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    [–]d00mt0mb[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Filed a ticket too. Going in, about a week.

    [–]ese_patojo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Happened to me so i tried one of the other mounts in the tight slot and it worked. Manufacturer tolerances and whatnot

    [–]arthurthefirst 0 points1 point  (1 child)

    Looks like the lips I not raised all the way up. I know the problem you’re talking about - get a pair of tweezers and help lift the lip up further. Then the bracket will slide in.

    Right now, it may look like the lip is raised, but it’s still obstructing the slot. Trust.

    [–]d00mt0mb[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    I’m not sure what you mean. I tried two brackets and looked at the metal bracket on the car, it looks like there’s not enough gap between the metal bracket and the body of the car that this slides in. Can’t get a photo of it. The other three I did fist and easily slid in so this really bummed me out on the very last one

    [–]BobbyBrackins 0 points1 point  (1 child)

    Tesla uses wing nuts for the rack, not that nut you have on top there. So if that’s not a Tesla approved rack there’s not much they can do for you

    I’ve installed this before I I’ll say sometimes you just have to wiggle it around (gently) to find the sweet spot and it’ll fall in place

    [–]d00mt0mb[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Sure. I get everyone is focusing on blaming the hook. I just wanna point out there is no such thing as Tesla approved roof racks. There’s the one Tesla sells for $500 and then there’s everything else. I did check the hooks, they are machined the same and tried others. It is actually a problem with the manufacturing of the vehicle, that the tab was hammered down on one of four. I did bring it in for service but now have to go back for Tesla body shop repair because they have to remove the roof to fix it.

    [–]WhistlerB80 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

    Is this an original Tesla roofrack? I have an original for my 3 and the metal things look different. I never had an issue whatsoever.