Front Suspension Control Arm Problems of Tesla Model S - part 2

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...

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This is another complaint about the Tesla suspensions. Commenting in this forum:https://seekingalpha. Com/news/3396557-musk-denies-murdoch-favorite-Tesla-chair *** simon mac, contributor comments2440 | + follow @idaho stoic meanwhile Tesla have redesigned the suspension control arms for the Model S/x with much stronger forged items. My Model S had replacement suspension links on multiple occasions, which in fairness to Tesla were done under the auspices of a TSB and without me bringing it up as a concern to the service department. I also had a lot of work done on the hv junction box (again not raised by me). This seemed to happen not far after the suc fire in norway a little while back, a lot of other Model S owners I know had the same work carried out. The question is are those folks who are skipping the suggested maintenance regime, missing out on a lot of work which is borderline recall, and Tesla are doing stuff that can't be ota'd under the cover of servicing. *** please read this report from an owner and demand that Tesla recall all affected cars to avoid further crashes and loss of life. I am not a Tesla owner. I am a concerned citizen. My full name and contact details are included with this submission.

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This is a complaint about the fragile Tesla suspension components. I believe that it is the public interest that I should be allowed to file these complaints because the owners are being pressured to remain silent. Just today an owner has added a fresh report of a broken suspension and supplied photographic evidence. Https://teslamotorsclub. Com/tmc/threads/Tesla-upper-control-arm-cracked. 96329/ **georgecm, yesterday at 2:37 am last edited: yesterday at 3:08 am my wife was driving us home this Saturday. She hit a really small pothole when the car became hard to control. For a short time we went on the other side of the road, then she managed to get back on our side while reducing speed to a complete stop. The wheel was in an incorrect position. We managed to slowly drive the car in a position safe for other drivers, in a parking place nearby. The upper control arm was broken. I also observed interior side tires abnormal wear on both rear wheels. The car was driving with these tires less than 3000 miles! this looks to me like a catastrophic failure of that control arm, does anybody has knowledge if Tesla has a newer, reinforced version of this part ? I am looking to replace them on both sides. Anybody who has a reliable source for new parts, preferably in europe please send me a message. The nearest Tesla service from me is 2000 km away. ** this thread has been running for more than 12 months. Many owners have reported broken suspensions. Posters are attacking the complainants and urging them not to report these failures. I have been advised that non-owners should not file complaints. If that is true then I would like to know how you expect to gain knowledge about this issue. Dummy us address used to comply with website requirements. My correct contact details are supplied with this submission.

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Below is a copy of an email I sent to Tesla on April 30,2018. I have yet to receive a response. Please contact me if you need more information. On January 23, 2018 I had an incident with my Tesla where I hit a small pothole (11' wide by 18' long and 2' deep) at a moderate speed of about 40mph. (I have pictures of the road the pothole in question. ) I lost some control of my car swerving into the oncoming lane from the impact, but managed to pull over about a couple of hundred yards after that with no further incident. I thought I had blown a tire since I have low profile tires on the larger rims only to find the tire was still inflated. However the wheel was off camber and I noticed that it had damaged some of the wheel well on further inspection. I eventually got everything fixed (about four weeks later) and the bill was $4200. 00 which I paid. However, after much thought and consideration, I believe the control arm is of a faulty design and this should have been covered by Tesla. In fact, I have a picture of the control arm while it was on the car and I am in possession of it and all the damaged parts. I do not believe that my Tesla should have suffered so much damage for a relatively small pothole and believe the heavy lithium battery coupled with the improperly engineered control arm caused the problem. I also note mine is not the only complaint of this nature as I have seen other complaints in online blogs and feel that this may be a systemic problem with Tesla's control arms. It is also important to note that I purchased the Tesla for many reasons, but one of the main reasons was its safety record and ratings by the NHTSA who I have copied on this email. After losing momentary control from hitting such a small pothole which put me into the oncoming lane, (I was lucky there was not oncoming traffic) I do not have the confidence in the car that I once did.

Front left control arm suffered a failure causing it to break loose from the ball joint and causing the wheel to push back into the body of the car. The failure caused the car to lift up and come to a dead stop. This was at ~5mph after after backing out of the driveway of our house on a residential paved street and starting to drive forward. There were no noises or warnings until the failure of the control are occurred. The photo of the wheel shows it pushed back all the way to make frame contact. The other photos show the control arm completely disconnected from its mounting point. There was some damage to the wheel well liner and lip of the fender thanks to the slow speed that it occurred. The car had to be driven backwards onto a flatbed trailer and then dolly's put under the front wheels in order to get the car to roll forward into the repair shop. It could not be driven forward at all. This failure is very concerning and had it occurred at high speed could have resulted in injury.

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