Tesla’s build quality is hit or miss, but a Redditor is claiming the roof on a brand new Model Y flew off while it was being driven home from the dealership.
According to the post, the Redditor went with his dad to pick up the crossover and everything was going fine until “we started to hear a ton of wind [noise]” on the trip home.
While they originally thought the noise was coming from an open window, the panoramic glass roof “blew off” approximately one minute later. They returned to the dealership and were reportedly told that the seals were likely flaunty or didn’t get installed at the factory. That begs a serious question – how could Tesla’s quality control team miss something so important?
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Hey @elonmusk why didn't you tell us that Tesla sells convertibles now? Because the roof of our brand new model Y fell off on the highway pic.twitter.com/s8YNnu7m9L
— Nathaniel (@TheNastyNat) October 5, 2020
The Redditor went on to say the dealership manager “offered to get the car serviced for free,” but they declined as the father wants to get a different vehicle at this point – presumably one with the roof attached.
The incident sounds pretty crazy and the post was accompanied by a short video showing the Model Y convertible apparently being driven on the highway. They also uploaded a photo showing the top portion of the crossover with some damage where the panoramic roof connects near the windshield frame.
Assuming everything happened as the poster said, this was potentially life-threatening incident as roof could have flown off and hit another vehicle. It could have also caused other drivers to swerve to avoid the roof or perform an emergency stop on the highway.
The poster said they notified the highway patrol about the roof and added “somebody might have gotten into an accident, I’m not sure.” Hopefully that’s not the case, but it’s easy to see how that might have happened.
Thanks to everyone for the tips!