2013 Tesla Model S complaints

WHEN DOOR HANDLE PRESENTS ITSELF, IT EXTENDS TOO FAR SO THAT THE CAR THINKS SOMEONE IS TRYING TO OPEN THE DOOR AND THE CAR POPS OPEN THE DOOR BY ITSELF. THIS CREATES A SAFETY HAZARD AS WELL AS A SECURITY ISSUE BECAUSE THE DOORS DO NOT LOCK WHEN ONE IS OPEN. THIS ISSUE OCCURS WHENEVER THE OWNER APPROACHES THE CAR (CAUSING THE HANDLES TO PRESENT THEMSELVES) AND WHENEVER THE DRIVER PUTS THE CAR IN PARK (ALSO CAUSING THE HANDLES TO PRESENT THEMSELVES). ONLINE RESEARCH SHOWS THAT MANY. MANY OWNERS OF EARLY TESLA MODEL S CARS ARE EXPERIENCING THIS ISSUE, WHICH SEEMS TO RELATE TO A DESIGN DEFECT IN THE FIRST GENERATION OF DOOR HANDLES. TESLA SHOULD ISSUE A RECALL FOR ALL FIRST GENERATION DOOR HANDLES. HERE IS THE YOUTUBE LINK: HTTPS://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=Q5XAIN-K2PU&APP=DESKTOP

HERE IS A TESLA IN THE JUNKYARD:HTTPS://WWW.IAAI.COM/VEHICLE?ITEMID=28123114&ROWNUMBER=85&LOADRECENT=TRUE THE BACK WHEEL HAS FALLEN OFF FOR NO GOOD REASON. SEE ATTACHED PHOTOGRAPH. PLEASE NOTE THAT IN THE LATEST FATAL TESLA CRASH THE BACK WHEEL HAS ALSO FALLEN OFF. HTTPS://WWW.JOURNAL-NEWS.COM/NEWS/LOCAL/SHERIFF-OFFICE-OUTCOME-WOULD-HAVE-BEEN-DIFFERENT-PROM-NIGHT-CRASH-WITH-SEAT-BELT-USE/V2TPIMAKDKCIFF5F4SBWVN/ WILL YOU PLEASE WAKE UP TO THIS PROBLEM. THANK YOU. MIGHTILY PEEVED CITIZEN. WHICH IS PROBABLY THE REASON THAT THE CAR SUDDENLY SWERVED OFF THE ROAD.

HERE IS A TESLA IN THE JUNKYARD: HTTPS://WWW.COPART.COM/LOT/29160998/PHOTOS IT HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN A MAJOR ACCIDENT AND IT IS HIGHLY PROBABLE THAT THE OCCUPANTS HAVE BEEN SERIOUSLY INJURED. THE LH BACK WHEEL HAS GONE EXTREMELY WHOMPY . THE SUSPENSION IS QUITE OBVIOUSLY BROKEN TO CAUSE THE WHEEL TO BE SKEWED OVER AT SUCH AN ANGLE. IT IS A PROVEN FACT THAT THE TESLA WHEELS ARE QUITE FRAGILE. IT CAN BE SEEN IN THE OFFICIAL CRASH TEST VIDEOS THAT THE ALLOY WHEELS BREAK APART WHICH IS SUPPOSEDLY BECAUSE THEY SHOULD BREAK APART RATHER THAN BREACHING THE PASSENGER SAFETY CELL. SINCE THESE WHEELS ARE FRAGILE IT IS MOST UNLIKELY THAT THE SUSPENSION BROKE BECAUSE OF A HARD IMPACT TO THE WHEEL IN THE CRASH EVENT. IT IS FAR MORE LIKELY THAT THE SUSPENSION BREAKAGE WAS THE CAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT RATHER THAN JUST THE RESULT OF THE CRASH IMPACT. I BELIEVE THAT TESLA IS BEING GIVEN FAR TOO MUCH BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT AND THAT THESE ALL TO FREQUENT CRASHES ARE OFTEN BEING CAUSED BY MECHANICAL FAILURE OF ABSURDLY FRAGILE ALLOY SUSPENSION PARTS. PLEASE INVESTIGATE. THANK YOU. CONCERNED CITIZEN. DATE OF CRASH IS AN APPROXIMATION.

MY STEERING FAILED AT 27000 MILES AND 5 YEARS. THE FAILURE OCCURRED ONE WEEK BEFORE TESLA ISSUED A RECALL FOR THIS ISSUE. THE SERVICE CENTER SAYS THAT THE RECALL COVERS REPLACING THE BOLTS THAT FAIL AND NOT THE BROKEN STEERING RACK THAT OCCURS BECAUSE OF THE FAILED BOLTS, SO THEY THINK THAT I SHOULD PAY ~$3000 TO REPAIR A KNOWN DEFECT AND OBVIOUS SAFETY HAZARD. I WAS LUCKY THAT THE FAILURE HAPPENED WHEN THE CAR WAS STATIONARY.

