Same issue on one of my 2022 model y doors. Took it to service center and they said door was fine but adjusted passenger door since they said it was out of spec. Shrug. I’ll make another appointment or try to fix myself if I get brave. Thanks for sharing this video.
Good eye and great work, your work reminds me, a friend of mine from NJ who also does body work and paint keep the good work going I saw all your videos
Very interesting Tool !! ... I thought the hinges would have had adjustments. The hood adjustments are the easiest to fix, the underside of the frunk has two knobs that are justable
I tried fixing this on my car after getting a replacement door by removing the door and moving the bottom hinge on the chassis back as to move the door up at the back end of it. Twice I tried it but it didnt make much improvement. I gave up the second time because putting that door back is absolutely exhausting.
Just got my new Tesla 3 yesterday and the doors are misaligned. Already set up an appointment to have it adjusted but very scared if the service will do a good job or not. When we went to pick up the car, we saw other new cars also had the same problem. This was a known factor, but I do not understand why this is still happening. Have to drive 2 and a half hour to have this fixed.
This sounds wrong. Tesla mobile service will go anywhere for repairs. We are 4 hour round trip to closed SC and mobile repair comes to my wifes office and does repairs on site. They did door alignment one time and upgraded charge port with new design that has improvements for winter. We are just out of warranty now, the mobile tech sold me upper control arm which needed replacement and diagnosed the issue for 0.2h and I had part installed by friend who is a mechanic and they did alignment at local shop. I'm in Ontario, Tesla service has been amazing for me so far, 100k km's on Model 3
I bought 1 year ago and I have the exact same problem. May try to get service center to do it free under warranty. If they charge, maybe I can ask around to borrow this tool. Doesn't seem like a tool to permanently buy..
Would this work for a horizontal adjustment? My hard edges and chrome trim are lined up (so no need for vertical adjustment) but when the door is closed it doesn't sit flush with the whole body. Wonder if I can move the latch inward slightly
Wait how is this the proper way to do this. Doesn't this put stress on bolts and hardware/hinges rather than actually aligning things properly like re-positioning the door striker or hinge?
Yes, this bends things. If there is no provision for adjustment in the holes, this is the only way. If you move hinges around, you also disturb the paint "seal" behind the hinges and it can start rusting.
@@samg5543 Thanks for reply, will try the door fix after service tomorrow. My car has had 11 repairs total if they manage to fix it tomorrow. Car is earning it's name Patients.
Do you know if the front hinges are adjustable where the hinge bolts to the car? I know they are non adjustable where they bolt to the door but wondered if the front hinges could be moved slightly up or down on the body?
@@samg5543 here is my issue: twitter.com/WadeAndersonPT/status/1108116890759553024 I unbolted the bolts that attach the hinge to the door and that part is not adjustable. I will try unbolting the hinge from the car body next and see if it will adjust there. Tesla has told me over and over that the doors are not adjustable and Tesla Service said it was a problem with the machinery when the car was built. They will not attempt to adjust the door, but look at that video and it is pretty significant, especially when I compare to the passenger side.
If there is not enough adjustment in the hinge holes, you will have to remove the door from the car, tape around the original location of each of the hinges on the body, then remove them, file out the bottom of every hole in the hinges by the amount you want to move the door up, then bolt them in place (only move the hinges up vertically based on your original tape outlines, not horizontally) test fit the door and make sure it fits. Once you are done, re-mark the hinge locations, then remove them again, touch-up the paint behind them so they don't rust (you will be exposing metal that was not coated at the factory), use body caulk behind the bolt heads if any of the hinge holes are now exposed with the bolts installed (to keep water from getting into the hinges) then reinstall them in the new locations and remount the door.
The problem with my Model 3 is that the bottom half of the front driver door is not flush with the back door. It is more inward. Do you have any suggestion how to fix it? Tesla Service Center refused to fix it even though with one eye open you still can see the misalignment . They said it was within the tolerance. I don't know what to do. Thank you.
I would have to see how the fender and rocker panels look before telling you exactly what to do, but you can possibly adjust it at the hinges by loosening the lower hinge bolts on the door side and pulling the door bottom outward slightly, but if it's already flush at the fender and the front of the rocker panel, you will need to twist the back of the door slightly to maintain the fender and rocker alignments. You would do this by propping the door open at the bottom, against the door jamb, with something like a short 2x4 and pushing the top of the door towards the car to twist it. Obviously, you need to protect the paint on the door and body and be careful to spread the loads out to not dent anything. If you are not able to do it, then take it to a body shop that isn't scared of it. Something like this should only take a good body tech about 30 mins. There may even be a tool out there that will twist doors, but I haven't ever looked for one. try autobodytoolmart.com
@@samg5543 Thank you so much for your advice. The instruction is very logic and makes sense totally. However, I don't think I can do it myself because I am not a mechanic. I wish your shop is around here (Bay Area), I would bring the car to you right away. Again, I really appreciate your advice.
