Here is a terdsla in the junkyard. Https://www.iaai.com/vehicledetails/38998703?rownumber=0 the front wheel and suspension have snapped off. Both lower ball joints and the upper steering knuckle ball joint have simply popped apart. It is completely impossible for this to be the result of crash damage.. The wheel and tire are undamaged. Tesla ball joints are a load of old balls. Good heavens to betsy why won't you do something about this? Yours in disgust. Keef
2020 Tesla Model 3 steering complaints
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Here is a terdsla model 3 in the junkyard. Https://www.iaai.com/vehicledetails/38868112?rownumber=3 the front left hand suspension has fallen to bits. The lower suspension arm (made from cast monkey metal) has snapped like a pretzel. This is not collision damage. There is no damage to the bodywork and no airbags have been deployed. This is simply bad manufacturing. Teslas are unsafe at any speed. Please investigate. Thanks. Keef
Tesla model 3 in the junkyard: https://www.autoauctionmall.com/used-cars-for-sale/2020-tesla-model-3-co51960570 front wheels and suspension fallen to bits. Top ball joint popped apart.. Lower ball joints both snapped. Steering arm and lower fore-link busted. Bad day at the tent factory? Please get these lethal contraptions off the roads. Thank you. Citizen keef
Here is a 2020 tesla model 3 in the junkyard. Https://www.iaai.com/vehicledetails/37237764?rownumber=40 the front wheel has gone whompy. The lower ball joints have popped out but worse still the steering arm has snapped off from the steering knuckle. Looks like the usual fracture of a low quality alloy casting. This could easily have caused a fatal crash. Elon musk blames chinese drivers for driving it wrong. This one is in miami not china. Perhaps elon will blame this one on a latino also driving it wrong. I strongly urge you to take action. I urge you with extreme prejudice. Thank you keef
Model 3 makes a very high pitch noise when turning the steering wheel left or right. It does happen when you put the vehicle in drive and stand still on hold. It doesn't happen while driving nor while in park.
Here is a 2020 model 3 in the junkyard. Https://www.iaai.com/vehicledetails/37237764?rownumber=6the font suspension giblets haveall fallen to bits. Both front wheels are splayed out in opposite directions which would probably make it a little hard to steer. Iwould you please issue an immediate recall for these tent built defective deadly contraptions. Thank you. Keef
Friday june 26th, 6:00 p.m. Public roads. Sunny, dry. Something snapped while driving 5 MPH at the moment I started a slow left turn. The car lurched to a halt. The right front wheel was angled left at about a 35 degrees, while the left wheel pointed straight. Tesla sent a flat bed. The truck technician reported by phone that the wheel was separated from the suspension and a tesla bolt was available for him to temporarily hold alignment for safe loading. I understand he left a note and the bolt inside the car. I believe the bolt was part of the broken suspension. The car had 3,300 miles. During my ownership, I noticed a light clicking (or clunking) when the car passed over a 3 inch change in road elevation, such as occurs during repaving when striking a man hole cover or new layer of asphalt. I took this to be a peculiarity of the tesla suspension combined with the 18 inch wheels. The sound was rare, as most roads are quite smooth and I made it a point to drive slowly over sudden bumps. More recently, as our town is repaving, I heard the click more frequently. On father's day, while a friend was test driving the car, he being a car geek, heard the click, called it a "clunk," and told me to get it looked at. I had not yet made the appointment when something snapped on june 26th. Over the weekend I left voice mails and sent to tesla service an email stating tesla should consider giving me a replacement vehicle, but I wished first to hear their report on what had occurred. Tesla service in milford is not open on weekends. Tesla called on monday afternoon seeking my input on what had occurred. Later that day they reported it appeared to them that a critical bolt had not been welded onto the sub-frame. Tesla service in milford ordered a new sub-frame, part number 1044521-00-r, from california. Tesla is researching what occurred.
The auto steer in my tesla model 3 failed today when the car was turning on a curvy downhill road. I believe it's because the lane markings on the right side ended just before the curbing started. The car suddenly turned right and hit the curb brushing the right front wheel. It would have been a fatal accident if I hadn't taken over. Auto steer technology is not yet ready for use on all the roads and it should not be included by default in all the tesla models. My car did not brake because the cruise control was still on. I am still in shock and afraid to use the auto steer again.
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