M3P 500 Miles from new

[doc333]

They're great cars in so many ways but the Fremont CA factory SUCKS. The most inconsistent don't give a $hit manufacturing I've seen personally.

My 2021 M3P has 528 miles on it, took delivery in June. I've had every door adjusted, frunk adjusted but still lower than passenger side fender, two windows adjusted, drivers side wiper arm adjusted, multiple missing push clips in the wheel wells missing, interior trim parts refit, scratches on one rear window noted at delivery, flaking paint in a few spots on inside lips of front fenders noticed by my PPF installed, he corrected those.

Car goes to Tesla in two weeks for rear bumper removal and reinstall as its not clipped on correctly on drivers side, also have a steering wheel tingling vibration at 50-60 mph that they're going to try and decipher.

My experience is 180 degrees from yours.. picked up July 27 and everything was perfect - paint, panel gaps, fit and finish…could find nothing wrong… you have my sympathy

 

[Gulfcoaster]

My experience is 180 degrees from yours.. picked up July 27 and everything was perfect - paint, panel gaps, fit and finish…could find nothing wrong… you have my sympathy

Thanks man, I appreciate it. Glad yours is ok. My fit and finish issues are correct now and I'm happy with the fit and finish but a much worse issue persists......I have BAD BAD steering wheel vibration between about the 50 - 60 mph range, really bad at 52/53 MPH !! it is not tire/wheel balancing. All 4 tires were road force balanced, two Pirellis were road forced so high they were out of the parameters of balancing so Pirelli replaced them, it made no difference. If Tesla cannot correct it this could get ugly

 

[doc333]

Thanks man, I appreciate it. Glad yours is ok. My fit and finish issues are correct now and I'm happy with the fit and finish but a much worse issue persists......I have BAD BAD steering wheel vibration between about the 50 - 60 mph range, really bad at 52/53 MPH !! it is not tire/wheel balancing. All 4 tires were road force balanced, two Pirellis were road forced so high they were out of the parameters of balancing so Pirelli replaced them, it made no difference. If Tesla cannot correct it this could get ugly

 

[mancala]

MIC Model 3s are all CATL LFP batteries. Only the US made ones are the Panasonic/Tesla NMC batteries.

MIC Model 3 SR+ is LFP. MIC LR is LG battery, and MIC Performance is the 82kwh Panasonic battery

 

[Gasaraki]

MIC Model 3 SR+ is LFP. MIC LR is LG battery, and MIC Performance is the 82kwh Panasonic battery

There is no MIC Performance. All Performance models come from the US, that's why they have the Panasonic batteries.

 

[PITA]

There is no MIC Performance. All Performance models come from the US, that's why they have the Panasonic batteries.

Ayyyy.... that's not right.

My car is a Model 3 Performance and it's made in China.

What you on about??

 

[Gasaraki]

Ayyyy.... that's not right.

My car is a Model 3 Performance and it's made in China.

What you on about??

How do you know your car is MIC? (I should say that inside China there's a Performance model but I recall that European Performance models are from Fremont)

Panasonic batteries are only made at Giga Nevada. They are not going to ship the US made batteries to China to put in to car when they can make their own batteries in China.

 

[BigNick]

I think all M3P in North America use the Panasonic cells and are made in Fremont.

 

[PITA]

How do you know your car is MIC?

Because the vehicle VIN number says so...

 

[mancala]

There is no MIC Performance. All Performance models come from the US, that's why they have the Panasonic batteries.

Well, my car is a performance model 3, and the VIN starts with LRW