Front Suspension Control Arm problems of the 2017 Tesla Model S

Front driver side control arm/fore link assembly snapped and broke while pulling out of a parking spot. Low speed, standard pavement. Felt like I had run over a nail where the front of the car lifted up slightly, popped, sounded like a tire pop, but then would continue to drive. I drove it home, but could feel the car wasn't right. Steering wasn't very responsive.

The wheel control arm broke for no reason. It seems to be defective from the time it was made, it happened with a popping sound when parking.

Driving home from service on the highway, while on a straight section, I was forced to use my brakes to slow down for another car and bam! catastrophic failure of the drivers side front control arm. Interesting thing though. . . I'd addressed a concern about a grinding noise from up front, at a prior service, and they informed me that the sound was normal based on the high performance brakes. Which I knew sounded wrong. Now this? seems a bit shady to me.

Please note that I have used the VIN of a different car to submit this complaint since the VIN of the car in question is unavailable. Here is page 15 of a thread in which many owners report broken suspensions. Https://teslamotorsclub. Com/tmc/threads/another-front-suspension-control-arm-failure. 114967/page-15 the latest complainant provides photographs of the broken parts and says that he will be filing an NHTSA complaint. If he has done so then you may disregard my complaint. However, his final post suggests that he has accepted an offer from Tesla to cover the cost and it is highly likely that he will be persuaded to not file a report. Snip **https://teslamotorsclub. Com/tmc/threads/another-front-suspension-control-arm-failure. 114967/page-* additionally my own posts on this forum that encouraged the owner to file a complaint have been deleted. Snip**your post in the thread another front suspension control arm failure was deleted. Reason: conspiracy theorist nonsense** these forums are complicit in the cover up of these lethal defects and in my opinion should be prosecuted. Please investigate. Regards keef.

My car is only 2 yrs old and while backing out of a parking space in a parking structure, I felt a lift then lowering of front driver's side wheel (like going over speed bump, but there was none) then would barely drive. Told that the driver's front lower control arm is broken.

When backing out of a parking spot and turning the wheel to the left (at a very low rate of speed). I heard a loud pop. The left front wheel felt like it was in a bind as well as making a loud grinding sound. The car had to be towed to the Tesla service center. The technician diagnosed the problem as a broken control arm. He could not tell me what caused the arm to break. This could have been disastrous if driving on the road at normal speed.

This is another complaint about the fragile suspension components on Teslas. Here is a Tesla in the junkyard. . Read more...

I was driving on a city street when a car cut into my lane, so I slammed on the brakes real hard, and I heard a loud snapping sound and grinding noise afterwards. The lower control arm on the front passenger side is now popped out of place. I have searched online and found that this issue is not unique to me, many other people have the same issue. I was lucky that this happened when I was not driving on the freeway, there are cases of accidents because of this issue. Tesla says it is not under warranty and there is no recall for this issue.

As I was backing out of my driveway at low speed in my 2017 Tesla Model S 90d (16,500 miles) with the wheels turned to the left, I heard a loud bang. I thought I ran over something so got out to look and saw nothing. As I proceeded to drive the car, it drove smoothly at first but I could hear a scraping or rubbing sound as I put on the brakes or hit the accelerator after braking. After parking at my destination, when I was backing out to leave I heard and felt rumbling and scrapping on the left front drivers wheel. I looked and saw that the left front wheel liner was broken and collapsed and the tire was rubbing on the wheel well. I pushed the liner into place and drove directly to Tesla service (3 miles away) noticing my brakes where slipping when applied. On arrival the technician informed me my left front control arm was broken and asked me if I had been in an accident. I told him no, and he said they would need to elevate the car to look at exactly what happened. The left control arm fore link had spontaneously failed. Tesla fixed both the failed left and the intact right under warranty along with the wheel liner, aligned the car and it is now running normal. I have seen many complaints of the premature failure of the fore link assembly in the Model S and believe this is a systemic problem.

This is a complaint about the Tesla suspensions. A twitter user whose name can be found on the screenshot which is attached to this complaint) has posted photographs of his broken suspension. He was unhappy about the fact that the suspension fell apart in his driveway. The photograph shows the control arm snapped and this same failure can be seen to have occurred on many other Teslas. . Read more...