So they delivered my Casper car today and I have a question...

[ozziegn]

So after waiting fifteen days that seemed like three months, Tesla delivered my white on white, performance Model 3 today and I'm in love with my car. As soon as I saw the car the name Casper popped inside my head. Therefore, the car will now be known as Casper. The stupid fast, battery powered friendly ghost. lol

Here's my question: I know I will use the frunk quite often and I did try it out today. Opening the frunk is super easy but closing it seems kind of scary. At first I thought all I had to do was close it gently. Nope, that doesn't do it. The latch doesn't get hooked by the mechanism inside. So I've realized I have to gently lower the lid then I have to use a good amount of pressure to get it to latch on the mechanism.

Is this normal or should the lid close much easier in a different manner than what I'm seeing?

 

[Chef Brian]

That’s normal. I had the same thought when I got mine. You get used to it, I use my frunk more often than the trunk! Did you know the black fold out hooks are for grocery bags so they don’t roll around!?

 

[Johncroft688]

Yes it's normal and it's a generally acknowledged as a shortcoming in the model 3 design. It is a common complaint that the front trunk is difficult to close.

One tip is you don't need to slam it or push very forcefully. You need to apply consistent down pressure to hold the hood fully closed. This gives the latch mechanism time to latch. It still takes much more force than I would consider reasonable.

Some have replaced the spring in the latch with a lighter one, but that isn't a perfect solution either. While it appears this is safe, the lighter spring isn't strong enough to consistently pop the hood to open enough so it can easily be opened. This leaves the user digging a finger in between the corner of the hood to get it to open.

Either way you go it's awkward and reduces usability of the front trunk.

 

[bijan]

I think you're supposed to close gently and press on either side of the Tesla logo to close it fully. I think it says so in the manual.

 

[lukeellis]

Yep! Super normal. I usually use two hands to close it.

 

[wasabi5858]

That's normal. the recommended way to close is with 2 hands next to the T emblem. Google frunk mod or something like that. some of us (myself included) change the strut and also the spring for the frunk so it opens up and soft closes. (there is a strut mod for trunk also).

 

[JasonR67]

Sounds normal. You get used to it quickly.

Also, Are we the only ones that refer to the trunk as the "rear frunk"?

 

[acarney]

Totally normal from my understanding. I believe Tesla actually has a video guide which shows the person lower it and then placing both hands palm down on either side of the logo and giving it a fairly large amount of force to close it.

 

[boostftw]

Like everyone said on top its normal. But you can always do the auto frunk open mod & spring mod to make it close super easy. There are a few videos about this mod on youtube.

 

[WilliamG]

Yep, just spend the $25 on the replacement struts and spring. Takes 3 minutes to replace them.

 

[ngogas]

Next you will probably asked how to get rid of the hood finger/palm prints when closing the frunk. Lol

 

[puckpurnell]

So after waiting fifteen days that seemed like three months, Tesla delivered my white on white, performance Model 3 today and I'm in love with my car. As soon as I saw the car the name Casper popped inside my head. Therefore, the car will now be known as Casper. The stupid fast, battery powered friendly ghost. lol

Here's my question: I know I will use the frunk quite often and I did try it out today. Opening the frunk is super easy but closing it seems kind of scary. At first I thought all I had to do was close it gently. Nope, that doesn't do it. The latch doesn't get hooked by the mechanism inside. So I've realized I have to gently lower the lid then I have to use a good amount of pressure to get it to latch on the mechanism.

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Normal.

 

[Brnn]

I’m considering this color combo too. Can you let me know what you think about how well the seats match the paint? My order is currently a gray on white. Saving $1000 would be nice!

 

[follow.johnny]

@OP Check this thread if you wanna to close the frunk easier with this mod:

Frunk easy close spring mod

I currently have this mod and makes it way easier to close the frunk with one hand without worrying about dent the hood.
Have no issues for over 1,500 miles.