needs to go, both top and front?

None have fallen off. It seems like the double-sided adhesive is too thick for the manufactured tolerance between the stalk and cover.

See quoted above, per myM3 the cover is "breathing" or sort of falling off... Which also makes me think that if adhesive is missing on the front, it would contribute to that behavior.

 

[mekberg]

There are clips in the end. It is unlikely to fall off.

 

[Moderatefan]

@myM3 Can you please confirm if there was a piece of adhesive on the front of the stalk when you took the cover off?

 

[nvx1977]

mine lifts up just a tad toward the back. The OP's photo seemed to show the lift to be more in the center. I'm tempted to tear the cover off, clean off all adhesive, and redo it. But mine isn't that bad, so I fear that my DIY effort will make it worse.

 

[TEG]

@myM3 Can you please confirm if there was a piece of adhesive on the front of the stalk when you took the cover off?

Adhesive pad is not sticky enough. It isn't too thick, just comes unstuck...

 

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Having image upload / display issues with the forum... reposting

 

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[nvx1977]

do the plastic pins on the cover click into place? Or is the cover completely held on by the adhesive?

 

[TEG]

The pins hold it... I had to pry with my fingernail to pop it off.

I think when it is raised up the adhesive has let go and just the pins are holding it then.

 

[R.S]

The pins hold it... I had to pry with my fingernail to pop it off.

I think when it is raised up the adhesive has let go and just the pins are holding it then.

How does it feel, when the adhesive has let go? Does it only look weird, or is the piece moving when you touch it?

 

[TEG]

Mostly just looks weird. The difference between stuck and un-stuck is minor. It just tempts you to keep pressing it back down again to make it seem more flush.
It is basically a cosmetic issue.

 

[mekberg]

It just tempts you to keep pressing it back down again to make it seem more flush.

I do this daily. I really should just buy some double-sided tape and fix it.

 

[Moderatefan]

Sorta looks like this is going to happen to everyone sooner or later, this really needs fixed in production.

 

[chronopc]

My co-workers and I all have the drive stalk issue. Our three cars were manufactured in May and delivered the first week of June.

Can you post a picture of the issue? I received my Model 3 the first week of June as well.