My 15 Issues with the Model X, that I found during delivery

That is seriously disappointing. When was your delivery? Im hoping cars coming off the line are much better today.

Wow, that is not what I had expected from Tesla in general. Has Tesla fixed the falcon doors? We were worried about these door so we delayed our configuration by 5-6 weeks after we got the invitation, hoping that the bugs would get worked out. Sadly, it seems we were correct in our assumption. It must be really irritating and disappointing for you. Best of luck.

Are you telling us you took delivery like this, or that these issues came to light with one month of drive time? I would never have taken delivery of this $100K+ vehicle without spending at least an hour of uninterrupted time fine-tooth combing every square inch of car. We all see you venting on this forum, but tell us the responsiveness with TMC to these concerns. Please tell us that you raised these concerns to the DS.

Bummer. I am sure they will fix it all. It seems like the biggest issue is the Falcon Wing Door on driver's side. Please keep us posted and good luck.

I am still very concerned that the Falcon Wing doors are a complete waste of time. Really, Elon Musk is a great guy that I have enormous respect for, but no one makes the right call every single time. In my opinion this was the wrong call.

Positives:
1 - Make loading your small child into a car seat easier.
2 - Allow easier entry to the third row seats.
3 - Allow the door to open with great ease in a tight spot.
4 - Marketing. Apparently people like gimmicks and this creates free press.

Negatives:
1 - Complicated, looking like they can be prone to failure. (probable)
2 - Added expense, both in engineering and manufacturing, and consequently the price.
3 - Most probably delayed the Model X launch by a year (unverifiable)

I'll also add that on point 2 of the positives, it looks like the 6 seat option is proving very popular, almost alleviating the positive. Most people who sit in the third row are kids anyway, and they have no problems climbing over anything regardless, its like a little adventure to them!

I just don't think any of the positives outweigh the negatives. I put the self presenting doors in this category too. I have never once though opening the door to my car is a hassle.

Everyone already loved the Model S, it doesn't have gimmicks, its just brilliant. The Model X would have been fine as the same car, just with 2 extra seats (or make that 1 extra!).

Adam.

Yikes.

Wow. Never ever expected this from Tesla. Reminds me of the Datsun in the mid60s, think they called it the Fairlady. Hope you get it all attended to. I intend to review my order and consider altering it. Do not need these headaches with a $100k+ auto.

johnc11050 said:

Wow. Never ever expected this from Tesla.

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You must be new around here:smile:

Initial model S had the same issues. So they slowed down production to focus on quality. The rest is history.

Most of the things mentioned are disappointing. However you said you've had the car since Xmas. I'd be surprised if they fix the scratches and scuffs.

Item 2 is ridiculous if that was present at delivery.

vgurbuxani said:

Hi All-

I picked up my Model X about a month ago and finally had the time to take photos and document all of the physical/cosmetic issues I have with the car, that has been there since delivery.

I'm sharing this in hope that you don't have the same issues, please check out these areas when you pick up your Model X.

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What was your delivery date? And when did you capture those images?

The URL to the image is no longer valid? Anyone have a copy of the list?

vgurbuxani said:

Hi All-

I picked up my Model X about a month ago and finally had the time to take photos and document all of the physical/cosmetic issues I have with the car, that has been there since delivery.

I'm sharing this in hope that you don't have the same issues, please check out these areas when you pick up your Model X.

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Yikes! Getting mine soon and I'm hoping they are doing better with the X at this point ... Years ago I told service that I was debating on paying the extra money to get the signature edition. They told me not to. They said signature cars are basically bata tester cars. That you pay a big price (lots of issues) to be one of the first. I made the decision to wait for that reason. When I see these problems I am not only worried but I'm relieved that I didn't get my car in December like I wanted. The truth is I'm convinced Tesla will fix everything. Its just not fun when you pay 150 grand and you deal with problems... I was one of the early ones a few months after the S sigs.. I had tons of problems. Now three years later my S it's perfect. Now my X is due in a few weeks and I'm giving my S up for more problems. lol... Crazy...

That is not good.

It is clear that since Jerome's departure/hiatus that Service & Delivery folks are either suffering from less skillful upper management, or that they are just overwhelmed (temporarily, optimistically speaking).

Regardless of top down or bottom up (lots of new hires who need some time to season), I dislike intensely seeing pictorial evidence like this. Although thanks for posting. Indeed, when I picked up my Model S at the factory, it had a 3' wide buffer swirl/scuff front and center on the frunk. That cost Tesla $500 at the time. Completely unnecessary.

To see some of what you endured is... disturbing, at best. These episodes must drive Elon and (most of) upper management absolutely nucking futz. Can't play the "oh, well, stuff happens" card forever, folks.

I have one dent on a lower falcon wing door sill, but nothing like the damage shown by the OP.

Providing the SC with the photo list will help Tesla Motors with those repairs. Thanks for sharing.

Sorry to hear this. Our car that was delivered at the end of January has no issues. However, it did spend over a week at the service center "getting ready" for delivery.

Get them to fix it.