How did this vehicle get tested for over 1,000,000 miles all over the world in all different climates and this not come up? Seems very odd to me, like something changed with the parts for the production vehicle.
Hm, no I dont think so - however - there is a difference. The pre production vehicles were either assembled by Magna or in a low rate in Hambach. As not all cars have the problem but only some - I think it is production quality. So the guys doing it more slowly had more time to do their job properly. So the vehicles with the issues are recent builds or during ramp up.. or just vehicles built by employees with a hefty hangover?
Isn’t the Hambach facility supposed to be one of the most advanced production lines in the world? In some of the videos there seem to be much more human involvement than would make sense for such an advanced operation. I did an Audi factory tour at their Ingolstadt plant in 2014 and it looked much more advanced than what I’ve seen in the videos. Just an observation, but a robot will provide much more consistent output vs a human. Also, like others have said I’m curious why the seals are applied with glue and not some type of clipped/screwed method. If a seal gets torn, good luck getting the original adhesive cleaned off!
I agree. It looks like water that first enters at the top of the door, possibly along a roof channel/drain works it’s way down the door frame, where it should release to the ground but for some reason (maybe the seal is too good and/or it’s misplace/misaligned), so it collects between the inner/outer door seals.
Hopefully I don’t fill the door area with water, just to wait for the frost coming at night.What will happen in winter with the water?
Do we know if the prototype vehicles even had the outer door seals? These seem to be the cause of water being trapped on the outer sill.
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I don't know if two seals apply to the rear doors, but the 2B prototypes 124 and 126 didn't have second seal in the back and I can't remember that I saw them at the side doors, but I'm not sure. The black thing you see on the left door is not a seal, it is a cable.
I agree with you that the issue is likely at the top of the door. My old wrangler used to have this issue also and the angle I parked it also had an impact on how much water came in. This video identifies some trouble spots for the wrangler. I wonder if some experimenting with inexpensive weather stripping might remedy the IG or at least compare the trouble spots of the driver vs. passenger doors?