HERE IS YET ANOTHER TESLA IN THE JUNKYARD: HTTPS://WWW.COPART.COM/LOT/28761918/PHOTOS THE BACK WHEEL IS WHOMPY. HOW MANY MORE EXAMPLES DO YOU NEED BEFORE YOU AGREE WITH ME THAT THESE CARS ARE TOO DANGEROUS TO BE ALLOWED TO REMAIN ON THE ROADS? PLEASE TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION. THANK YOU. ENDANGERED CITIZEN.

SUDDEN UNINTENDED ACCELERATION TESLA. I DROVE MY TESLA FROM WORK, DRIVING OVER 35MILES DURING RUSH HOUR OF THE BAY AREA. WHEN I ENTERED MY SUBDIVISION, I WAS DRIVING AT 10 MPH, PULLED INTO MY DRIVEWAY MADE 90 DEGREES TURN AT 5 MPH, APPLIED THE BRAKES. INSTEAD OF STOPPING, CAR SPED UP AT EXTREMELY HIGH ACCELERATION. IT DROVE THROUGH THE GARAGE DOOR, HIT MASERATI PARKED IN THE GARAGE, AND A MOTORCYCLE PARKED NEXT TO IT. THE MASERATI TRUNK WAS PUSHED IN APPROX 3 FEET, IT SLID SIDEWAYS, HIT THE PILLAR, SMASHING DRIVER DOOR AND WINDOW, SLID TO THE FRONT AND HIT THE MOTORBIKE PARKED NEXT TO IT. IT COMPLETELY SMASHED THE REAR TRUCK, FRONT AND SIDE OF THE MASERATI. IT SMASHED THE FRONT END OF THE MOTORCYCLE. THERE WERE FLUIDS FRONT TESLA, MASERATI, AND BIKE ALL OVER THE GARAGE. THE BATTERY IN MASERATI EXPLODED LEAKING ACID ALL OVER THE GARAGE. WE THOUGHT THE FUEL TANK IN MASERATI BROKE. WE HAD TO CALL 911, DOZENS OF PERSONNEL SHOWED UP INCLUDING SEVERAL FIRE TRUCKS, POLICE CARS, AMBULANCE, HAZMAT AMONG OTHERS. THEY SPEND OVER THREE HOURS CONTROLLING THE SITUATION. THEY HAD TO CUT THE GARAGE DOOR TO PULL OUT THE MASERATI AND TESLA. IT WAS TOWED TO A STORAGE FACILITY NEARBY. MASERATI WAS DECLARED A TOTAL LOSS. I WAS COMPLETELY SHAKEN AND HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO SLEEP AT ALL FOR LAST THREE DAYS. WHAT IF MY KIDS HAD BEEN PLAYING IN THE DRIVEWAY OR IN FRONT OF THE HOUSE. AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH I FOUND THIS IS NOT A RANDOM INSTANCE. THERE ARE DOZENS IF NOT HUNDREDS OF SIMILAR INCIDENTS WH

HERE IS ANOTHER TESLA IN THE JUNKYARD: HTTPS://WWW.COPART.COM/LOT/48517337 THE BACK WHEEL HAS FALLEN OFF FOR NO GOOD REASON. TESLA USES CAST ALUMINUM FOR THE SUSPENSION PARTS. THESE PARTS HAVE VERY LITTLE MARGIN OF SAFETY EVEN WHEN BRAND NEW. AFTER A FEW YEARS AND WITH THE EFFECTS OF FATIGUE AND CORROSION THESE PARTS BECOME EVEN MORE FRAGILE. OWNERS ARE UNDER THE MISTAKEN BELIEF THAT THESE CARS ARE VERY SAFE AND REQUIRE VERY LITTLE MAINTENANCE. AS THE FLEET OF TESLAS AGES THE RISK OF FAILURE BECOMES EVEN GREATER THAN IT IS ALREADY. MANY COUNTRIES IN WHICH THE TESLA IS SOLD DO NOT REQUIRE SAFETY INSPECTIONS FOR THE FIRST FEW YEARS. SOME COUNTRIES REQUIRE NO ANNUAL SAFETY INSPECTIONS AT ALL. THIS IS A TICKING TIME BOMB. PLEASE INVESTIGATE BEFORE MORE LIVES ARE LOST. THANK YOU. CONCERNED CITIZEN.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2013 TESLA MODEL S. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE STATIONARY WITH THE BRAKE PEDAL DEPRESSED, THE VEHICLE INDEPENDENTLY ACCELERATED RAPIDLY WITHOUT WARNING AND CRASHED INTO A WALL. THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES SUSTAINED BY THE CONTACT. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED AND DEEMED DESTROYED. A DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40,000.

