Seam crack under the falcon doors.

[Cloud1981]

On both sides of the falcon door seems to have the seam crack, so they fix this for you?

 

[Gwgan]

Usually the seam is ugly and the weld is sloppy but the paint is intact. Has it always looked like this?

 

[forkee]

service center said this was normal and they will not do anything about it. have it on both of our Xs

 

[dragonxt]

The service centers these days like to call defects "Normal" when every car has the same issue. In my opinion, if something was intended (and is generally) supposed to be a certain way, and the defect causes an issue, it should be fixed.

 

[Evoforce]

It is just the filler. It is not structural. Only glue.

 

[sacfan]

It is just the filler. It is not structural. Only glue.

service center said this was normal and they will not do anything about it. have it on both of our Xs

My cracks were not present when the car was delivered with 5 miles on the odometer - we know this because we discussed the funky weld seals at length with the delivery person. They WERE present with 99 miles on the odometer. We were also told by the delivery manager that these are cracks of the bonding material, apparently a material like Bondo, and are “normal” and seen on many Model Xs. I didn’t really buy it, but one of the mechanics who I trusted reassured me that they see this all the time and that it’s absolutely nothing to worry about.

 

[shinytop]

They can call that normal all they want, it is unacceptable in a 20k car, much less so in a 100K car.