Here is a tesla in the junkyard. Https://www.iaai.com/vehicledetails/36045205?rownumber=2 not in a crash, no air-bags deployed.only damage is to the rh front area. The tire is badly worn away. It looks as though a suspension failure caused the wheel to rub hard against the body but because the driver is a tesla owner and by definition not the sharpest tool in the shed he just carried on driving for a few more miles until everything turned to feculence. Please be so kind as to investigate. Thank you keef
2019 Tesla Model 3 suspension complaints
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Here is a 2019 model 3 in the junkyard. Https://www.iaai.com/vehicledetails/37267527?rownumber=6 not in a crash, no air-bags deployed, no bodywork damage. The front suspension has competely fallen to bits! What the fudge?? Are you afraid of elon or what? Have a great day. Keef
Here is a 2019 tesla model 3 in the junkyard. Https://www.iaai.com/vehicledetails/37119993?rownumber=13 not in a crash, no air-bags deployed, no impact damage. The front rh suspension has fallen to bits. The stem of the lower ball joint has snapped. This is a common failure in teslas it seems that the ball joints are of very poor quality and snap off very easily. It is apparent that this component snapped while the car was moving and that the broken parts gouged the inside of the wheel until it split in two. See attached photographs. It was only by good fortune that this did not result in a fatal crash. Please investigate. Thank you keef
Here is a 2019 model 3 in the junkyard https://www.iaai.com/vehicledetails/37069661?rownumber=1 it has been in a major crash. The tread on the front rh tire has been rubbed completely away. The top ball-joint has popped apart. It is unusual for good quality ball-joints to pop apart even after an impact. Bearing in mind that the top wishbone on a model 3 is made from plastic it is highly unlikely that a large force was transmitted to the ball joint. It is almost certain that what happened was like this. A suspension part failed whilst the car was being driven and this caused the tire to rub against the wheel well until the tire finally burst. Then the car crashed. That's it. Would you please issue an immediate recall before more people get killed. Thank you. Keef please note that date of incident and details of injuries are just estimates.
This is a complaint about fragile suspension components in teslas. Please not that I have used the VIN of another tesla model 3 to file this complaint since the VIN of the affected car is unavailable. Here is a tesla suspension assembly listed for sale on ebay. Https://www.ebay.com/itm/seat-tesla-model-3-rack-and-pinion-strut-parts-miami-suspension/264625594705?hash=item3d9cea2151:g:ngeaaosw7pnepght the lower suspension arm (made from cast monkey-metal) has simply snapped in half. This assembly has been taken from a wrecked tesla and naturally I do not know the circumstances that caused it to be sold for spare parts. The rest of the suspension assembly is undamaged. There is no sign of impact damage to the assembly at all. It has simply snapped like a pretzel if have attached a blown up picture of the snapped part. You should also be interested in this article https://insideevs.com/photo/4755029/this-tesla-model-3-manufacturing-issue-could-have-ended-really-badly/ which proves that the suspensions do indeed fall to bits and that is not owner abuse as tesla has been claiming. Please do the right thing and demand a recall. Thank you. Keef unhinged
Here is a tesla model 3 in the junkyard. Https://www.iaai.com/vehicledetails/35467844/15 the top suspension ball joint has simply popped apart. This ball joint is only connected to a steering knuckle made from monkey metal and to a suspension arm made from plastic. How in the name of beelzebub does a suspension ball joint simply pop apart like this ? (and there are plenty more tesla examples to be found ) nntsb has opined that you have been letting tesla get away with murder (autopilot) just wait till they start investigating the whompy wheels. Tell you what. I'll give them a heads up myself. Have a great day. Keef
Please note that the full VIN of the car I am complaining about is unknown and therefore I have used the VIN of another wrecked 2019 model 3 to submit this report. Here is a damaged tesla in a salvage auction in germany. Https://www.copart.de/lot/50047705/photos no airbags have deployed and the car is almost undamaged except that the front suspension has fallen to bits. The attached photographs show that the ball joint of the lower control arm has snapped. Also the ball joint that attaches the steering arm has snapped off which is extremely alarming. Part of the cast aluminium lower arm has snapped off. The manufacturing standards and quality control of tesla suspension components is appalling. Rather than reporting these defects back to the factory and to the federal safety agency these failures are being systematically covered up. Quite obviously the german owner of this car will not be reporting this to the federal safety agency so I am doing my best as a concerned citizen to bring this to your attention. The tesla fan club is not very pleased that I am doing this. Such is life. Regards keef
Here is a model 3 in the junkyard. Https://www.copart.com/lot/61748319/photos the front suspension has fallen to bits. The upper ball joint has popped out of its socket. The lower ball joint has snapped its stem. There is very little impact damage to that area of the car, nothing that would account for the suspension falling to bits like that. These tesla suspensions are badly designed and badly manufactured. It is entirely probable that the recent crash of a model 3 in long beach which severely injured a pedestrian was caused by a suspension failure. The wheel on that long beach crash car looks badly whompy.