TESLA.... JUNKYARD... HTTPS://WWW.COPART.COM/LOT/27986168 THE USUAL - SUSPENSION FELL TO BITS, WHEEL FELL OFF. PLEASE INVESTIGATE IF YOU CAN SPARE THE TIME. THANK YOU. ANNOYING CITIZEN.

TORKLIFT CENTRAL SELLS AN "ECOHITCH" FOR THE TESLA MODEL S. UNFORTUNATELY, THEY FAILED TO ACCOUNT FOR THE ALUMINUM BODY--AND THEIR HITCH IS MADE OF STEEL. GALVANIC CORROSION IS POWERFUL AND DESTROYS THE STRENGTH OF THE BODY. THE POST BELOW SHOWS THE DAMAGE DONE BY AN ECOHITCH IN UNDER 3 YEARS: HTTPS://FORUMS.TESLARATI.COM/THREADS/TESLA-MODEL-S-HITCH-BY-TORKLIFT-3-YEAR-UPDATE-EATEN-ALIVE.5227/#POST-11321 TORKLIFT CENTRAL'S LATER REPLY, DATED DEC 19, 2017, IS A MAJOR PROBLEM. THEY ACKNOWLEDGE THE PROBLEM, CLAIM THAT OTHER TESLAS HAVE CORROSION PROBLEMS, AND THAT THIS IS, BASICALLY, NOT A BIG DEAL. WORSE, THEY ALSO WROTE THIS: "THIS WEEK WE WILL HAVE A SIMPLE KIT AND INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS FOR INSULATION PADS - SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU HAVE INSTALLED ON YOUR TESLA MODEL S. WE ARE GOING TO INCLUDE THIS KIT IN ALL TESLA KITS MOVING FORWARD, AS WELL AS CONTACT CUSTOMERS WHO HAVE RECENTLY PURCHASED." NOTE THE KEY WORDS, "MOVING FORWARD" AND "RECENTLY." THIS IS A GROSS VIOLATION OF THEIR OBLIGATION TO INITIATE A FULL RECALL OF EVERY UNIT THEY HAVE SHIPPED, IN ADDITION TO ENSURING AN INSPECTION OF EVERY TESLA BODY TO WHICH THEIR ECOHITCH WAS ATTACHED. I REQUEST THAT YOUR ODI IMMEDIATELY CONTACT THE FIRM AND ADVISE THEM OF THEIR OBLIGATIONS UNDER FMVSS (AND OTHER REGULATIONS/LAWS) TO BOTH RECALL THE PRODUCT, AND SECURE THE INSPECTIONS ASAP. TESLA AND COLLISION REPAIR ASSOCIATIONS SHOULD ALSO BE INFORMED AS THEY ARE LIKELY TO BE IN A POSITION TO BOTH REGULARLY SEE AND INSPECT AFFECTED CAR

DRIVER STOPPED CAR WHILE PULLING INTO GARAGE WITH REAR WHEELS ON DRIVEWAY SLOPING DOWN AND AWAY FROM GARAGE AND FRONT WHEELS JUST INSIDE GARAGE. VEHICLE CREEP MODE IN OFF POSITION. CAR AT REST. BRAKE RELEASED, AND VEHICLE BEGAN ROLLING BACKWARD DUE TO GRAVITY. ACCELERATOR APPLIED, AND NO INITIAL RESPONSE, CAR CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE BACKWARD ROLL SPEED, SO PEDAL DEPRESSED FURTHER (TESLA VEHICLE LOGS SHOW 25-50% PEDAL TRAVEL AT THIS POINT), AT WHICH TIME DRIVE UNIT QUICKLY ENGAGED AT 25-50% OF FULL ACCELERATION RESULTING IN A SUDDEN UNINTENTIONAL FORWARD ACCELERATION. DRIVER CAUGHT BY SURPRISE AND ATTEMPTED BRAKING. UNFORTUNATELY, VEHICLE IMPACTED FREEZER UNIT IN GARAGE DESTROYING THE FREEZER AND CAUSING SIGNIFICANT VEHICLE STRUCTURAL DAMAGE. THIS SET OF OPERATING PARAMETERS WAS REPRODUCIBLE AND RELIABLY RESULTED IN A SHORT, BUT NOTABLE, DELAY IN PEDAL RESPONSE WHEN ROLLING BACKWARD, RESULTING IN FURTHER PEDAL DEPRESSION, THEN FOLLOWED BY A SUDDEN ACCELERATION FORWARD, WHICH WAS SHORT, BUT, WITH THE POTENTIAL TO BE SIGNIFICANT WHEN COLLISION HAZARDS EXIST NEARBY. THE VEHICLE OPERATING MANUAL CONTAINS NO WARNING REGARDING THIS SITUATION. TESLA WAS MADE AWARE AND WOULD ONLY COMMENT THAT THE VEHICLE DID NOT MALFUNCTION. WHILE THAT MAY BE THE CASE, THE VEHICLE DESIGN SETS UP DRIVERS FOR ACCIDENTS THAT MIGHT RESULT IN INJURY AND PROPERTY DAMAGE WHEN DRIVERS ARE NOT WARNED OF THE VEHICLE'S RESPONSE IN THIS UNIQUE OPERATING CIRCUMSTANCE. AT THE VERY LEAST, IT SEEMS, TESLA SHOULD INCL

