Man Says His Tesla Model 3 Burst Into Flames from the Inside 10 Minutes After Picking It Up from Body Shop

In what could turn out to be an unusual case of caveat emptor, Ali Hasan of Texas found the interior of his Tesla Model 3 electric car in smoking ruins a mere 10 minutes after picking it up from a body shop to repair some exterior damage.

A couple of incidents necessitated repairs to the 🚗Automobile, which lost its rear bumper, wheel covers and sustained underbody damage in deep water in August 2022.

In the previous year, the car had been involved in an accident, resulting in some damage to the front end of the vehicle.

Strike three for the Tesla seems to have been what happened after it left the body shop.

“To my eye, everything looked just fine,” Hasan told Carscoops, an online magazine for auto enthusiasts.

He continued, “While I was driving down the highway, I noticed smoke coming from the right passenger seat, and it kept getting worse as I drove it half a mile to get it off the highway.”

The cause of the fire has yet to be determined and Hasan isn’t ready to blame the body shop, although he understands the inclination to do so.

“As far as I know so far, nothing apart from that they replaced sensors and bumper and the cover under the car,” he said.

Hasan had more to say on the matter on a Facebook thread, according to the Carscoops story.