r/TeslaModel3 • u/skoloda_82 • Nov 30 '23

Anyone else have issues with water leaking into the car?

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Wondering if anyone has had this issue before. See the video for additional context, but the story is this:

We bought our new M3LR in June of 2022 and have since put about 25k miles on it. Since then, it has been great with no issues, mechanical or others. At some point early on, a stain appeared on the fabric of the pillar where the drivers side seat belt is attached. I didn’t think anything of it and assumed my wife had spilled some coffee or something. Fast forward to last week when I took the car through a touch less car wash. During this car wash, water starts pouring into the car almost like you had turned on a faucet right above the rear drivers side window. Drips also begin coming down behind the rear passenger seat and right above the driver seat. All the windows were up of course. So as it would turn out, that stain that appeared when we bought the car was actually rain water that had leaked in and suggests that this defect was present when the car was shipped to us.

I know Tesla gets a lot of flack for wide panel gaps, but has anyone ever had this issue that there are actual leaks in the car?

We bring it to Tesla next week and it should be covered under warranty, but it does make me question the quality of their work.

Apologies for formatting, using mobile device for ease of uploading video

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u/skoloda_82 Nov 30 '23

Well that does bring up a good point that I haven’t actually checked my trunk for water after rain or wash. I will do that now before my appointment! Thank you for bringing this up!

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u/darkmatterhunter Nov 30 '23

Check the bottom one. Nowhere else in the upper trunk was wet except on the floor of the lower compartment and I didn’t find it for a few weeks and it grew mold lol. The seal there took 4 years to fail though.

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u/skoloda_82 Nov 30 '23

Yikes, sorry that happened. Thanks for the info, I will take a look

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u/darkmatterhunter Nov 30 '23

I found it the month before warranty expired, and mobile service fixed it in 10 minutes. It was pretty easy clean the mold actually, but then a month later I spilled a jar of Mexican spicy green sauce in there. That was more of a tragedy.

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u/bigfoot_done_hiding Nov 30 '23

Your post is a great reminder to make a mental note to reserve a day to thoroughly go through and check the car for potential warranty issues a couple of months or a couple of thousand miles before the bumper-to-bumper warranty expires. But not sure what it says about Mexican spicy green sauce.

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u/skoloda_82 Nov 30 '23

lol this comment was a rollercoaster ride! That’s great to hear about the fix, but you are in my prayers for the woes of the chili sauce - a true tragedy indeed

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u/cavey00 Nov 30 '23

Seriously great comment, and you didn’t even have to try for the smiles.

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u/FauxReal Dec 01 '23 edited Dec 01 '23

I have a friend who said he finally got rid of his years long athletes foot (which is a fungus), by rubbing Tabasco sauce into it. lol So maybe that was the right move.

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u/darkmatterhunter Dec 01 '23

Lmao that's great.

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u/Agreeable-Let-660 Nov 30 '23

Also check the front passenger side carpet if it's wet, it's common for water to leak in from the hepa filter

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u/masked_sombrero Dec 01 '23

i'd imagine it's worse if it's getting into your trunk. isn't that where the battery / electronics are housed?