HERE IS A TESLA IN THE JUNKYARD: HTTPS://WWW.IAAI.COM/VEHICLE?ITEMID=26868872&ROWNUMBER=18&LOADRECENT=TRUE THE FRONT AND BACK WHEELS ON THE LH SIDE HAVE SIMPLY FALLEN OFF AND THE SUSPENSION PARTS HAVE SNAPPED. THE SUSPENSION HAS COLLAPSED ON ALL SIDES OF THE CAR PROBABLY DUE TO AN AIR LEAK IN THE SUSPENSION LINES OR A GLITCH IN THE SOFTWARE. THE RATE AT WHICH WHEELS ARE FALLING OF TESLAS IS SIMPLY RIDICULOUS. PLEASE DEMAND A RECALL. THANK YOU. CONCERNED CITIZEN.

HERE IS A TESLA IN THE JUNKYARD: HTTPS://WWW.COPART.COM/LOT/31421117/PHOTOS ONCE AGAIN THE BACK WHEEL AND SUSPENSION HAS COMPLETELY FALLEN OFF. NO AIR-BAGS DEPLOYED. NO SIGN OF COLLISION DAMAGE. SUSPENSION HAS SIMPLY SNAPPED OFF FOR NO GOOD REASON. THERE IS A CLEAR TREND OF DEFECT IN THE TESLA SUSPENSIONS. IF THIS CAR WAS BEING PRODUCED IN THE SAME VOLUMES AS MAINSTREAM CAR-MAKERS THEN YOU WOULD BE SEEING THOUSANDS OF CARS WITH WHEELS FALLEN OFF. IT IS SCANDALOUS THAT THIS DANGER IS ALLOWED TO CONTINUE. PLEASE ACT NOW TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC. DATE OF INCIDENT IS AN APPROXIMATION.

KNOWN DEFECT IN A TESLA 2013 MODEL S ARE SLIDING OUT DOOR HANDLES. THEY SIMPLY FAIL TO SLIDE OUT DUE TO POOR MICROCHIP WIRE HARNESS INSTALL. I BELIEVE THIS IS ASSOCIATED IN OLDER TESLA MODEL S MODELS. IT'S SIGNIFICANT SAFETY ISSUE, BECAUSE IN CASE OF EMERGENCY FIRST RESPONDERS WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO OPEN THE DOOR AND PULL SOMEONE OUT. TESLA SHOULD REACH OUT TO ALL CUSTOMERS WHO HAVE OLDER MODELS AND REPLACE THE HARNESS ON ALL DOOR HANDLES.I OBSERVED THE ISSUE AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY. AFTER CONDUCTING EXTENSIVE RESEARCH ON LINE I DISCOVERED EVERY PERSON HAD THEIR DOOR HANDLES GO BAD, ALL OF THEM SOONER OR LATER. PLEASE HELP MOTIVATE TESLA TO ADDRESS THIS SERIOUS ISSUE.

HERE IS ANOTHER TESLA IN THE JUNKYARD: HTTPS://WWW.IAAI.COM/VEHICLE?ITEMID=26175292&ROWNUMBER=59&LOADRECENT=TRUE THE FRONT SUSPENSION HAS TOTALLY COLLAPSED AND THE WHEELS ARE JAMMED UP IN THE WHEEL ARCHES. THE WHEELS ARE NOT POINTING STRAIGHT BUT ARE SKEWED IN TOWARDS EACH OTHER. NO AIR-BAGS HAVE DEPLOYED. THERE IS NO IMPACT DAMAGE TO THE BODYWORK. THIS LOOKS LIKE ANOTHER CASE OF SPONTANEOUS COLLAPSING SUSPENSION. PLEASE INVESTIGATE. VERY CONCERNED CITIZEN ETC. ETC.

