MY: Need strong force to close the door?

[fredphua]

Pick up my MY early Dec. Notice that I need to close the door with strong force (felt like slamming it hard) in order for the window to auto roll back up after close. Is this normal?

 

[jmb12]

I have the same problem with just the left rear door. I've schedule a service appointment to have them investigate as none of my other doors require a hard slam for the doors and alignment to fully close.

 

[araxara]

I have the opposite problem: The doors on my Model Y feel like they are spring loaded and "auto-close". If I don't leave the door open in one of the 2 detent positions, the door will quickly close with enough force that it closes completely. This was a big surprise, especially since my previous Model 3 would not "auto-close". This behavior is pretty useful: when getting in the car, I open the door to one of the detent positions; when inside, I just give the door a little nudge and is closes completely on its own.

 

[Gamoooos]

Pick up my MY early Dec. Notice that I need to close the door with strong force (felt like slamming it hard) in order for the window to auto roll back up after close. Is this normal?

Same thing with mine on delivery day. I literally slammed the door like 5 times in a row, then it self corrected.

 

[Gamoooos]

This link shows you how to adjust your door. It's in French, but there are English subtitles

 

[Pianewman]

New door seals take some time conforming to the door/window. The need for "slamming" the door should change with use.

My driver's side door latched too easily. When closed, I could press on the door and make it shift slightly. I adjusted the door strike (light grey, on the door frame) inward a very small amount (1/64"), and the door is now snug. (This might have eliminated some road noise, if the door was jiggling driving down the road)

Curious: ALL of the door strike bolts (2 on each door) weren't nearly as tight as I've experienced in other cars: VAG, Honda, Ford, Toyota, Cadillac. I snugged each one down about a 1/16" turn.

(I also created a thread about wheel lug nugs: they were <70 lb/ft, should have been 129 lb./ft. This seems rather serious to me, but my SC didn't seem very concerned.)

 

[Dre78]

My opinion is abnormal, especially if/when all other doors are fine.

Because my kids use the back doors and they couldn't close one, I scheduled appointment with Tesla mobile service to fix/adjust on Model 3.

 

[rijc99]

Keep an eye on the door alignment on the front and trailing end after they adjust it. Mine closed fine but the door was not aligned correctly when compared to rear doors. They were able to adjust the center line gap at the sacrifice of lower rocker panel alignment but now the door takes alot more force to close.

 

[DavidAsheville]

New door seals take some time conforming to the door/window. The need for "slamming" the door should change with use.

This was my experience as well. At first it took a little force to close the driver's side front door fully; the mobile tech told me to give it time and eventually the seals would conform to the door. He was right; it works fine now.

 

[Srad600Volt]

I have a similar issue. All doors close easily except the drivers door. I’ve had to slam it since day one. Over time it’s gotten slightly better but it still needs much more force to close than the other three doors. I was also “giving it time” to break in, but I’ve had it going on three months now, so it’s probably time to get it fixed.

 

[WADan]

I just had a mobile service (to fix driver side mirror not opening far enough), and I asked the serviceman about the doors needed to be slammed. He said the same thing about the seals taking some time to mold themselves to the doors, and to report the issues after at least 6 months.

 

[loanchau2k]

Just picked up my MY 3 days ago. I had the same issue, but it's not serious. Look at the thread, windows re-calebrating will help. It's an easy fix as well since new car has stiff rubber/gasket

Got MY delivered, but rear driver door won't close.