Here is a tesla model 3 in the junkyard. Https://www.iaai.com/vehicle?itemid=29367271&rownumber=103&loadrecent=true it has not been in a collision. No air-bags have deployed and there is no impact damage. The front wheel and suspension have simply snapped off like a sparrows leg. The top ball joint has popped apart. The lower ball joint stems have snapped off. The model 3 is no better than the model s and model x in this regard. The suspension components are too weak for the job and the 2 piece ball-joint stems are easily snapped off. There have already been at least four similar cases of snapped model 3 suspensions. I will be filing another one straight after this. Thank you. Very concerned citizen. Date of incident is an approximation.
2018 Tesla Model 3 suspension complaints
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Here is another model 3 in the junkyard with a the front suspension fallen off. This car has only travelled 1000 miles since it was factory gated. Https://www.iaai.com/vehicle?itemid=29216371&rownumber=83&loadrecent=true no crash damage. No airbags deployed. The suspension bolts have snapped again. I have searched your database and it seems that neither the vehicle owner nor tesla have bothered to file a report of this alarming failure. You can see from the photographs that the bolts have snapped this is an incredibly dangerous situation. Please take action to prevent loss of life. Thank you. Concerned citizen who refuses to mind his own business.
Here is a tesla model 3 in the junkyard. Https://www.iaai.com/vehicle?itemid=29158128&rownumber=50&loadrecent=true it has not been in a collision. No airbags have deployed and there is no sign of impact damage to the vehicle. The front right hand suspension has completely snapped off and the undamaged wheel is lying beside the car. Since the wheel is undamaged this failure cannot have been caused by running into a pothole or even a herd of wilderbeest sweeping majestically across the freeway. The bolts have snapped. It seems likely that tesla is using the same fragile 2 piece bolts that have been snapping on the model s and model x. A photograph of the broken model 3 and a photograph of a snapped bolt from a model s is attached with this complaint. Please note that I am not the owner, I am a concerned citizen acting in the public interest. Date of incident and speed of vehicle are approximations. I have used a dummy USA address because your website will only accept a us address. I have been informed that it is perfectly legitimate for a non owner and non us citizen to file complaints. My correct name and contact details are supplied with this submission.
Here is a model 3 in the junkyard https://www.iaai.com/vehicle?itemid=28782924&rownumber=52&loadrecent=true the lower ball-joints on the front suspension have snapped. This is very likely the cause of the rollover and not the result of it. A photograph is attached of another model 3 (the red one) which has the same snapped off ball-joints. These ball joints appear to be the same ridiculously weak two part friction welded ball joints that are used on the model s and model x. Photograph of a snapped ball joint is also inculded in this submission. Thank you. Drive safely and watch out for teslas.
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