HERE IS ANOTHER TESLA IN THE JUNKYARD: HTTPS://WWW.COPART.COM/LOT/42232387/PHOTOS IT HAS BEEN IN A ROLLOVER. THE SUSPENSION HAS COLLAPSED ON ALL FOUR WHEELS AND BOTH BACK WHEELS HAVE GONE WHOMPY. THERE IS A STRONG LIKELIHOOD THAT THE WHOMPY WHEELS CAUSED THE CRASH RATHER THAN BEING MERELY THE RESULT OF IT. PLEASE INVESTIGATE THE REASON THAT TESLA SUSPENSIONS COLLAPSE SO OFTEN. THANK YOU. CONCERNED CITIZEN ETC.

I MADE A LEFT TURN ON KELLOGG DRIVE.I RAN OVER SOME SAFETY DOTS ON THE FLOOR. THE SAFETY DOTS WAS ABNORMAL LARGE IN SIZE. BOTH MY FRONT AND REAR WHEEL RAN OVER MANY LARGE SAFETY DOTS. THE COMPLETE TESLA BRAKE FUNCTION FAILED AND I HAVE NO BRAKE. BY THE TIME MY CAR STOPS I WAS LITERALLY SITTING ON TOP OF SAFETY DOTS. ONCE I COME OUT OF THE CAR I SAW THAT MY LEFT REAR TIRE AND RIMS LOOK LIKE IS FALLING OUT OF PLACE. THE POLICE CAMPUS CAME AND SAID IT LOOKS LIKE YOUR AXEL WAS BROKEN. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE OUTER APPEARANCE OF MY TESLA ONLY A UPPER SUSPENSION WHICH WAS DAMAGE. I BELIEVE THE PARTS WAS AN INTEGRITY ISSUE AND TESLA DENIES IT.

MY TESLA HAS HAD MULTIPLE ISSUES RELATED TO THE AIRBAG SYSTEM. THE FIRST ISSUE WAS THAT A SEATBELT SENSOR TIED INTO THE AIRBAG SYSTEM FAILED DUE TO A PINCHED WIRE IN THE SEATBELT MECHANISM, CAUSING THE SRS/AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT TO STAY ON. TO FIX THIS, TESLA REPLACED THE SEATBELT LATCHING MECHANISM AND CHARGED ME FOR THE REPLACEMENT. SHORTLY AFTER, THE WARNING LIGHT CAME BACK ON. THIS TIME, A SEAT SENSOR TIED INTO THE SYSTEM FAILED. TESLA HAS TOLD ME THAT TO FIX THIS, THE DRIVER'S SEAT MUST BE REPLACED, AND THAT I MUST PAY FOR IT, A $2500 BILL. I WAS FURTHER INFORMED THAT IT WOULD TAKE 4 TO 6 WEEKS TO ORDER THE SEAT, DURING WHICH TIME THE AIRBAG SYSTEM WOULD REMAIN NON-OPERATIONAL. AT THE MOMENT I AM REFUSING TO PAY FOR THE SEAT, SO I'M DRIVING AROUND WITH A DISABLED AIRBAG SYSTEM. I FEEL THAT TESLA SHOULD BE FIXING SUCH DEFECTS FREE OF CHARGE.

THE MODEL S, ESPECIALLY THE EARLY ONES (2012/2013) ARE PRONE TO DEVELOPING A PROBLEM WHERE ONE OF THE DOORS WILL OPEN AUTOMATICALLY. THIS MAY BE CAUSED BY MOISTURE/WATER, SINCE MULTIPLE OF THE REPORTS ASSOCIATE IT W/ WATER. HERE IS JUST ONE OF THE FORUM THREADS WHERE YOU CAN SEE MULTIPLE OWNERS COMPLAING ABOUT THE PROBLEM: HTTPS://FORUMS.TESLA.COM/FORUM/FORUMS/DOOR-OPENS-ITSELF

HERE IS ANOTHER TESLA IN THE JUNKYARD: HTTPS://WWW.COPART.COM/LOT/35967857/PHOTOS THE CAR IS COMPLETELY UNDAMAGED APART FROM THE LH REAR WHEEL WHICH IS SKEWED OVER AT A CRAZY ANGLE. NO AIR-BAGS HAVE DEPLOYED. THERE IS NO IMPACT DAMAGE. THE TIRE AND WHEEL ARE UNDAMAGED. THIS CAN NOT BE THE RESULT OF A COLLISION. IT IS SIMPLY A CASE OF WHOMPY WHEELS DUE TO WEAK AND UNSAFE SUSPENSION. PLEASE RECALL THESE CARS BEFORE MORE LIVES ARE LOST. CONCERNED CITIZEN ETC.

