Look over your car very closely when picking up. I picked mine up from the factory on Thursday, and I noticed weather stripping not completely in place and asked about it, and was told "oh, that's normal." Assuming the person giving me the keys knows more about what's normal or not, I dismissed it. It's super busy at the factory right now, so you're kind of shuffled through in a group to get your car. I drove off without testing things or looking at details. I was kind of excited to finally get my car!
The first time put the car into drive after having it parked, the driver side mirror opened half way. The 2nd time I drove it, it actually fell off. Neither mirror angles down when going into reverse. This was a pretty frustrating experience, so when I got home I gave it a really good look-over and noticed quite a lot of inconsistencies in the lines of the car where various panels or lights come together. There was a scratch in the trunk plastic, and a small window ding/chip in the windshield.
I suppose I don't know what is "normal" for Tesla, but coming from BMW, the lines and material stitching are nowhere near as clean. My guess is that the factory is under pressure to push cars out by the end of the year, and it's showing in the product.
I was able to get the car into a service center today, and was told by the service center that they usually have 20 service technicians, but right now they only have about 9 because the Fremont factory has taken the others. My guess is to fix the glitches.
That in my opinion is Totally unacceptable as you paid for a car without flaws, not 'Oh, that's normal'. I'd say that's nothing short of BS if you hand me a car I just paid $160k for. As you had said, coming from German engineering and German quality, you should be expecting nothing less. My 2nd P100D will be picked up on Thursday and it had better not have these issues, not one of them. When I took delivery of my first P100D which was at the end of September this year it had one flaw. One of the trim pieces were misaligned. Again, being that I work on my and customers high end cars, it was acceptable as it took less than 5 minutes to correct. Photo above of my last car with modifications.
I too have owned everything from the Mercedes GTS to BMW 5 series, Audi RS6, and run a company that deals with exotics on a regular basis. I understand that things happen when being transported but not directly from the production line. That's just unacceptable and Tesla's quality control needs to tighten up if this is a common occurrence. Just my 2 cents but I know that I'm not alone with these thoughts.
Last edited:
