Model 3 paint wearing off

[super20g]

I still have thin paint on front and rear bumpers where you can see through to the primer. They said it is within spec and won't correct it. I am still going back and forth with service to see if they will correct it without the need to go through the hassle of arbitration or push through the courts for something that piddly. They already fixed several other paint issues with too many and too large of trash under the paint, etc. Still not perfect, but you're not going to get perfect paint on a Tesla.

 

[Johnathansmith]

Did you think about NCDS

 

[jebinc]

Did you think about NCDS

I think it ("NCDC") is an acronym whose expansion doesn't readily come to mind...

 

[Johnathansmith]

Sorry NCDS

 

[EVMeister]

NCDs= Non-Communicable Diseases
NCDS= National Child Development Study

...But I think he's talking about the National Center for Dispute Settlement.

 

[Johnathansmith]

National Center for Dispute Settlement

 

[Adam3]

I still have thin paint on front and rear bumpers where you can see through to the primer. They said it is within spec and won't correct it.

Wow, that sucks.

 

[super20g]

Wow, that sucks.

It's not terrible, especially from a distance. But doesn't give you the warm and fuzzies when you took delivery of the $1500 white paint that went free a week or so later.

 

[jebinc]

It's not terrible, especially from a distance. But doesn't give you the warm and fuzzies when you took delivery of the $1500 white paint that went free a week or so later.

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To be honest, from the pictures, I would suggest that is maybe a repaired area and not a factory assembly line “paint” price process. Thought to tell by the pictures, though.

 

[EVDRVN]

The $1500 charge for paint was to pay for claims later.

 

[Johnii__82]

To be honest, from the pictures, I would suggest that is maybe a repaired area and not a factory assembly line “paint” price process. Thought to tell by the pictures, though.

It is from factory. We have same in our group on brand new cars.

Tesla Model 3 owners worldwide with paint issues

 

[EVDRVN]

Someone should make a clear wrap to cover that area.

 

[jebinc]

It is from factory. We have same in our group on brand new cars.

Tesla Model 3 owners worldwide with paint issues

Factories are largely automated. Seems odd that a minority percentage of the cars produced in that controlled environment would have missing paint, whereas the majority did not. Granted, if a production problem occurred (clogged spray gun, etc.), you could see some of this if QC at Tesla sucked the big one . Once a painting robot is programmed, every car going through it should be painted the same (good, bad or ugly), no? It's not like Tesla has a bunch of people hand spraying these cars, after all. If they had, then yeah, I could see this situation arising more readily than in a highly automated process.

 

[Johnii__82]

Factories are largely automated. Seems odd that a minority percentage of the cars produced in that controlled environment would have missing paint, whereas the majority did not. Granted, if a production problem occurred (clogged spray gun, etc.), you could see some of this if QC at Tesla sucked the big one . Once a painting robot is programmed, every car going through it should be painted the same (good, bad or ugly), no? It's not like Tesla has a bunch of people hand spraying these cars, after all. If they had, then yeah, I could see this situation arising more readily than in a highly automated process.

As far i have seen. They change the robot programs. I do have clue on timeframe and they start on january 2019 to feb 2019 and then again in april 2019 and again in june 2019.

I have witnessed from vin starting 207.xxx > 235.xxx same bad paint program.

And in vin 364.xxx better than 207.xxx but still missing areas....

Listen my latest inspection.

 

[jebinc]

As far i have seen. They change the robot programs. I do have clue on timeframe and they start on january 2019 to feb 2019 and then again in april 2019 and again in june 2019.

I have witnessed from vin starting 207.xxx > 235.xxx same bad paint program.

And in vin 364.xxx better than 207.xxx but still missing areas....

Listen my latest inspection.

Thanks. My VIN is 391xxx and my MSM paint is flawless.

 

[jkoya]

My car looks better since it's been covered with Xpel PPF. It's harder to notice some of the spots with minimal paint coverage.

 

[Adam3]

Thanks. My VIN is 391xxx and my MSM paint is flawless.

To be fair it's easier to see defects on white than MSM. All your edges have "perfect" (or better than what's been posted) coverage?

 

[jebinc]

To be fair it's easier to see defects on white than MSM. All your edges have "perfect" (or better than what's been posted) coverage?

How so, the primer showing (that is all the buzz) is yellow....

More contrast on MSM than White...

 

[Adam3]

How so, the primer showing (that is all the buzz) is yellow....

More contrast on MSM than White...

Yeah good point, forgot about that. I was going off the photo above which looks like a bumper cover, the black showing must be the plastic.

 

[jkoya]

I'm planning on taking the Tesla factory tour in a few months. Does anyone know if the painting area is part of the tour ?? I would really like to see what actually happens there...

It's not like Tesla has a bunch of people hand spraying these cars, after all.

AMMONYC has a YouTube video where they visit the Acura NSX paint facility in Ohio. They inspect the panels after the automated painting and manually paint any spots that are missed. I guess Tesla doesn't do this, as evidenced by my own Model 3 ??