HERE IS A FRESH REPORT OF A TESLA SUSPENSION FAILURE: HTTPS://TESLAMOTORSCLUB.COM/TMC/THREADS/TESLA-UPPER-CONTROL-ARM-CRACKED.96329/#POST-2257474 SNIP:IT ALL TOOK PLACE YESTERDAY WHEN MY WIFE WERE DRIVING TO VISIT ONE OF HER COLLEAGUE. WHILE TURNING INTO A LEFT TURN AT A RELATIVELY LOW SPEED SHE HEARD A LOUD BANG. SHE DID NOT THINK OF MUCH BUT IMMEDIATELY SHE NOTICE THAT HER BRAKE WERE COMPLETELY GONE AND THE DASH HAD MALFUNCTION WARNING ALL OVER THE PLACE. SHE HAD TO STRUGGLE TO PULL THE CAR TO SAFETY BUT WAS HITTING MANY OF THE SAFETY BUMP ON THE GROUND. WITHIN MINUTES THE CAMPUS POLICE PULL UP AND ASK HER WHAT HAPPEN. SHE GOT OUT OF THE CAR NOTICE THE OUR 2013 MODEL S P85 WAS SITTING ON THE GROUND WITH ONE OF THE WHEEL COMPLETELY BEND. IT LOOKS LIKE AS IF THE AXLE HAD GAVE AWAY. *** TO ME IT IS OBVIOUS THAT THIS IS NOT AN WEAR AND TEAR. IT IS AN MANUFACTURER PART DEFECT. AND AFTER READING ON MANY FORM IT SEEM THAT THE SUSPENSION WAS A BIG PROBLEM ON THE EARLY PRODUCTION TESLA MODEL S. I HAVE BEEN IN MERCEDES FOR YEARS AND MY PREVIOUS S CLASS WERE AT 125,000 MILES. I HAVE NOT SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS. CURRENTLY THEY ARE STILL REFUSING TO COVER THE REPAIR. LUCKILY ENOUGH MY WIFE WAS DRIVING LOCALLY NOT ON THE FREEWAY. I CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT A CATASTROPHIC ACCIDENT IT WILL BE IF SHE WERE TRAVEL AT A HIGH SPEED. *** IF NHTSA CONTINUES TO IGNORE THESE FAILURES THERE WILL BE CONSEQUENCES. PLEASE NOTE: I AM NOT A TESLA OWNER. I AM CONTINUING TO FILE THESE REPORTS IN THE PUBLIC INTER

HERE IS A TESLA IN THE JUNKYARD: HTTPS://WWW.IAAI.COM/VEHICLE?ITEMID=25626248&ROWNUMBER=65&LOADRECENT=TRUE&ISNEXT=TRUE IT HAS BEEN COMPLETELY BURNED OUT. THE AIRBAGS HAVE NOT BEEN DEPLOYED. THE FRONT LH WHEEL IS PUSHED BACK IN THE WHEEL WELL AND THAT COULD HAVE CAUSED THE FIRE BY MAKING THE COOLANT LEAK OUT. IF THE BATTERY PACK IS HOT FROM RECENT CHARGING OR FROM HARD DRIVING IT IS HIGHLY LIKELY TO CATCH FIRE IF COOLANT IS LOST. TESLAS SEEM TO CATCH FIRE MORE OFTEN THAN ANY OTHER ELECTRIC VEHICLE. PLEASE INVESTIGATE.

HERE IS A TESLA IN THE JUNKYARD: HTTPS://WWW.SALVAGERESELLER.COM/CARS-FOR-SALE/30827127-2013-TESLA-MODEL-S-JACKSONVILLE-FL IT HAS NOT BEEN IN A CRASH. THERE IS NO COLLISION DAMAGE AND THE AIR-BAGS HAVE NOT DEPLOYED. THE SUSPENSION HAS COLLAPSED ON BOTH SIDES OF THE CAR CAUSING THE WHEELS TO JAM UP IN THE WHEEL WELLS. THIS SAME FAILURE IS OCCURRING REPEATEDLY. IT SEEMS THAT THE DESIGN IS LACKING A BUMP STOP AND THAT A SIMPLE AIR LEAK IN THE SUSPENSION CAN RESULT IN CATASTROPHIC FAILURE. PLEASE INVESTIGATE.

