On 3/28/22 at 4:01 pm, while in parking lot traffic traveling 2-3 mph, the vehicle lost propulsion, and steering. The vehicle's audible warnings sounded and displayed a series of errors ranging from tire pressure to driver assistance features not being available. The vehicle struggled to move and had steering as stiff as a vehicle without power steering all four tires flat. I backed it into a parking space and conducted a hard re-start using the steering wheel buttons. After a few minutes the vehicle rebooted and continued as normal. A service appointment with Tesla was made immediately. On 4/15/22 Tesla conducted a remote diagnostic and submitted a repair estimate to me in preparation for a 4/16/22 repair. The estimate was for the amount of $757. This amount appears to be related to my vehicle being 3,000 miles past the bumper-to-bumper 50,000 mile warranty. The invoice states Tesla will conducting the following: Correction: Sensor - Wheel Speed -ABS - Rear - RH (Remove & Replace); Correction: Hub - Rear - RH (Remove & Replace); Correction: Hub - Rear LH (Includes Alignment Check) (Remove & Replace). Lastly the invoice lists the HUB ASSY as the part being replaced.
2019 Tesla Model 3 steering complaints
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Two problems 1. vehicle breaks randomly on the road when on assisted driving is enabled on freeways 2. new vehicle steering makes creaking/ clicking noise when turning. reported to tesla and vehicle was repaired, but same issue again.
Steering wheel locks up on my 2019 Tesla three it has done this two days in a row the car was and the customer service shop for seven days they text me told me the car was to be picked up and was all fixed I went to the Tesla dealership in Orlando to get my car when they try to retrieve my car from the shop the wheel froze again they gave me another loaner car. Estimate time to be referred for this problem is seven days The days that this problem has occurred August 31 September 1 September 10 2021
squeaky sounds and shaking steering control due to the front 2 wheels upper control arm ball joints lost the lubrication. extremely laud squeaky sounds, the squeaky sounds is similar to car that about to fall apart in movies. resulting the model 3 driver has to be on high alert all time, scared if the wheels will fall apart or the steering will be out of control or difficult to control.
Yet another tesla in the junkyard https://erepairables.com/salvage-cars-auction/tesla/model+3/vid-43698899 not in a crash. Front suspension simply fallen to bits. The usual busted steering knuckle and popped ball joints. I've seen shopping trolleys with sturdier suspensions. Please get these death traps off the roads. Yours extremely persistently keef
Please please please have a look at the photographs of this tesla with a snapped suspension. Https://www.iaai.com/vehicledetails/39201645?tenant=us&rownumber=8 I have filed other complaints of this same failure on other model teslas that share the same suspension parts. This is not crash damage. This is bad manufacturing. Please investigate. Thank you keef
Here is a tesla model 3 in the junkyard. Https://www.iaai.com/vehicledetails/39201645?tenant=us&rownumber=8 it has not been in a crash. There is no impact damage and no air-bags deployed. The front suspension has simply fallen to bits. The stem of the ball-joint has snapped. The steering knuckle has broken in half. The tesla factory is a disorganized shambles. Https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hf_ormiy9tk there are many reports of drug use by employees and management. Quality control is nonexistent. Please stop this madness. Thank you keef
This is a complaint about ball-joint failure in tesla model 3 cars. Please note that I have used the VIN of another tesla to file this complaint since the VIN of the car in question is unavailable. Many owners are complaining on the forums that their steering is creaking and they are resorting to diy remedies such as peeling back the rubber boot on the top ball joint and squirting in lubricant. There have been many cases where the ball has eventually worn down and popped out of the socket. Here is a thread discussing this and the owner has included a photograph showing the separated ball joint. This photo is attached to this complaint thread: https://teslamotorsclub.com/tmc/threads/whompy-wheel-syndrome.221394/#post-5355853 snip ***I was driving this morning and the car started to pull to the left, as if my tire had gone flat. I pulled over and found that side of the car to be resting on the tire. I thought the air suspension had gone out in that area, but after having it towed, we found the ball joint to have failed. After looking online, I am thankful it wasn't much worse. If you google whompy wheel syndrome, you'll see plenty of stories where an accident ensued and lots of damage followed. Now I'm just interested to see what this will cost to fix. Guessing I should have the passenger side replaced, as a precaution, as well. "whompy wheels" is a term coined and perpetuated by a lunatic living in australia.the pictures associated with that phrase were taken from random pictures the guy found while trawling the internet, that is not to say people haven't had suspension issues, but "whompy wheels" is fud and therefore not a legitimate source of information.**** there are many teslas showing up in the junkyards with this exact same failure. Please act now. Thank you. Keef
