Saw this hole in my front bumper

[VizagDude]

While cleaning my car after a touch less car wash, I noticed this hole on my front bumper. It looks like something from the inside poked this hole out. Definitely does not look like a rock chip issue. I’m super pissed. Less than 2000 miles on the car and only local driving.

Do you guys know what might have caused this? Does opening a service ticket help or they will just direct me to an auto body shop and have me replace the bumper at May own expense.

 

[DerbyDave]

Could you have been shot?

 

[thesmokingman]

Make a SC appt to find the issue? Fixing the nose/bumper cap is one thing but figuring out what in the world could create/cause a projectile to pierce the cap is probably more important imo.

 

[VizagDude]

Could you have been shot?

Well, that definitely looks like a bullet hole. But NO, I don't think so. Also, if I was, looks like the trajectory from inside the bumper

 

[mswlogo]

Could you have been shot?

I don’t know, but that’s what came to my mind too.

Bullet would be so fast it might bulge outward and might look like that from the outside. Also some bullets do some nasty stuff on impact.

I wouldn’t rule it out depending on location.

 

[AMPd]

Do you carry a gun inside that maybe discharged?
That’s quite unusual, does it line up with the tire? Maybe a rock dislodged and was shot forward through the bumper…

 

[DerbyDave]

Maybe a ricochet from the ground up?

 

[thesmokingman]

Do you carry a gun inside that maybe discharged?
That’s quite unusual, does it line up with the tire? Maybe a rock dislodged and was shot forward through the bumper…

Maybe a ricochet from the ground up?

None of those are plausible. The underbody is covered/sealed and there's radiators behind the bumper cap. And that's not to mention the amount of big metal in there. Shooting a gun from inside the cabin is a stretch.

 

[DerbyDave]

None of those are plausible. The underbody is covered/sealed and there's radiators behind the bumper cap. And that's not to mention the amount of big metal in there. Shooting a gun from inside the cabin is a stretch.

If someone were shooting at the front of the car and aimed too low, the bullet could go up from the pavement in front of the car and pierce the bumper, as is evidenced by the paint chip hanging from the top. Also, I thought the bumper was plastic. Where did the silver "metallic" eruptions around the hole come from?

 

[thesmokingman]

If someone were shooting at the front of the car and aimed too low, the bullet could go up from the pavement in front of the car and pierce the bumper, as is evidenced by the paint chip hanging from the top. Also, I thought the bumper was plastic. Where did the silver "metallic" eruptions around the hole come from?

lol, what like the single bullet theory??

I don't get this, why not wait till the OP has it checked before spitballing a bunch of crazy reasons...?

Tesla covered the underbody of the S in titanium and alu plating a long time ago. This has been well documented because of the result of someone driving over metal junk that had fallen the road, etc etc.

Tesla Adds Titanium Underbody Shield and Aluminum Deflector Plates to Model S | Tesla

www.tesla.com

 

[RichAZ/CapeCod]

Guys, when I was a child I served as a sgt and later a lt in the NYPD Firearms and Tactics Section. Ran the Police Firearms Instructors School, Heavy Weapons Training and Research and Testing.

Based on the photos submitted it would appear that whatever caused that hole in the vehicle came from inside and traveled out.

I'm dubious it was caused by a firearm's projectile.

Rich

 

[VizagDude]

Scheduled a Service Appointment at Plano Service Center for the 8th. Hopefully they can make some sense of how this can happen.

To answer a few Q - I do not own a Gun. I do not think I was shot at. I do not think a rock can be lodged from tire rotation with such speed that it actually punctures the bumper and come out.

 

[DerbyDave]

lol, what like the single bullet theory??

I don't get this, why not wait till the OP has it checked before spitballing a bunch of crazy reasons...?

Tesla covered the underbody of the S in titanium and alu plating a long time ago. This has been well documented because of the result of someone driving over metal junk that had fallen the road, etc etc.

Tesla Adds Titanium Underbody Shield and Aluminum Deflector Plates to Model S | Tesla

www.tesla.com

The front bumper is plastic, where the hole is. So you are posing a single plate theory, where the car ran over something going forward, and the titanium chip that came off, reversed direction, went through the frunk interior and faming, and then went through the bumper? A magic road debris indeed. The very front under the car is just a plastic cover.

 

[RichAZ/CapeCod]

Based on the photos supplied it appears to me that the "hole" is protruding from the bumper, precluding the force coming from the front of the vehicle. Unless...

Just one more WAG (we're running a special on those today), something may have penetrated the plastic bumper than was ripped out. Metal rod, road debris. Just guessing here.

Rich

 

[DerbyDave]

I can't wait to find out what really happened.

 

[RichAZ/CapeCod]

I can't wait to find out what really happened.

I think we ought to run a pool!

Rich

Options:

• Gun shot
• Road debris
• Tire rod thrown (OK, a long shot...)
• Bird strike (really big bird)
• Bull's horn strike (yeah, couple of problems with that one)

 

[mswlogo]

I think we ought to run a pool!

Rich

Options:

• Gun shot
• Road debris
• Tire rod thrown (OK, a long shot...)
• Bird strike (really big bird)
• Bull's horn strike (yeah, couple of problems with that one)

Dent puller.

 

[RichAZ/CapeCod]

Dent puller.

I like the way you think!

Rich

Permission to add that to my betting pool list??

 

[mswlogo]

I like the way you think!

Rich

Permission to add that to my betting pool list??

Fine by me lol

 

[AMPd]

the real answer..