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My body and trim alignment is great (July 2013 build), but I do have the headliner issue. Naturally it's on my wife's side, so I hear about it regularly. #sigh
The Rocklin SvC has been trying different things to try and fix it.
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I had the "chrome triangle point on the back sticking out" issue on both sides of mine and they fixed it with no problem at the service center. I also had the chrome mismatch on the front passenger door (combined with the problem that I think is known to happen from time to time) where the front passenger door needs more effort to slam shut than the other 3 doors, and they also fixed both of those issues at the same time.
Canuck
Well-Known Member
So it's not the op's car and we don't know if it even bothers the owner enough to take it in and get it fixed? Maybe he/she has figured out that life's too shirt to sweat the small stuff?
Canuck
Well-Known Member
Just think of the misaligned ones as the Picasso of cars, admire the vast majority of non-misaligned ones and you'll be fine.
Your experience is not typical. Having just got back from TMC Connect where there were 30-40 cars in the same parking lot (from VIN0001 to 30xxx), I didn't notice many alignment issues, and none as severe as the photos at the top of this thread.
Gizmotoy
Active Member
Is the frunk hood aluminum? If the owners closes the hood by pressing the hood down, instead of dropping it, it could be, that dents were made by the fingers, because the aluminum is quite soft. There are some Volt owners on gm-volt forum that got their hood dented by closing the hood by pressing it down instead of dropping it.
Pilot_51
Member
Tesla specifically says not to drop it. In fact, I'm sure it would be difficult to close it (catching both latches) by dropping it because of the seal. You would basically need to slam it down, which is far more risky.
To quote page 11 of the manual for closing the frunk:
Closing
The Model S body is made of lightweight
aluminum. Therefore, the hood is not heavy
enough to latch under its own weight and
applying pressure on the front edge or center
of the hood can cause damage. To close the
hood:
• Lower the hood fully until it touches the
latch.
• Placing both hands on the front of the
hood in the areas shown, press down
firmly to engage the latches.
• Lift the front edge of the hood to ensure it
is fully closed.
Caution:
To prevent damage:
• Apply pressure only to the green
areas illustrated above. Applying
pressure to the red areas can cause
damage.
• Do not close the hood with one hand
- this applies concentrated force in
one area and can result in a dent or
crease.
• Do not apply pressure to the leading
edge of the hood - this can crease
the edge.
• Do not slam or drop the hood.
I hadn't noticed my "Brightwork" alignment issue until I read this thread and others. I dropped by the SCtr last week and they said they would need to adjust the door. I made an appointment and brought it in today and all they did was pull up on the chrome that's on the door. The upper chrome on the body is glued on and not adjustable.
My trim was misaligned since day one. It was adjusted once at the service center, then fell back to the original misaligned location. It drives me a bit crazy so i just adjust it every few weeks. IMO you could do just about the same as the service center.
Except mine which was built just two weeks ago. The door alignment is just as bad as the worst I've seen on others. They're going to fix it of course....if they ever get back to me about the due bill which they said would be within 72 hours but now it's been 1.5 weeks.
