Savolainen was told by Tesla that it won’t be fixed under warrantee, so he asked the Finnish Chamber of Commerce for an inspection. The report isn’t good. It states that around the hinges of the doors, underneath the doors, and around the A and B pillars, there is not enough paint used. It also mentions that the poor alignment of the doors is causing paint at the bottom of the doors to be scraped off when being opened and closed.
Just how little paint was used? Well, in some places, the paint thickness averaged 106 microns, below 110-150 microns which is the paint thickness in most cars. But in some other places, the paint is just 70 microns.
The inspection also revealed that the paint is very soft. But it gets worse in the second video, posted 21st of July. In this second video, he shows the area’s mentioned in the Finnish Chamber of Commerce’s report. Around the trunk hinges and doors, and the bottom of the A and C pillars, there is exposed primer, with no paint left. In some places, there is just bare steel. There is also lots of rust inside the body.