Here is a 2019 tesla model 3 in the junkyard. Https://www.copart.com/lot/53850990/photos/2019-tesla-model-3-pa-pittsburgh-north the front passenger side is completely smashed in. Judging by the fact that the passenger side air-bags have not deployed and that there is no blood splatter on the dashboard it looks as though the passenger seat was unoccupied. This is very fortunate. Turning now to the probable cause of the crash, the front suspension is in pieces. The stem of the lower ball-joint has snapped and so have most of the other giblets. The tire has had all the tread worn off. The tread on the other tires is in good condition. Given the known weaknesses of tesla ball-joints and castings that are the subject of a recall in china it is a near certainty that the suspension fell to bits causing the tire to be shredded and then things went from bad to worse. Why don't you follow the lead of china and get these junk-heaps off the roads? Yours in disgust. Keef
While attempting to make a left into my driveway traveling about 10mph the steering completely disengaged and would spin completely around without moving the front wheels at all. I stopped and called service before hitting anything. The car is being serviced now.
I previously submitted a concern with this car that occurred in december 2019. Tesla in milford, ct had the car in service for 23+ days because of errors with the car: alert messages included (but weren't limited to) power reduced, front motor disabled, etc. The car kept powering off while I was driving and the brakes and steering malfunctioned. Tesla ultimately diagnosed the problem as a "shorted penthouse harness." two weeks after receiving the car back, the error messages reappeared. The car broke down again and had to be towed back to tesla in milford, ct. While tesla indicated that the prior issues were resolved, they obviously weren't. The car shut down again while I was driving on the interstate and also in the city. The brakes and steering didn't function properly. I received error messages indicating power reduced, brakes disabled, power steering disabled, front motor disabled, automatic emergency braking disabled, car may be free rolling--just to name a few. This car is unsafe and unreliable. As of today, the car has been in service for 28+ business days; however, tesla told me they worked on the car over the weekend, which would indicate the car has been in service over 30 days.
The driver was involved in a fatal accident in which the auto-pilot and/or lane-assist features failed, causing the vehicle to travel out of its lane and into oncoming traffic while traveling west on osceola polk line road east of sullivan road in florida. The tesla then collided with a vehicle in oncoming traffic, killing the driver of the tesla. Florida highway patrol and osceola county firerescue investigated.
I am making this complaint in the interest of public safety. There has been a tesla model 3 crash in russia. Https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/9700731/tesla-car-explodes-autopilot-failure-driver-truck-russia/ irrespective of whether autopilot or driver distraction was the cause of the crash the batteries literally exploded. This is an order of magnitude worse than the model s and x fires. ** I have used the VIN of another model 3 which is in a wrecking yard** this is not done in any fraudulent way. It is done in order to comply with your website design. It is near impossible for the russian owner to negotiate your site and file a complaint so I have taken the liberty of filing on his behalf.
My car was five weeks old. While I was driving home on my commute I realize the screen had froze, and then suddenly blacked out. I thought it was a software update as I am a family that owns tesla, but it wasn't because suddenly the ability to steer and break or compromised and the car had sped without any indication as to why. I reported it to tesla and the earliest they could set for an appointment with several weeks later. Within one week of this incident initially occurring, this happened again during traffic and my car instead of breaking, increased tremendously and smashed into a car in front of me. I had contacted. Tesla letting them know that the first time this happened I was very lucky because I wasn't on the highway, but 95% of my commute is on major highways in the bay area. I said this could be dangerous and I really think this needs to be looked up faster, I got zero response. So when this happened there was absolutely nothing I could do and I rolled and sprained my ankle very aggressively. Not only that but all of the airbags in the entire car malfunctioned even though I was able to focus the brunt of the damage to the right front. Unfortunately one of the back windows didn't open nor did the passenger lower airbag. There was no one in the passenger seat but if there was that would have not gone off and that's not ok. There was no reason for this to happen and there were no updates on software that needed to happen and the car was five weeks old. Tesla has refused to provide me with their data and I have an ssd that shows my car shut down.
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