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Seriously they cheaped out on charging door motor?
Not quite happy with some of their choices in cost cutting.
 

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Seriously they cheaped out on charging door motor?
Not quite happy with some of their choices in cost cutting.
Nah- it's on a few cars and it's just another glitzy, show-offish, fussy electro-mechanical bit to break and replace at some point.

This doesn't need a motor:

 

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Seriously they cheaped out on charging door motor?
Not quite happy with some of their choices in cost cutting.
Both my R1S (very rare) and Hyundai Ioniq 9 (50%+) will try to close the door in the middle of charging so I'll have to move the door with a bit of force in order to unplug. This always feels bad to do, especially on the flimsy Ioniq door.
Then there are the times they don't want to close or open.
Leaf and Pacifica were both manual and worked flawlessly.
I am happy for it to be manual.
 

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Saw a clip on Instagram where someone took his R2 through a car wash and the charging door popped open even when in Car Wash Mode. Weird. Both of my Jeeps have a similar charging door set up and neither one those have ever popped open from a car wash. Neither lock or have a car wash mode. Hopefully just someone looking for clicks.
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