Took delivery last night to find out I have a super lemon. BEWARE 2019 EARLY APRIL BUILDS. They are rushed.
Clips missing from all tires wells. No paint in door jams deformed dash, and windows that somehow passed inspection with the doorframe pieces twisted.
Overall paint job terrible, with dust flects in almost every inch. If you run the hand along with the paint it feels like little bumps all over.
I had a few defects/issues upon delivery, none of them too major though.
My list was as follows:
- passenger side front door interior trim mounted wrong. A clip was mounted towards the outside instead of the inside. This resulted in a visible gap and bulge. Has been fixed (partly) by now. As the clip had been pressing against the wrong side of the interior door seal, this is now irreparably damaged and has to be changed. Part is on order, service center said they will send a ranger round to me once it has been delivered. Looking at one of the pictures
@MIDRANGEORDER posted (
https://teslamotorsclub.com/tmc/attachments/img_20190422_114810781-jpg.399949/), I think he had the same issue.
- several patches of dirt on the dashboard that didn't clean off with the usual means. Service center fixed this with some special kind of cleaning agent that needed to set for a coupe of days afterwards. Anyway, looks fine now.
- missing valve cap on front passenger side wheel. Replaced.
- clips on the underside floor cover loose (almost all of them). Fixed some myself, the ones I missed were fixed at the visit to the service center.
- several patches of dirt on the headliner around the windshield and sunvisors. Cleaned this myself using the "magic shaving cream solution".
- missing USB cable. Replaced
The only issue I had that I didn't get done because the car went straight to the PPF installer were all the paint defects. As
@MIDRANGEORDER said, the paint job leaves a lot to be desired. Spots all over the place like they didn't clean off dust particles before painting the car. My PPF installer just shook his head at this kind of quality. Then again, he has done several more Model 3 by now and those had even worse paint jobs than mine. Anyway, most of the defects were in areas like the door frames where you don't see them once the doors are closed, but overall, paint quality is my biggest gripe about the car. Just not what you expect from a car in that price range. Especially when compared to our e-Golf which was about half the price but with flawless (and far more durable) paint.