Tesla Model 3 Bumper Falls Off After 30 Minutes And “Heavy Rain”

Via ZeroHedge

With Tesla scrambling to produce as many Model 3s as possible to meet Wall Street expectations, it is no surprise that the company has recently been plagued with anecdotal reports of shoddy workmanship and quality control issues. And what just happened over the weekend to the (formerly) delighted owner of a brand new Model 3 confirms many of these stories.

A person bought a Tesla Model 3, and, within the first 30 minutes of driving the car back home, the rear bumper cover falls off, Jalopnik reported. The owner, Rithesh Nair, tweeted a picture of his car, directly letting Elon Musk know about his new exposed behind: “1/2 hr, bringing Model 3 home, run in to heavy rain on the streets & bumper comes off.

While it was not immediately clear if there were any “mitigating” factors to explain why the bumper fell off, Jalopnik notes the “hint” in the environmental conditions of this Model 3’s inaugural drive: heavy rain. Which led to the following snarky observation: “cars are generally pretty good at retaining their body panels in the rain, even bottom-of-the-market cars like the Mitsubishi Mirage, but it seems to be a challenge for this Model 3.”

Or perhaps it wasn’t the rain to blame, but merely crappy production quality as another Model 3 owner responded with a picture of his own car which had similarly lost its rear bumper.

Jalopnik notes that according to speculation of other tweeters, the issue seems to be related to a bit of cloth-like shielding under the car, which would deflect water and debris around and below the bumper.

If this bit of shielding gets torn or loose, water can be forced into the bumper cover, which would act like a big water catch-basin, eventually being pulled off its mounts from the weight and/or pressure of the water being directed up inside the bumper cover.

Still, while Tesla fanboys may be quick to explain away any defect, the fact that this is happening at all “is pretty incredible.” And not just once on a car that has repeatedly gotten the highest marks from “independent” industry observers.

Keeping your bumper cover on in pretty much all weather is a very, very solved problem in the automotive industry.

In response to the article, Tesla – which these days is busier coming up with LBO narratives than making sure its “factory gated” cars are usable in the real world – made the following statement:

We’re setting an extremely high bar for Model 3, and what happened in this situation is not how we build our cars. We’re investigating the issue to understand what caused it, and we are contacting our customers to resolve this and ensure they are satisfied.

 

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steve
steve

IMO you’re our of your mind to buy a Tesla. If you want status buy a diamond pinky ring. If you want a great luxury car buy a Toyota Avalon.

Steve C
Steve C

The genius that was Nikola Tesla, the inventor of Alternating Current that has made our modern electrical world possible, must be spinning in his grave like he’s been strapped to a wood lathe over the company that has been named after him…

James
James

Steve agree Nikola must be shacking his head.

On the upside, a excellent band took up his name as theirs and still 30+ years later making folks happy with their music,it’s not all bad by any means.

Iwasntbornwithenufmiddlefingers
Iwasntbornwithenufmiddlefingers

They suuuck

James
James

They are better then any band you have ever been in me guess.They also put together and headlined the concert to help out victims of the station nightclub fire,again,did more to help others then you probably have.They have done more then you have to keep the man and his creative mind in the publics eye.

As for not being born with enough middle fingers,I just flipped ya’s off so there is one more you can have!

Iwasntbornwithenufmiddlefingers
Iwasntbornwithenufmiddlefingers

None of that makes their music good. Because they suuuk.

James
James

Hmmmm….,Songs like Love Song/Edisons Medicine/Little Suzi/Song And Emotion(in memory of Steve Clark)Heavens Trail,nope,they are excellent,hell,give em a listen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrgnkbOiBc0 ,am sad to say missed benefit concert for Station Club though did donate to charity,I was very close to being at that Station Club show,phone rang off hook next am folks wondering if there or died there.

So finger,Tesla is great and may a group of cross dressing antifa types follow you throughout your days!

Iwasntbornwithenufmiddlefingers
Iwasntbornwithenufmiddlefingers

If you like heavy metal for pussys i am sure tesla will suit you fine. Want real metal, get ya some judas priest, metallica or pantera. Pussy tite. Tonite.