CPSC: I OWN A TESLA MODEL S MADE IN NOVEMBER 2013. ALL 4 DOOR HANDLES ARE BROKEN OR MALFUNCTIONING. AFTER THE FIRST ONE WENT OUT, I TOOK IT TO TESLA AND THEY SAID IT WAS OUT OF WARRANTY AND WOULD COST $1,200.00 AND REQUIRE REPLACEMENT. AFTER TALKING TO SEVERAL OTHER TESLA OWNERS OWNERS AND DOING SOME RESEARCH, I HAVE DISCOVERED THAT IT'S MORE UNCOMMON THAT THEY DON'T BREAK THAN THAT THEY DO. THE ACTUAL COST TO REPAIR THEM WOULD BE MUCH LOWER, BUT THEY DON'T OFFER THAT. THE REAR PASSENGER DOOR ON MY CAR IN FACT SPONTANEOUSLY OPENS ITSELF. THIS USUALLY OCCURS WHEN PRESSING THE BUTTON THAT ENGAGES THE PARK BREAK. IT SEEMS CLEAR TO ME THAT THE PRODUCT IS DEFECTIVE. *BF UPDATED 07/19/2017*JS

HERE IS A TESLA IN THE JUNKYARD. HTTPS://WWW.SALVAGERESELLER.COM/CARS-FOR-SALE/MAKE/TESLA/PAGE/25 IT HAS NOT BEEN IN A CRASH, NO AIRBAGS ARE DEPLOYED AND THERE IS NO IMPACT DAMAGE. THE FRONT LH SUSPENSION UPPER BALL JOINT HAS SIMPLY POPPED APART CAUSING THE WHEEL THE SKEW OVER AND GO TOTALLY WHOMPY. THIS SAME FAILURE HAS OCCURRED REPEATEDLY IN THESE TESLAS. THE BALL JOINTS SEEM TO BE UNDERSIZED FOR A CAR OF THIS WEIGHT AND PERFORMANCE. PLEASE TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO PREVENT INNOCENT LIVES BEING LOST. CONCERNED CITIZEN. (DATE OF INCIDENT IS AN APPROXIMATION)

HERE IS A TESLA FORUM DISCUSSION REGARDING BROKEN SUSPENSIONS IN THE MODEL S: HTTPS://TESLAMOTORSCLUB.COM/TMC/THREADS/MODEL-S-AXLE-ISSUES.92069/PAGE-2#POST-2142321 PROMPTED BY THIS DISCUSSION THE OWNER OF A 2013 MODEL S HAS INSPECTED HIS OWN SUSPENSION AND HAS POSTED A PHOTOGRAPH WHICH IS ATTACHED. THE LOWER SUSPENSION ARM BOLT HAS SNAPPED OFF. THE RIM OF THE WHEEL HAS BEEN GOUGED. THE SUSPENSION ARM IS RUBBING AGAINST THE TIRE AND FRAGMENTS OF RUBBER ARE SPREAD ALL OVER THE SUSPENSION. THIS IS OBVIOUSLY HIGHLY DANGEROUS. JUST ONE SUCH EVENT SHOULD BE JUSTIFICATION FOR AN IMMEDIATE RECALL. YOU HAVE DOZENS OF SIMILAR FAILURES ON RECORD. PLEASE INVESTIGATE.

IN 2014 A TESLA CAUGHT FIRE IN A TORONTO GARAGE. THIS CASE WAS INCLUDED IN THE NHTSA INVESTIGATION INTO THE ISSUE OF FIRES IN TESLAS. TESLA HAS CLAIMED THAT THE BATTERY OF THE CAR WAS NOT INVOLVED IN THE FIRE AND THAT THE FIRE WAS PROBABLY CAUSED BY FAULTY HOUSE WIRING. HTTP://WWW.AUTOFOCUS.CA/NEWS-EVENTS/NEWS/TESLA-INVESTIGATES-CAUSE-OF-TORONTO-GARAGE-FIRE SNIP: 'IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, WE DON'T YET KNOW THE PRECISE CAUSE, BUT HAVE DEFINITIVELY DETERMINED THAT IT DID NOT ORIGINATE IN THE BATTERY, THE CHARGING SYSTEM, THE ADAPTER OR THE ELECTRICAL RECEPTACLE, AS THESE COMPONENTS WERE UNTOUCHED BY THE FIRE,' SAID A TESLA SPOKESPERSON. A VIDEO HAS NOW SHOWED UP IN WHICH THE PURCHASER OF THAT CAR SHOWS THE STATE OF THE INTERIOR. THERE IS NO DOUBT WHATSOEVER THAT THE BATTERY DID IGNITE: HTTPS://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=SRMQBRB_LMM IT APPEARS T HAT TESLA HAS BEEN TELLING LIES AND DELIBERATELY COVERING UP THE ISSUE OF FIRES. THERE HAVE BEEN MANY MORE FIRES SINCE THAT THAT ONE. I HAVE COMPILED A SUMMARY OF SOME SUSPICIOUS TESLA FIRES: HTTP://TESLABEARS.CLUB/T/GREAT-BALLS-OF-FIRE WHILST THAT COLLECTION DOES CONTAIN SOME HUMOROUS POSTS I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT I AM ENTIRELY SERIOUS ABOUT THIS SAFETY ISSUE. I REQUEST THAT YOU REOPEN THE FIRE INVESTIGATION.

