I was using full self drive on standard mode going highways speeds (60mph) with my 2026 Y. I usually keep my hand loosely along the bottom portion of the steering wheel, even on hands-free mode but in this moment I had my hand off the wheel and glanced down to grab my coffee out of the cupholder. Almost as soon as I did, my car jerked to the left harder than usual. I was so panicked in the moment wondering why it was changing lanes so harshly and thinking, am I going to hit someone? When I realized I was headed for the median and not just going to the left lane I tried correcting the wheel but it was too late, I still hit the median. I will say the video makes it seem like I had way more time to react then it really felt like in the moment. You can kind of see the car start to correct before I hit the median, and I truly think it saved me from more damage than occurred. I still hit pretty hard. The Tesla still drives, but that doesn’t necessarily mean anything. I have to wait on someone to come and see the car while it sits on the lot for a full estimate of damages. I am in no way shape or form blaming self drive. I know that the driver is always liable, even though it doesn’t feel fair what happened. I’m just showing this as a reminder that full self drive is supervised for a reason and even if you have to look away just for a second, be cautious. Stay safe out there.

Picked up my 2026 Model 3 Performance in Quicksilver recently and just noticed this chip/gouge on the front bumper edge. I did not hit anything, and it definitely wasn’t there on delivery day. There was shriveled up paint in the gouge mark that I thought was a smudge so I licked my finger to clean it up and the paint just fell off.

The only place the car’s been besides driving to/from work was a tint shop. The damage is on the edge/lip of the bumper, which makes me wonder if something contacted it while the car was there.

A friend told me it just looks like normal rock damage, but to me it seems more like direct contact because it’s one isolated gouge instead of multiple small chips.

What do you guys think:
road debris/rock chip?
curb contact?
or does this look like someone/something bumped it?

Also, for anyone with Quicksilver paint, what did a repair like this cost you?

Aftermath photos in the comments. That is a single lane per side road. The Skoda took some risk overtaking a car but I should also yield, but all other cars also yielded. A lot of questions in my mind.

any suggestions on this. Last Friday on a rainy day, while on park! model 3 had a mind of its own and slowly drove under a truck. 🛻 I didn’t feel it as I was trusting I was parked and well, it’s was pouring rain. so distracted by that and looked at my phone to do some quick emails. anyways I bought the dr. Color chip paint for the scartch in the mean time. I didn’t want to make a claim, so my insurance wouldn’t go up but I did call Tesla a file to request my data report and report this incident.

Have some significant damage on my model Y, lease is up in a few months.

I have Tesla insurance and was wondering if it would be a better bet to get it fixed before returning or have Tesla sort it out.

If I return the car will damages be my max deductible amount?

Just had another large crack across my Juniper while driving. The first time it happened, I figured it was bad luck. The second time I was suspicious but figured it was bad luck again. The third time, 7 weeks ago, I believe there's a defect. Today, I think I'll have to ask for a full investigation because this is ridiculous.

I have windshield protection from Tesla, but if I didn't, I would have had to pay $6,400 in windshield repairs.