Is your Tesla rusty?

[Quartz]

https://insideevs.com/news/388620/tesla-model-3-rust-seats/

Anyway, when he disassembled the armrest and the rear seat, he discovered rust on the steel structure, hidden by the back cushion. And it did not stop there. When he opened the zipper of the fabric backrest cover – to expose the other side of the steel structure – he saw even more rust building up.

 

[rare]

Normal for any bare metal. I guarantee you would find this on most cars with a similar construction.

 

[Maccapacca]

Pretty sure there's a who's who for this sort of thing. Tesla will be bottom of that list now.

 

[Nasher]

Normal for any bare metal. I guarantee you would find this on most cars with a similar construction.

Normally you wouldn't have bare and untreated steel, especially on a car that expensive.

 

[MrKnifey]

See this a lot mostly on rear seats on all types of car

 

[sovietspybob]

Yeah most cars i've poked around in have lots and lots of unprotected metal inside and it generally has some surface rust on it.

Seems a bit unfair to pick on Tesla for something almost all cars have.

 

[vanpeebles]

Weird, I've pulled loads of my cars to bits, and never found unpainted metal on the back seats (even on the mini).

 

[Uncle_Gravy]

Tbf i'd be pretty peeved if I spent however how much a Model 3 commands and seeing rust on it, considering these came out in 2017.

 

[Quartz]

Weird, I've pulled loads of my cars to bits, and never found unpainted metal on the back seats (even on the mini).

Likewise. All steel and iron is painted to protect it from rust.

 

[Quartz]

Normal for any bare metal.

But bare metal is not normal. In every car I've had, metal is normally painted to protect it.

 

[Jez]

See this a lot mostly on rear seats on all types of car

I’ve had loads of cars and I’ve never seen interior rust ever...despite replacing whole interiors in the past etc.

 

[wesimmo]

Even my MX5 that failed it's MOT due to rust was immaculate inside.

 

[paradigm]

I’ve had loads of cars and I’ve never seen interior rust ever...despite replacing whole interiors in the past etc.

I’ve only seen it twice. Once on a 1994 Corsa on the seat rails, even though they were coated either in black paint or a black plastic dip. And once again on a 1991 Fiat Uno, which was that poorly built the speedo was unreadable as it had a 5-10mph “bounce” during normal operation, so the rust was probably on the components before the car was assembled.

 

[Skully]

I don't know but I'm not going to look.

 

[Hades]

I have a 25 year old Corrado. I've not seen any internal rust even when stripping out the whole interior (although I'm dreading a windscreen chance as apparently they all rust there!)

 

[Terminal_Boy]

There’s no unpainted/uncontested metal in that area or any area I’ve noticed on my Duster.

Somewhat concerning when a budget car made in Romania from mainly Renault parts is built to a highly quality standard than a Tesla.

 

[Jamesyboyjim]

Even my 10 yr old SEAT Ibiza (as far as I've seen) doesn't have any bare metal inside and I've stripped the backseats right out a few times now. (Damn drunks being sick in my car)

It wouldn't stop me having a model 3 though

 

[ScoobyDoo69]

I don't know but I'm not going to look.

I'll check for you

 

[Mercenary Keyboard Warrior]

Even my 1980s escort was painted inside. It wasnt painted to the same standard as outside, but the insides were the same paint as the outside.
Maybe some of this goes back to when you actually had exposed metal inside though, I cant think of a modern car where the interior is not covered with something so its probably far less of an issue

 

[Hades]

Maybe this is because they try to keep the weight down to increase battery life? Even paint weighs something and small details add up.