With Tesla’s infamous quality control, it is a wonder that people still actively go out and spend their hard earned money on its vehicles. That “quality” has shown up again, not on a Cybertruck, but on a brand new Model 3 delivered to a customer without a pretty important component.
Spotted by Coleton Guerin aka @OutofSpecDetail (who also has his own car detailing service) on X, Guerin posted in a tweet about how he came face to face with Tesla’s QC. In the tweet, he mentions that the car he detailed is a brand new Model 3 that his customer just took delivery of from Tesla. Somehow, the car was delivered without any weatherstripping on the entire driver’s side door.
The replies were a mess of course. Some accused the owner of taking out the stripping themselves, just so they could “throw Tesla under the bus.” “This might be the dumbest comment I’ve read all day,” Guerin replied noting that the customer inspected the car before delivery and that the weatherstripping wasn’t the only problem the Model 3 had, though he failed to list the other problems.
Some replies questioned how he noticed this because this is something they’d probably overlook. Guerin noted that you can see it as soon as you open the door and that it “has horrendous wind noise above 30 mph.” Another person noted that their Model 3 had quality issues on delivery, saying their car was delivered with no wiper fluid plumbing which is…how? Another seemed to be reminded to check the weatherstripping on their Model Y and discovered that it was coming off as well.
Other replies played the whataboutism card, claiming that other legacy automakers had similar quality problems, which can be true. However replies like this just seem like excuses. They’re really saying “this happens to all automakers so it’s OK!”
This is just further proof that Tesla’s are built great and their quality control sucks. That’s not bias or lies. It’s a verifiable fact. You’re seeing it with your own eyes. What other automaker has people selling aftermarket delivery checklists for issues to look out for when they’re taking delivery? We’ve seen these issues before, even with steering wheels peeling and coming apart at 12,000 and 20,000 miles. Even bad factory paint wraps. It makes you wonder what it’s going to take to get things right at the world’s largest EV maker.