First make sure that the trunk lid is flush with the quarter panels. If not, you should be able to lift or lower the stops by the tail lights to raise or lower its closed position. If it's flush with the quarter panels already, you need to adjust your bumper cover to match the trunk lid. This can get pretty involved, so don't mess with it unless you're familiar with body work.
@@samg5543 Thank you for the response. It makes sense now what you are saying. I never would have thought that the bumper cover is the one that would have to be adjusted. I think I might leave this one to the professionals.
Yes. It is bending the door hinges. It's only a tiny amount and better than breaking the paint seal behind the hinges if you were to loosen the hinges. This type of thing is done in factories too but you never see it so it looks brutal after the fact.
I love my Model 3, but let's face it, for $50K, it's a very good $12,000 car with a lot of technology. The build quality is about on par with Kia in 1993.
It's not a Lexus, but it's really not that bad. They are cutting some corners to save money til they can get the costs down on batteries. I'm ok with it.
@@samg5543 I wonder if there isn't an opportunity for a third party/independent shop to professionally fix some of this stuff. I've heard horror stories about the SC trying to do this. Not sure if those guys are mechanics or appliance repair men.
You should be hired by Tesla to do this on every car they sell. It seem that they still don't know how to align panels at the factory
I just did for my Tesla S it was much harder for me.
Thank you for sharing this technique.
Same issue on one of my 2022 model y doors. Took it to service center and they said door was fine but adjusted passenger door since they said it was out of spec. Shrug. I’ll make another appointment or try to fix myself if I get brave. Thanks for sharing this video.
Good eye and great work, your work reminds me, a friend of mine from NJ who also does body work and paint keep the good work going I saw all your videos
Very interesting Tool !!
... I thought the hinges would have had adjustments.
The hood adjustments are the easiest to fix, the underside of the frunk has two knobs that are justable
The hinges possibly have some adjustment but you risk exposing bare metal if you shift them around.
I tried fixing this on my car after getting a replacement door by removing the door and moving the bottom hinge on the chassis back as to move the door up at the back end of it. Twice I tried it but it didnt make much improvement. I gave up the second time because putting that door back is absolutely exhausting.
I have the exact same issue on the same door. Thanks for the video, I'll give this a shot.
Not too hard to fix. Good luck. Get the Steck tool if you don't have one.
This take sone good experience and technic to do the job which you have.👏👏👏
Hard to watch.. I hope tesla will improve build quality by the time
Just got my new Tesla 3 yesterday and the doors are misaligned. Already set up an appointment to have it adjusted but very scared if the service will do a good job or not. When we went to pick up the car, we saw other new cars also had the same problem. This was a known factor, but I do not understand why this is still happening. Have to drive 2 and a half hour to have this fixed.
This sounds wrong. Tesla mobile service will go anywhere for repairs. We are 4 hour round trip to closed SC and mobile repair comes to my wifes office and does repairs on site. They did door alignment one time and upgraded charge port with new design that has improvements for winter. We are just out of warranty now, the mobile tech sold me upper control arm which needed replacement and diagnosed the issue for 0.2h and I had part installed by friend who is a mechanic and they did alignment at local shop. I'm in Ontario, Tesla service has been amazing for me so far, 100k km's on Model 3
Thank you for this video it was super useful
I have that problem on model s but not need up and down, I need passenger door do move 5mm to left side, I think I need unscrew door bolts to align it
Nice job, man.
That is one nice tool brother need to get me one
It's handy. Link in description.
@@samg5543 nice Thanks. getting one right now
One year later and still can control this. Will go to service center and see what they can o
I bought 1 year ago and I have the exact same problem. May try to get service center to do it free under warranty. If they charge, maybe I can ask around to borrow this tool. Doesn't seem like a tool to permanently buy..
Only about $20 if you have to buy one. Good luck with it.
Would this work for a horizontal adjustment? My hard edges and chrome trim are lined up (so no need for vertical adjustment) but when the door is closed it doesn't sit flush with the whole body. Wonder if I can move the latch inward slightly
Yes, you should be able to move the stiker on the door pillar inward slightly
They have countersink screws on the bracket so won’t it just realign to the same position?
great job... can you do a video of the trunk!
My trunk is aligned properly from the factory. Nothing to adjust.
Wait how is this the proper way to do this. Doesn't this put stress on bolts and hardware/hinges rather than actually aligning things properly like re-positioning the door striker or hinge?
Yes, this bends things. If there is no provision for adjustment in the holes, this is the only way. If you move hinges around, you also disturb the paint "seal" behind the hinges and it can start rusting.
Curious of the build date? My August silver 3 has a door worse than yours and still needs adjusted. Brought it in to Tesla and they made it worse.
