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Originally Posted by roflwaffle
All the alignment issues I've read about have been correctable, not problems producing parts to tolerance and/or calculating tolerance in the design stage. I wouldn't be surprised to see an uptick in issues with alignment now that Tesla's hit the phase out period for the federal tax credit, but I haven't read about anything the service centers haven't been able to fix.
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Alignment issues are due to part issues. No one is manually adjusting panels on the assembly line. Instead the operator places a gauge block between two panels that sets the correct gap and then tightens the bolts. That only works if the panels are correct. If they parts are not correct then the gap will be off and the errors will stack on top of each other from panel to panel. Yes, the panels MIGHT be able to be fixed by having a technician loosen everything up and try to "best fit" the gaps but that is a very slow and expensive rework.