Ball Joint problems of the 2017 Tesla Model S

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Please note that the VIN of the Tesla which is the subject of this complaint is unreadable and therefore if have used a substitute VIN. It will be easy for you to contact the salvage yard and obtain the correct VIN. Here is the salvage auction listing. . Read more...

Please note: this is a complaint about a Tesla Model S 2017 located in united kingdom. Your system will not accept the VIN so I have substituted the VIN of another Tesla in a us junkyard. This is not done with any intent to mislead. Here is the actual car I am complaining about. . Read more...

Please note that I am not the owner of this vehicle. I have searched your database and it seems the actual owner has not filed a complaint. This car is in a salvage auction yard. It has a snapped suspension ball joint. . Read more...

I have already made several reports to NHTSA about Tesla suspension failures. A Tesla owner in england has just posted on the Tesla motors club forum that the bolts snapped on his front suspension and the car fell to the ground. The thread has now been deleted from the forum but I have recovered it from google cache. Snapshots of the thread and images of the broken bolts are attached. It is a certainty that there is a bad batch of suspension bolts that are snapping without any good reason. The alloy suspension parts and/or the alloy wheel would be expected to fail before a critical steel bolt does. These bolts appear to be made from 2 parts with the ball joint stem being welded to a threaded extension. The bolts frequently snap about 1/4 inch from the weld in the transition zone. This is a deadly weakness. Please take immediate action. Thank you. Concerned citizen.

Here is a discussion thread from united kingdom in which Tesla owners report several cases of snapped suspension ball joints (photographs are included) https://speakev. Com/threads/model-s-recall. 109425/ snip**** there have been a spate of Teslas where the front suspension fails reversing on full lock, for some reason over the icey weather I saw reports of 3 in a matter of days. One hunch is a rubber bush becomes less malleable or brittle in the cold. . . . . . . I take your point, and forums are a haven for the negatives, but there did seem to be a flurry of them on the facebook group a couple of weeks ago. I remember one was in the middle of guildford high street and the poor owner was berated for blocking a parking space! *** this identical breakage of the ball joint stem has been reported to NHTSA many times before. It is still affecting late model Teslas and it seems that the stem is made from two parts welded together. The fracture usually occurs close to the weld and in the zone that has turned blue from the heat of welding. In addition to the photograph from this discussion forum I have attached a close up photograph of a broken part which has the same failure. I do not believe that Tesla is going to fix this problem voluntarily but rather that they will continue to cover up and deny the breakages.

Here is a Tesla in the junkyard: the attached photographs show that the lower suspension ball joint has snapped. There is no way that the collision damage could have caused a steel ball joint to snap before the weaker aluminum parts gave way. The seat of the ball joint is bright and shiny and completely undamaged. Looking at all the other reports of similar failures example - https://teslamotorsclub. Com/tmc/threads/ms-suspension-ball-joint-failure. 109847/ it is certain that there is a bad batch of ball joints that fracture without warning. Tesla is covering up this issue. This amounts to criminal negligence. Please take immediate action before more lives are lost. Thank you. Concerned citizen.