My trunk lid seems to hit the bumper of my car when closing it. There are two clear lines on the left and right side of the bumper where the lid comes down (in the paint). Is there any way to easily adjust the closing of the lid so that it won’t hit the bumper? Or should I schedule a service appointment?
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Trunk lid hits bumper
- Thread starter Koifim
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I just noticed a similar thing, just on the left- a 1-inch black line on the edge of the trunk paint and in the bumper where it hits. I’ll put some a strip of ppf to buy some time while I figure out what service says.
Did you take action on yours?
Did you take action on yours?
I just got back from the service center for this and a windshield replacement due to a rock..
They couldn't adjust the rubber bumpers any further so they "adjusted the bumper itself"
Now I have a 6 month old model 3 completely missing paint on the two corners of the trunk lid, and a worn through clearcoat on the bumper. They conveniently ignored this. Now where my bumper meets the weatherstripping of the trunk down near the latch, you can see it's been pried downward too.
I can't wait for this fight. I'll never take possession of a car in the winter months again.
Interesting. This is an Oct 2019 model 3. The rubber weather strip IS between the bumper cover and the body
The weather strip does look different near the latch, it's kind of "up" more. Here's a shot of it head on...and another showing how since they "adjusted the bumper" there's a gap that keeps popping open in the center maybe exacerbated by the weather strip?. I've also got a huge gap on the left of the trunk lid now... Great!!
On my second visit to the SC they used touch up paint on the hatch and buffed the scuffs off the bumper as much as they could (not much)
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The flange on the gasket should stick out, to cover the rough seam edge of the bumper cover. Tesla has been misinstalling it for ages.
As for that huge gap, it could be the bumper cover isn't fully clicked/clipped into whatever holds it in place, as that gap seems extra wide. As for the left side gap, how's the right side look?
Here's how the gasket flange should look:
And the full length:
Start up here to pull out the flange gasket:
And how it looks down at the bottom, as you work your way around:
AnaBanana
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Sorry I didn't reply sooner...but thank you so much for providing those pictures. The fact that it's tucked between the bumper cover on my car is likely contributing to the bumper separation issue.
I had a loaner when they touched up the paint that had it installed incorrectly as well (and already had paint damage from the trunk lid hitting it...on a car with only 1500km on the odometer.)
The right side gap is perfect..
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