My build was june 2018
@@samg5543 Thanks for reply, will try the door fix after service tomorrow. My car has had 11 repairs total if they manage to fix it tomorrow. Car is earning it's name Patients.
Do you know if the front hinges are adjustable where the hinge bolts to the car? I know they are non adjustable where they bolt to the door but wondered if the front hinges could be moved slightly up or down on the body?
I haven't tried that, but i would assume there is a little adjustment there.
@@samg5543 here is my issue: twitter.com/WadeAndersonPT/status/1108116890759553024
I unbolted the bolts that attach the hinge to the door and that part is not adjustable. I will try unbolting the hinge from the car body next and see if it will adjust there. Tesla has told me over and over that the doors are not adjustable and Tesla Service said it was a problem with the machinery when the car was built. They will not attempt to adjust the door, but look at that video and it is pretty significant, especially when I compare to the passenger side.
@@TeslaSocial My passenger front door was also a bit low like in this video. Telsa adjusted the door for me so it was aligned.
If there is not enough adjustment in the hinge holes, you will have to remove the door from the car, tape around the original location of each of the hinges on the body, then remove them, file out the bottom of every hole in the hinges by the amount you want to move the door up, then bolt them in place (only move the hinges up vertically based on your original tape outlines, not horizontally) test fit the door and make sure it fits. Once you are done, re-mark the hinge locations, then remove them again, touch-up the paint behind them so they don't rust (you will be exposing metal that was not coated at the factory), use body caulk behind the bolt heads if any of the hinge holes are now exposed with the bolts installed (to keep water from getting into the hinges) then reinstall them in the new locations and remount the door.
More evidence that Tesla is a Technology company....not a manufacturer....
@@snowrabbit9558 don't drink the German Kool-Aid
The problem with my Model 3 is that the bottom half of the front driver door is not flush with the back door. It is more inward. Do you have any suggestion how to fix it? Tesla Service Center refused to fix it even though with one eye open you still can see the misalignment . They said it was within the tolerance. I don't know what to do. Thank you.
I would have to see how the fender and rocker panels look before telling you exactly what to do, but you can possibly adjust it at the hinges by loosening the lower hinge bolts on the door side and pulling the door bottom outward slightly, but if it's already flush at the fender and the front of the rocker panel, you will need to twist the back of the door slightly to maintain the fender and rocker alignments. You would do this by propping the door open at the bottom, against the door jamb, with something like a short 2x4 and pushing the top of the door towards the car to twist it. Obviously, you need to protect the paint on the door and body and be careful to spread the loads out to not dent anything. If you are not able to do it, then take it to a body shop that isn't scared of it. Something like this should only take a good body tech about 30 mins. There may even be a tool out there that will twist doors, but I haven't ever looked for one. try autobodytoolmart.com
@@samg5543 Thank you so much for your advice. The instruction is very logic and makes sense totally. However, I don't think I can do it myself because I am not a mechanic. I wish your shop is around here (Bay Area), I would bring the car to you right away. Again, I really appreciate your advice.
@@dantdang720 no problem man
Would you know how to adjust the trunk? The gap on one side is around twice the other side below the brake lights.
First make sure that the trunk lid is flush with the quarter panels. If not, you should be able to lift or lower the stops by the tail lights to raise or lower its closed position. If it's flush with the quarter panels already, you need to adjust your bumper cover to match the trunk lid. This can get pretty involved, so don't mess with it unless you're familiar with body work.
@@samg5543 Thank you for the response. It makes sense now what you are saying. I never would have thought that the bumper cover is the one that would have to be adjusted. I think I might leave this one to the professionals.
How does this work? Looks like it just bends the bracket or something.. I hope that's not right lol
Yes. It is bending the door hinges. It's only a tiny amount and better than breaking the paint seal behind the hinges if you were to loosen the hinges. This type of thing is done in factories too but you never see it so it looks brutal after the fact.
+Sam G Thank you, nice job. Unfortunately there will always be those that hate.
I love my Model 3, but let's face it, for $50K, it's a very good $12,000 car with a lot of technology. The build quality is about on par with Kia in 1993.
It's not a Lexus, but it's really not that bad. They are cutting some corners to save money til they can get the costs down on batteries. I'm ok with it.
@@samg5543 I wonder if there isn't an opportunity for a third party/independent shop to professionally fix some of this stuff. I've heard horror stories about the SC trying to do this. Not sure if those guys are mechanics or appliance repair men.
Hay Sam were are you located
Mississippi
Do u buy cars for clients I'm interested in a honda accord
@@343stone occasionally, but not currently. I have several full paint jobs lined up so there's no time.
@@samg5543 okay Thks for taking the time to reply live your videos and keep doing the great work u do
you need to undo the striker first....all the doors look 'off' what atrocious quality control.
Works either way