Tesla’s latest SUV is still under fire from critics for its build quality and finish. Some, despite numerous visits to service centers, still do not have a perfect car.
Barely a few days after the delivery of the first Model Ys, criticism of its finish is already pouring into YouTube and other social networks. Since then, automotive expert Sandy Munro has dismantled and analyzed the electric SUV in every detail, highlighting a dozen particularly interesting points. Recently, Elon Musk communicated on ongoing improvements to the production lines, presumably to correct some of these flaws.
Annoying faults on a $53,000 vehicle
If for Sandy Munro the finish quality has greatly improved since the release of the first Model 3, which he compared to a Kia from the 90s, it is still far from perfect. The first buyers of this new SUV seem to agree, judging by the online reviews that criticize the paint finishes or other defects, some of which are particularly troublesome regarding the closing of the trunk.
One of these customers shows in a long YouTube video all the faults he has encountered. It is quite picky, which can be understood with a car with a base price of $53,000. The solution that Tesla offers is to bring your vehicle to a service center, but not all faults can be corrected.
Thus, the mechanics he met told him that he had no solution for the misalignment in the seats. Likewise, the hood opening sensor, although replaced, continues to indicate intermittently that it is open. He is currently planning his third meeting to try to resolve the noises, the misalignments in the joints and the remaining tasks. He therefore advises to check the following points even before accepting delivery of the vehicle.
- Missing paint
- Misaligned rear seats
- Door seal badly attached
- Hood opening sensor fault
- Failure to close the trunk
- Driver’s window that goes down badly
- Noise in the rear head restraints
- Rear seats with vibration noise
It’s very simple: Tesla lacks a German quality inspector like Otto Krause! In the early days at Ford, the Model T was qualitatively similarly poor. Then Henry Ford hired the German immigrant Otto Krause who was totally fussy. Every little defect was immediately rejected and only perfect cars were allowed to leave the factory. He marked perfect cars with chalk on the right rear fender with his initials “OK”, which became the first quality seal and was integrated in numerous languages. Elon, where is your Otto ???
This is not where OK comes from… but.. ok.