New rear appliqué?

[Dakkor]

I had moisture fixed last week on my end of june delivered car. Bill said that they added 2 washers to prevent that. Hope i will not get anymore of this.

 

[AmpedRealtor]

Too bad we don't have a photo of the tail lights of the car on the first page, that would answer a lot of questions.

 

[artsci]

I guess that doesn't bode well for retrofits on existing cars. Even if Tesla did agree to replace both lights and the chrome strip, the car body may end up being tweaked to accept the new tail light assemblies.

i looked at the X photo more carefully to compare the tail lights with the Model S's. They're considerably different and a lot of body work would be required on the S to use the X tail lights. So I have to retract my earlier assumption. But the appliqué itself could be a different story.

 

[AmpedRealtor]

Apparently S cars are already rolling off the line with the new appliqué. I don't believe anyone has reported a new tail light design with new deliveries.

 

[Andyw2100]

I guess that doesn't bode well for retrofits on existing cars. Even if Tesla did agree to replace both lights and the chrome strip, the car body may end up being tweaked to accept the new tail light assemblies.

Apparently S cars are already rolling off the line with the new appliqué. I don't believe anyone has reported a new tail light design with new deliveries.

I found the following post in the thread JPP linked to that seems to bode well for the new applique being retrofittable, as does AmpedRealtor's post upthread:


Tesla still delivers cars with moisture in reverse light housing! - Page 3

There IS good news on this problem. Unofficially, but from a trusted source, Elon has "signed off" on the redesigned part and it will enter production "shortly."

As this has been a problem on all three of our MS's, we're looking forward to it. Truly a First World Problem, but one that should have been addressed, oh, about two years ago perhaps?

Yes, it will retrofit from the very first MS's as well--what other brand would do that for us?!?

 

[mknox]

I found the following post in the thread JPP linked to that seems to bode well for the new applique being retrofittable, as does AmpedRealtor's post upthread:

Awesome. Perhaps they have employed the changes made for the Model X to a re-design that will fit the Model S. I wonder, though, if the re-design no longer overlaps the tail light as has been speculated, how will that look?

 

[peteyswift]

Wow, yeah, I just noticed that the ends of that appliqué are raised off the underlying surface on my car ie the adhesive doesn't work there. Sheesh.

 

[MuppetOwl]

The new part is available on all cars build from 12 august.

 

[SabrToothSqrl]

so... what if you just pop the lenses out of the first generation?

 

[mknox]

The new part is available on all cars build from 12 august.

So that should address the condensation I get in the white backup light, but won't do anything for the condensation/water I get inside the red part of my tail light.

 

[artsci]

The new part is available on all cars build from 12 august.

Not much of a change -- just a larger surface for the double sided tape that adheres the appliqué ends to the tailights

 

[JPP]

Not much of a change -- just a larger surface for the double sided tape that adheres the appliqué ends to the tailights

But they remove the outer clear lens, so no 'sandwich' for moisture. That is the construct I saw on Jerome's car over a year ago--no double lens.

 

[artsci]

But they remove the outer clear lens, so no 'sandwich' for moisture. That is the construct I saw on Jerome's car over a year ago--no double lens.

Yes, there's no lens, should have noted that as well.

 

[MuppetOwl]

 

[AmpedRealtor]

So if there's no lens, and this appliqué is simply chrome sitting on top of a light fixture behind it, is there any rubber seal around that opening? The reason I ask is this - can dust, dirt, and grime get wedged behind the opening? If dirt or debris ends up accumulating there, without the ability to clean it out, it could get icky.

 

[artsci]

So if there's no lens, and this appliqué is simply chrome sitting on top of a light fixture behind it, is there any rubber seal around that opening? The reason I ask is this - can dust, dirt, and grime get wedged behind the opening? If dirt or debris ends up accumulating there, without the ability to clean it out, it could get icky.

My guess is that there's some kind of channel to drain water. I'm trying to get one of the new appliqués from my SC to take a close look at the design. When I do I'll post photos and comments.

 

[pmoa]

I'm at the SC now and the cars that were delivered yesterday do not have the new appliqué

 

[Lloyd]

Everyone note that the controller does not work with IOS 11 in its current form!

 

[artsci]

Everyone note that the controller does not work with IOS 11 in its current form!

I’ll be bench testing this tonight, but could you indicate what happens? Does the app find the controller and connect? If so does it still control the settings or is that the problem?

 

[Lloyd]

It does not find the controller.