Post Initial Problems with the Model X

[ohmman]

Fit'n'finish question for people who took delivery of a Model X. Does the top on your car look like the pic I uploaded?
Notice the tough edge on that. It almost seems like they missed placing a rubber lining one the bottom edge like it is on the top edge.
The SC said they looked at several others and they are all exactly the same. They agree it doesn't look nice but they can't do much as it seems the factory is producing like this.

That's how mine looks. It's noticeable when you open the FWD as well, you can see it from inside the cabin. It's on my punch list for the SC - assuming they'll tell me the same as you, but it's good to get it on the record for the time when they're not being produced this way.

 

[CTemp222]

Fit'n'finish question for people who took delivery of a Model X. Does the top on your car look like the pic I uploaded?
Notice the tough edge on that. It almost seems like they missed placing a rubber lining one the bottom edge like it is on the top edge.
The SC said they looked at several others and they are all exactly the same. They agree it doesn't look nice but they can't do much as it seems the factory is producing like this.

Yes I have something exactly like that. Luckily I noticed it when I took delivery but the SC said that many cars had this issue but was not a priority fix because it doesn't let water in.

 

[KKelly]

Noticed with the rains over the weekend that the "Rain sensing wipers" do not work at all. No amount of rain will start the wipers. I had the wipers set to both the low and high-sensitivity. Neither worked.

 

[loganintx]

You could also test with your hose at home and see if it's an issue and if so then off to the SC

 

[aesculus]

Noticed with the rains over the weekend that the "Rain sensing wipers" do not work at all. No amount of rain will start the wipers. I had the wipers set to both the low and high-sensitivity. Neither worked.

I too tried it this weekend on a number of occasions. It was all light rain but variable. I could not make any sense on how these wipers decided to wipe. Sometimes they were wiping often when the windshield was dry and others it went wipeless for many minutes way past the time it should have wiped.

 

[X Fan]

^^^^^^
Re: automatic wipers: bad sensors? I believe systems today employ a sensor that initiate wipers if light is not reflected back properly.

Q: Have you had your windshield tinted?

 

[aesculus]

Opticoated, but not tinted.

 

[KKelly]

Neither tinted nor opticoated for me.

 

[ohmman]

My X is home again. Fitment of panels and trim is much, much better. Labeled photos below.

New rear seatbacks are in place, among other things. Quite a bit done during this long visit to the SC. Nearly there on all items.

 

[K-MTG]

My X is home again. Fitment of panels and trim is much, much better. Labeled photos below.

New rear seatbacks are in place, among other things. Quite a bit done during this long visit to the SC. Nearly there on all items.

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Finally! Now we can get that 1 month review Did you ask them about the sunshade when you went for the pickup?

I wouldn't even notice these issues on my X, it took me a while to see the before and after changes

 

[X Fan]

Congrats on panels/trim fix!

Did they also repair seals along with those fixes?

Please refresh again how long your X was out of action at the SC ( taking mine next week)?

 

[ohmman]

Please refresh again how long your X was out of action at the SC ( taking mine next week)?

I had a long list, including replacement 3rd row seatbacks, replacement 2nd row seat, headliner, and carpet issues - along with what you see in the photos and quite a few more little items. It was at the SC and body shop for 2.5 weeks - one week of that was the body shop.

 

[ModelXBoy]

Nicely done! Tesla did a fantastic job on it. Congras!

 

[aesculus]

After looking at ohmman's fixed pictures I will not even think of asking them to adjust my FWD on the back. Mine is equal or better than that.

To me though they should be able to do better. Perhaps later cars will be absolutely perfect. What we have now is acceptable IMHO.

 

[ModelXBoy]

After looking at ohmman's fixed pictures I will not even think of asking them to adjust my FWD on the back. Mine is equal or better than that.

To me though they should be able to do better. Perhaps later cars will be absolutely perfect. What we have now is acceptable IMHO.

To be honest my X looks worse than ohmman's X before the fix. After the fix the car looks definitely better, but no where near perfect. If using my usual standard, even after the fixes, still not acceptable, still too big of a gap to the end of it. But it's Tesla and they did the best they could, so they barely made in my acceptable standard, and this only applies to Tesla. All other brands with this condition will deem unacceptable. I do believe the new Xs out must be better than the fixed X, those minor gaps are acceptable for early Xs, not acceptable for new Xs IMO.

 

[K-MTG]

But it's Tesla and they did the best they could, so they barely made in my acceptable standard, and this only applies to Tesla. All other brands with this condition will deem unacceptable.

Tesla also told this guy it was the best they could do

and he is not complaining, come on guys give Tesla a break. (you only gave them $100k+) Model 3 owners will be very happy if Tesla keeps this up.

 

[sukhi]

Our Model X is headed back to the SC tomorrow (Monday) after already having spent 16 days there.

This time it is for the front passenger side window being misaligned. It closed with a huge gap on Saturday and went downhill afterwards. I went through the recalibrate sequence a couple of times with help from tech support folks but it did not work. In fact tech support was quite certain that it needs a SC visit. At this point one of the following things happens.
- the window does not respond to the button
- the window goes up but on locking the door, it drops half way down
- the windows stays up but is misaligned so the door does not close.

There we go again!

 

[K-MTG]

Our Model X is headed back to the SC tomorrow (Monday) after already having spent 16 days there.

This time it is for the front passenger side window being misaligned. It closed with a huge gap on Saturday and went downhill afterwards. I went through the recalibrate sequence a couple of times with help from tech support folks but it did not work. In fact tech support was quite certain that it needs a SC visit. At this point one of the following things happens.
- the window does not respond to the button
- the window goes up but on locking the door, it drops half way down
- the windows stays up but is misaligned so the door does not close.

There we go again!

Oh wow! I hope they give you a loaner. What is your VIN?

 

[sukhi]

Oh wow! I hope they give you a loaner. What is your VIN?

I hope so or better still it get fixed in a day visit.
Vin :19xx

 

[ssq]

Very useful thread. Maybe it's just me but since I would be paying $100k I would surely be extremely attentive and critical of QC issues on my X. I love Tesla and Musk, and I believe being a diligent and fairly demanding customer is one way to make Tesla successful. There is not much room for slack on a $100k vehicle, just like there was no slack for me to earn that $100k, so should be the case for Tesla. Am I being unfair with this?!