Design Fault

Bobby Mac · Sep 17, 2023

My wife was opening the large rear door last night and became very apologetic when she ripped off the rubber bumper near the locking mechanism. It took little force as there is a screw with a small under head washer area and only a minimal thickness of rubber to grip on. I ratted through my shed and came up with a fix by using part of a saddle clamp to spread the screw pressure area. It feels very solid now. See following photos for detail.

DaveB · Sep 17, 2023

Bobby Mac said:
My wife was opening the large rear door last night and became very apologetic when she ripped off the rubber bumper near the locking mechanism. It took little force as there is a screw with a small under head washer area and only a minimal thickness of rubber to grip on. I ratted through my shed and came up with a fix by using part of a saddle clamp to spread the screw pressure area. It feels very solid now. See following photos for detail.

I think that has happened to quite a few people.

Tazzieman · Sep 17, 2023

By all accounts , another feature of the vehicle

bigleonski · Sep 17, 2023

Tazzieman said:
By all accounts , another failure of the vehicle

Fixed

Oooh, was that naughty?
To be honest I’d be disappointed if this hasn’t been fixed on current orders by now. IA has known about this for while.

Tazzieman · Sep 17, 2023

bigleonski said:
Fixed

Oooh, was that naughty?
To be honest I’d be disappointed if this hasn’t been fixed on current orders by now. IA has known about this for while.

The original ones will become collectable items, mark my words!
I always say , "the factory offering is just a start"
I'm sure someone will offer a "billet offroad rubber" version of the offensive part.

AnD3rew · Sep 17, 2023

Yep first thing that broke on my car literally during the delivery handover. Needs a washer at the minimum to stop the screw pulling through the rubber

Bobby Mac · Sep 17, 2023

DaveB said:
I think that has happened to quite a few people.

I must have missed the news - I hadn’t heard of it before, but it’s understandably happened to others - disappointing these little flaws - a thicker base on the rubber and/or a metal collar insert moulded into it would prevent problems.

Burki · Sep 17, 2023

Bobby Mac said:
My wife was opening the large rear door last night and became very apologetic when she ripped off the rubber bumper near the locking mechanism. It took little force as there is a screw with a small under head washer area and only a minimal thickness of rubber to grip on. I ratted through my shed and came up with a fix by using part of a saddle clamp to spread the screw pressure area. It feels very solid now. See following photos for detail.

happened to me as well, what is this rubber buffer actually good for?

AnD3rew · Sep 17, 2023

Burki said:
happened to me as well, what is this rubber buffer actually good for?

Stops you closing the big door on the small door amd damaging it

grenadierboy · Sep 17, 2023

AnD3rew said:
Yep first thing that broke on my car literally during the delivery handover. Needs a washer at the minimum to stop the screw pulling through the rubber

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Bobby Mac said:
My wife was opening the large rear door last night and became very apologetic when she ripped off the rubber bumper near the locking mechanism. It took little force as there is a screw with a small under head washer area and only a minimal thickness of rubber to grip on. I ratted through my shed and came up with a fix by using part of a saddle clamp to spread the screw pressure area. It feels very solid now. See following photos for detail.

Thanks for the info & tip.

Just popped a large washer under the torx screw - takes up all the space in the rubber bumper.

It may hold longer but design is wrong - the rubber making contact with the door skin needs to have metal insert.

trobex · Sep 17, 2023

Are you sure you took possession of a Production Vehicle and not a PT02 demo... ?

anand · Sep 17, 2023

trobex said:
Are you sure you took possession of a Production Vehicle and not a PT02 demo... ?

PTO2s would/could never end up with an end user. Even PTO3s and PTO4s would never go to a customer

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