AlanSubie4Life
Efficiency Obsessed Member
My impression is you just do whatever takes the least amount of work and gets the car on the truck fastest.
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MASTER THREAD: Jack Points — location, use, damage, pads, etc.
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My impression is you just do whatever takes the least amount of work and gets the car on the truck fastest.
M109Rider
Active Member
That definitely makes more sense.
After you tighten one down and heard the metal tearing, you wouldn’t do the other three.
If the transport stopped suddenly, they would all tear.
wow. come to think of it, i've never even taken a look at under my car before. i guess i need to check.
AlanSubie4Life
Efficiency Obsessed Member
Sometimes it is just fun to use a winch, no matter what it happens to be attached to. Winch away! Inevitably you'll (eventually) find something solid enough to use.
Daniel in SD
(supervised)
That’s not how most flatbeds work. There is one winch pulling on a cable from the front of the flat bed which is connected to a chain with hooks on both sides. Look at the image I posted in post 44. That would be connected to the front of the car if it was nose first The hooks connect to two points on one end of the car and is pulled from the center of the chain. On the other end (back) of the car there are hooks attached to the car with chains connected the the flatbed surface. Only the front is actively pulled. This cinches the whole car tight. If you overtighten it two front hooks are pulled forward and tear forward and the back tears rearward, which looks exactly like what happened here.
AlanSubie4Life
Efficiency Obsessed Member
super20g
Member
I thought I had it bad when Tesla had my new car towed and they used dirty straps through the wheel spokes and scratched all 4 rims up. Taught me to be vigilant when dealing with transport because they don't necessarily care about your cars condition the way you do.
Picked up June 1, has 358.09 miles.
Good eyes indeed. I thought that was just dirt but it matches the hole perfectly.
That's a really good point too. I placed my order May 24 expecting a 2-3 week delivery. They contacted me around May 28 to say "a car just came off the line that matches" or some such.
I haven't had a reply from contacting Tesla via the website. I'm about an hour from the service center so indeed I may need to just go in person. Thanks all for reading.
insaneoctane
Well-Known Member
Seems recent enough. I believe time is critical. I would take it to the SC and get the issue on record ASAP. You will have to see how Tesla accepts responsibility or doesn't before you will really know what you're next move is
Yeah I’m surprised too. When there’s damage noticed and especially if they are working in that area, they will want to mention to you first thing so you know they found it that way before they started work.
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I checked mine today.
Early May 2019 production, 500 miles on it, was delivered/driven about 40 miles to my door straight from Fremont factory(as far as I know). When I got the car it had 49 miles on it. I did not lift it since receiving it.
According to my photos(sorry just drove through a big puddle), it seems these were used for something, must be during assembly... Also this may be aluminum, so rust shouldn’t be an issue.
Model 3 Jack Pad Points (500 miles on car)
Early May 2019 production, 500 miles on it, was delivered/driven about 40 miles to my door straight from Fremont factory(as far as I know). When I got the car it had 49 miles on it. I did not lift it since receiving it.
According to my photos(sorry just drove through a big puddle), it seems these were used for something, must be during assembly... Also this may be aluminum, so rust shouldn’t be an issue.
Model 3 Jack Pad Points (500 miles on car)
Update so far: took the car to Santa Clara service center, they told me I needed to take it to delivery. Took it up there and the Fremont Fremont Delivery Hub Supervisor was super helpful. Showed it to the staff in the back and they agreed it looks like damage from shipping but no one was sure *why* it would have been shipped. She suspected something like maybe it was sent down to LA or some such and then back up after I ordered. They must have sorted that out because the repair has been approved under warranty. Dropping the car off Monday. Will report back on the solution.
What firmware do you have? First piece of data to include. This might be fixed in 2019.20.4.3, but not conclusive.
cdubois
Member
I had this happen once, it got progressively worse over a day, a reset did not help, and it was gone overnight and never returned.
As you said, the problem disappears overnight. This is weird.
Mine is on firmware 2019.20.4.2.
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