Rust on a 2019 M3

100 000 km, not 10 000* Roughly 60 000 miles

Gee, apparently all that extreme cold weather testing they did in southern California didn't reveal these faults....

Meanwhile this 60 USD, 400 000 km or 250 000 miles Volvo V70 from 1997 is free from rust underneath: https://www.blocket.se/annons/1402395186

I can find some Opels in 100000 kms on clock but still in mint condition

I read the title and thought it was crazy for a 2019 BMW to have rust…

I just read the title without seeing the name of the sub and was wondering what the hell are BMW doing? Makes a lot more sense now lol.

The metal prep and painting wasn’t done correctly

Wow the other subreddit just removes anything negative? Is Elon the mod there or something?

Bot flags anything critical for mod review and then it disappears, it seems

That’s wild! No wonder I only see people saying how great their car is and how awesome fsd is on there lol.

Tesla stans have no respect that there is already a car called the M3 then demand respect from car guys.

I'm getting this fixed on my Model 3 right now. It's a dumb design fuck up, most cars have plastic trim around the wheel wells to protect the metal from debris kicked up by the tires. Model 3 is just metal to the edge. I'm waiting for a class action to join, this is a clear defect in engineering.

Shocker! \s

Yes. The fix will just delay the inevitable

Did you not park it in the Garage? Warranty is void if you do not follow the requirements.

I think the metal wasn’t treated properly. It shouldn’t rust this quickly. The plastic pieces are mostly for show and to make cars look more off-road ready. Cars have been made out of metal to the edge forever and haven’t had these issues. I wonder if it’s a wide spread issue or if it’s a one off.

Yeah no rational car enthusiast would ever call a Model 3 an “M3.”

But see - Sandy Munro creams in his pants over Tesla saving $5 per vehicle. Never mind the design drawbacks…

They have metal parts?

They do it here all the time and I’m always confused.

I’m guessing that you don’t remember when Tesla said they were going to produce x cars per year at Fremont, and people who could actually do math pointed out that they didn’t have the paint line capacity due to the cap on their allowable volatile organics emissions. Tesla went ahead and cut the paint to the absolute bare minimum required.  This is what they call “the chickens coming home to roost”.

lol that guy is such a shill idk how anyone can take him srsly

It’s okay, they can fix that with an OTA update. /s

Yah not surprised about that lol. I figured it was just them building garbage cars to make more money especially once they’re out of warranty which they made that happen more quickly with how distance is counted by the cars to avoid having to do repairs.

Some shitty alloy it seems

two coats of paint.. a pebble will bounce off the road and chip the paint

I didn’t think aluminum rusted?

Damn. The paint peels away and rusts underneath? I was two seconds away from arguing all cars get rusty frames, etc after a while but this seems egregious. Lol

they are super protective of the brand image. Im banned from the other tesla subreddit and I never posted or commented there lol Probably because I did a post on cyberstuck subreddit

Mine is worse. Only happened to black paint.

What area/state is this?

Thought the same... the BMW M3 is a legend, the model 3 is a forgettable joke

Because they wish their car was an engineering work of art.

That guy got paid $5 per vehicle to be overly enthusiastic about them.

Interestingly, Teslas have a 12-year warranty for body rust, but I think it needs to be worse than this. I’ve been looking into it because my 2021 is rusting where the lift gate hits the taillights… Here’s what the terms are: The Body Rust Limited Warranty covers rust perforation (hole through the vehicle’s body panel from the inside outward) resulting from a defect in material or workmanship. The Body Rust Limited Warranty covers your vehicle for 12 years and unlimited miles. Note: For vehicles purchased before February 1, 2019, there is no Body Rust Limited Warranty coverage.

> most cars have plastic trim around the wheel wells to protect the metal from debris kicked up by the tires Most cars have a good paint job.

> where the lift gate hits the taillights The lift gate... hits... the taillights? What? I mean, I knew their fit and finish is crap, but WTH.

It’s not supposed to, but mine does on one side.

You can ask u/hakimthumb from the mod team over there.

I have a car from 2000, not a single point of rust. But it was made in EU

Of course not. That name is reserved for the Mazda3. /s

“Resulting from defect in material or workmanship” They can just claim you abused the car and the materials and workmanship were top quality

What model year

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As expected, it's Tesla.

My 2019 with 145k km looks like this one. It started before warranty was out, but Tesla claimed it was due to external forces (cus Teslas are not made to be drivable it seems)

From the inside out.. thats the kicker here. It needs to rust from the inside to be covered.. lol

It’s always the same spot. Sand and gravel and such tends to build up in there and essentially hold onto the water. Because of that and the design of these cars, the water doesn’t drain properly and speeds up the rust.

So Tesla hasn’t figured out galvanising yet

Most proper cars since the 1990s galvanise the panels. My 16 year old Holden Ute spends its life outdoors and has zero rust

Hey... Tesla is now a Texas company. Leave my city alone.

I read it the same way lol

I drive the same model/year, piece of shit car.

>It’s not supposed to, but mine does on one side. I'm constantly amazed at what people are willing to accept for the tens of thousands of dollars they pay Tesla, especially considering these have been solved issues for *decades* in auto manufacturing. There's zero chance I'd be signing for a car with any such flaws.

Model 3*

It wasn’t initially apparent. Consumers shouldn’t have to check for that sort of stuff.

Was there a vinyl wrap on or around the rusted parts? That could trap moisture

What fix are you doing?

Grind, color match, blend, clear coat.

Within spec

I thought the body was made of aluminum? I don’t know why but I thought rust was not possible. Is it? I’ve never seen a rusty one irl

Probably some shitty steel alloy in the frame too

S/X is all aluminum, 3/Y is mostly steel.

S/X is all aluminum.

I thought it was a actual M3, a BMW, and went "what, no way", the say the sub; "oh, makes senses".

I had my 2021 model Y trunk replaced under warranty for far far less rust than this. Tesla has a 9 year unlimited mileage rust warranty.

I got my trunk replaced at zero cost my Tesla under their rust warranty. I showed them the rust, they booked a time to get it repaired and that was that.