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.
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 nhtsa these failures are being systematically covered up. quite obviously the german owner of this car will not be reporting this to nhtsa 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 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 nhtsa issuing a mandatory recall. ** october 9, 2019 nhtsa 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). *tr
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.