James
James

Seen and listen to all mentioned,Tesla was a blues based/rock band,not metal though they did tour with a lot of metal bands.

On a side note,almost bought a Pantera and regret it every day I didn’t,1973,a beautiful car.

Wip
Wip

Tesla is a great band.

Peter Perfect
Peter Perfect

Since your comment is full of spelling errors and poor grammar I declare your comment having no merit.

Lostokie
Lostokie

I’ve never seen a melting car before, interesting.

Ahhhhhhhhhhh!!! You cursed brat! Look what you’ve done!! I’m melting, melting. Ohhhhh, what a world, what a world. Who would have thought that some little girl like you could destroy my beautiful wickedness. OHHHHHHH!!! NO!!! I’m going…ohhhhhhh..ohhhhhhhhhhhhh….

James
James

Lost,view the footage from Sweden,a lot of melting cars there for ya’s!

Stucky

The bumper is SUPPOSED to fall off! It’s a feature. It works like this, real simple.

The Model 3 is directly hooked into Google Maps and knows at all times where you are, and where you are going. So, the Model 3 in question knew that the owner was driving home. The Model 3, an engineering marvel like no other, also has sensors which determine how much charge is left in the battery. So, the Model 3 in question knew that; 1) the driver still had 24 miles to drive to get home and, 2) that battery juice only had 22 miles left. At that point The APE (Automatic Parts Ejection) took over and dumped the bumper to lighten the load, thus enabling (per the photo) the owner (an ungrateful bastard) to reach his final destination.

James
James

OK,that tis really fucking funny!

Anonymous
Anonymous

Hah! Perhaps it is a design feature / marketing tactic, to appeal to the sheboons. I’m forever seeing that trendy, sans-bumper skirt look, on chariots emerging from the ghetto boundary lines in my neck ‘o the metropolis.
Right up there with 22 inch spinner wheels and low profile rubber, with the sideways ball caps, bass-a-thumpin’, etc..
Duct tape and bungie cords are frequently seen aftermarket accessories, too.
Invariably, drivers have tattoos aplenty.
With more gov. incentives, maybe Tayshawn get him a new coupe from E-con Huckster.

starfcker
starfcker

Stucky, for Christ’s sake didn’t you read the article? It RAINED. DUH

Mustang
Mustang

Admin. I came across a YouTube video that I think you would be interested in. The title is “Teaching Black Kids by Christopher Jackson”. This guy reads an article written by this teacher describing what it was like to teach black kids in a inner city school. It goes perfectly with your 30 Blocks of Squalor series.

Bat Guano
Bat Guano

So he didn’t take the ‘heavy rain proof bumper’ option to save a couple extra shekels and now he’s bitching.

Oy vey !

Iconoclast421

This reminds me of the movie Gung Ho.

“I see nothing wrong with these cars.”
(They’re all falling apart and there’s a worker hiding under the hood of one.)
“Are you crazy?!”

“Fiffeen Fousand Cars!”

SebastianX1/9

How do you say Schadenfreud in English again?

Iwasntbornwithenufmiddlefingers
Iwasntbornwithenufmiddlefingers

Biodegradable.

Whats not to love?

TampaRed
TampaRed

this am i had to run over to the main napa store here in tampa–across the street is a huge lot & bldg that housed a dodge dealership which closed when obama was strong arming the auto industry–
tesla had gone in & cleaned it up & put their name on the bldg but never opened it–
looking at it today,it looks like it has been abandoned–

James
James

Go by it at night and listen,perhaps a recording studio/practice spot for the blues based rock band of the same name!

Todd H.
Todd H.

A glorified golf cart… Made by a psychopath cult leader.

Anonymous
Anonymous

Naww, Todd. Here’s a glorified golf cart. Bet it be more fun to pilot than the Fire hazard Model 3.

https://youtu.be/Q2f79fXz02k

Todd H.
Todd H.

That could only have been invented by a Florida cracker named Bubba.

Jim
Jim

When I think of Elon Musk the phrase “Dont hate the player hate the game” comes to mind.

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