Here is a 2019 model 3 in the junkyard. Https://www.copart.com/lot/60516299/photos not in a crash, no air-bags deployed, no significant damage to the bodywork. The top ball joint on the driver's side has simply popped apart causing the wheel to flop over at a crazy angle. This exact same failure in which a suspension ball joint pops apart has been reported on many other teslas including model 3, s and x. A similar failure on hyundai cars resulted in the federal safety agency issuing a mandatory recall. ** october 9, 2019 the federal safety agency campaign number: 19v721000lower control arm ball joints can detach a detached ball joint can cause a loss of vehicle control, increasing the risk of a crash.** can you offer any explanation for why teslas have not been issued a similar recall notice? Something smells very musky around here. Regards [xxx] information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6).
Another day, another 3 wheeler tesla. Https://www.copart.com/lot/60564119 no air-bags deployed just a slight chip in the wheel rim. Are these suspensions really meant to snap-off if they run over a bump in the road? See attached photo. All the ball joints have snapped again. Insane mode? Please investigate. Keef
Model 3 with snapped off front suspension. Https://poctra.com/2019-tesla-model-3/id-bxl6puf0qjyeccjy/martinez-ca/photos all ball-joints snapped. Alloy steering knuckle cracked in half. Isame old thing. Over and over. How many examples do you need before you take action?
I wish to file a complaint about a tesla model 3 in the interest of human safety. This is concerning the issue of battery fires. I believe that this incident has so far gone unreported. Here is a model 3 in the salvage auction yard that has been almost totally destroyed by fire. Https://www.iaai.com/vehicledetails?itemid=34394730&rownumber=2&similarvehicleitemid=&isnext=&loadrecent=true the car is so badly burned that the VIN is not able to be determined but the auction site would have that record. I have substituted the VIN of another wrecked model 3 in order to make this report. There has been a recent post on tesla motors club forum which provides photos of the fire scene on the highway at vacaville and the images match the junkyard car. It seems that tesla is using the "ran over a trailer hitch on the roadway" aka "cat ate my homework" excuse again but looking at the photos it seems that a whompy wheel is the more likely cause. Https://teslamotorsclub.com/tmc/threads/another-tesla-fire.175198/ **** ddawson, today at 9:51 am vacaville fire department car fire. I was told the owner ran over a trailer hitch that fell off a truck. I believe its a 3. No one hurt at least.. **** and *** this story actually did run on the 11:00 news, sunday nov. 24th, on kpix (our local cbs affiliate). It was reported by brian hackney. The story wasn't clear about where the fire took place, other than in vacaville where there does happen to be a supercharger. They showed the same dramatic image of the burned-out car. Fortunately no one was injured here. The weird part is that the kpix website never showed the story. I searched afterward, and the other stories reported that night (including the one about prius catalytic converter thefts) were all up, except for that one** please investigate. Thank you.
Here is a tesla model 3 in the junkyard. Https://www.iaai.com/vehicledetails?itemid=33838953&rownumber=80&similarvehicleitemid=&isnext=&loadrecent=true both front wheels and suspensions have completely fallen off. All of the ball joints and suspension giblets have snapped. What the bleep? Please investigate. This is just insane and ludicrous. Thank you. Persistent citizen.
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