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Mine is like yours. I think it may very from car to car a little, but it's likely due to the change of dash elevation as it slopes right against the verticalness of the screen. I think it's perfectly normal. My SC took mine off to address a rattle and when they reaffixed the dash, it remounted exactly the same way. I too have a little more play in one area over the other, but this could easily be explained by the positioning of mounting clips.
I JUST had this addressed this week. They removed the dash and straightened it. It is not perfect but it is DRAMATICALLY better. Before it was always catching my eye. Now I don't notice it unless I really focus. I had my car in for something else and had them fix it. I wouldn't bring it in just for that. Good luck in getting it straightened. I know it drove me crazy! From my service paperwork:
Concern: Client reports that "dash is not "straight" across the top of the screen. On the right side, the screen is flush with the dash. On the left side, there is a gap between where the screen ends and the dash begins. I can push it down so it's flat, but it doesn't stay."
Corrections: Assembly - Top Pad - Instrument Panel (Remove and Replace)
Removed and re-installed dash pad, made adjustments so that the dash pad is straight.
Concern: Client reports that "dash is not "straight" across the top of the screen. On the right side, the screen is flush with the dash. On the left side, there is a gap between where the screen ends and the dash begins. I can push it down so it's flat, but it doesn't stay."
Corrections: Assembly - Top Pad - Instrument Panel (Remove and Replace)
Removed and re-installed dash pad, made adjustments so that the dash pad is straight.
Just to follow-up...I don't have a before picture but I can assure you it looked exactly like yours. The right side was too low and the left side was too high. Spacing looked identical. Here is a pic of my fixed dash after the service center addressed it this week. As you can see...MUCH better! If anything now the left side is a little too low...but now it doesn't bother me compared to how it was before.
Taking a close-up picture from that angle amplifies the black. It looks totally normal in person. Especially since your head is typically higher than where the camera was so looking down the black is obscured. I posted a picture at the bottom of this post from a more "normal" angle. You can see the black is not noticeable.
So this is interesting...I decided to do a google image search and I'll be darned. The "crooked" dash is everywhere! And as you'll see from the OP's pictures and this random sampling from google, there is a large black gap on the left, and the dash goes into the screen on the right. Now I'm really happy with my adjusted dash!!!
Random sampling of crooked dashes from google:
http://images.thecarconnection.com/lrg/2012-tesla-model-s_100396746_l.jpg
http://images.thecarconnection.com/lrg/2012-tesla-model-s_100396757_l.jpg
http://media.caranddriver.com/image...otainment-display-photo-462082-s-1280x782.jpg
http://geniusapp.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/tesla_screen-1.jpg
http://www.droid-life.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Tesla-1.jpg
So this is interesting...I decided to do a google image search and I'll be darned. The "crooked" dash is everywhere! And as you'll see from the OP's pictures and this random sampling from google, there is a large black gap on the left, and the dash goes into the screen on the right. Now I'm really happy with my adjusted dash!!!
Random sampling of crooked dashes from google:
http://images.thecarconnection.com/lrg/2012-tesla-model-s_100396746_l.jpg
http://images.thecarconnection.com/lrg/2012-tesla-model-s_100396757_l.jpg
http://media.caranddriver.com/image...otainment-display-photo-462082-s-1280x782.jpg
http://geniusapp.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/tesla_screen-1.jpg
http://www.droid-life.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Tesla-1.jpg
It's nothing more than the trim piece above the screen being a little higher on one side. Suspect that all Tesla did was put some double-stick tape under the portion of the dash/trim that was higher up. Anyone who has the uneven screen can simply apply a little pressure to the dash section above and see how it impacts the appearance.
JPP
Active Member
I have the uneven top edge (gap larger at top left)--bottom is level. And, yes, if I push down on the dash at the left of the screen it does displace down a bit. I can live with it.
Canuck
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Mine's off a bit too. I'd probably never had noticed it were it not for this thread and it doesn't bother me in the least.
My car has this gap too, and it has bugged me since I got the car. I always assumed it was the screen that needed a software tweak to make it fit better. Now that I'm looking at it again, the dash makes more sense, and made me notice my car even has a bend/crease in the horizontal piece of silver trim near the top left of the screen.
The last two pictures in your links show this bend in the trim too. And possibly the first picture. Like they tried to push the dash down, and it bent.
JPP
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