HERE IS A TESLA IN THE SALVAGE YARD: HTTPS://WWW.IAAI.COM/VEHICLE?ITEMID=24305455&ROWNUMBER=18&LOADRECENT=TRUE THE FRONT RH WHEEL IS RAMMED BACK IN THE WELL AND HAS PUSHED HARD UP AGAINST THE HV CONTROLLER. THERE DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE ANY SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE FORWARD OF THE WHEEL THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN THE REASON FOR THE WHEEL BEING PUSHED BACK. THE AIRBAGS HAVE NOT DEPLOYED WHICH SUGGESTS THAT THERE WAS COLLISION. THESE REPEATED FAILURES SEEM TO BE CAUSED BY WEAK SUSPENSION COMPONENTS THAT ARE UNABLE TO SAFELY COPE WITH THE FORCES IN THIS HEAVY AND POWERFUL VEHICLE. PLEASE INVESTIGATE THE REASON FOR SO MANY SIMILAR WRECKS SHOWING UP IN THE JUNKYARDS. TESLA OWNERS ARE UNLIKE THE OWNERS OF MAINSTREAM CARS. THEY ARE VERY LIKELY TO HOLD SHARES IN TESLA AND ARE ALSO PASSIONATE SUPPORTERS OF THE TESLA "VISION". THEY ARE ALSO VERY DEPENDENT UPON MAINTAINING FRIENDLY RELATIONS WITH THE COMPANY SINCE IT HOLDS A MONOPOLY ON SERVICE AND SPARES.

HERE IS ANOTHER BURNED OUT TESLA IN THE JUNKYARD. HTTPS://WWW.IAAI.COM/VEHICLE?ITEMID=24762753&ROWNUMBER=10&LOADRECENT=TRUE THE SUSPENSION HAS COLLAPSED ON THE LH SIDE AND THE FRONT WHEEL IS JAMMED INTO THE BATTERY. THE AIRBAGS HAVE NOT DEPLOYED. THE CAR DOES NOT APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN IN A COLLISION. THE WHEEL JAMMING INTO THE BATTERY IS THE MOST LIKELY CAUSE OF THE FIRE. IF THE BATTERY IS HOT FROM HARD DRIVING OR FROM RECENT CHARGING THEN ANY LOSS OF COOLANT IS LIKELY TO CAUSE A FIRE. PLEASE CONDUCT A TEST TO SEE WHETHER SUCH A SIMPLE LOSS OF COOLANT CAN CAUSE A FIRE IN THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES. THE RATE OF FIRES IN TESLAS IS ALARMING AND IT IS EXTREMELY HARD TO SUPPRESS A LITHIUM BATTERY FIRE. THANK YOU. CONCERNED CITIZEN ETC.

ELECTRIC DOOR HANDLES FAILURE SECOND TIME A DOOR HANDLE HAS FAILED

SUSPENSION LINKS IN MY TESLA MODEL S 2013 WERE ADVISED TO BE REPLACED AT 56,000 MILES. IF NOT REPLACED BY SERVICE I WAS TOLD THE WHEELS COULD BREAK OFF. NO TIMELINE WAS GIVEN. THE CAR WAS MODERATELY USED ON AVERAGE CONDITION ROADS IN THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT. SUSPENSION LINKS SHOULD BE MORE RELIABLE AND NOT REQUIRE A REPLACEMENT AFTER 56,000 OF REGULAR USAGE.

THIS IS A TELSLA MODEL S IN THE JUNKYARD THAT IS JUST ONE OF MANY WHICH HAVE RUN INTO THE BACK OF ANOTHER VEHICLE. HTTPS://WWW.IAAI.COM/VEHICLE?ITEMID=22544553&ROWNUMBER=3&LOADRECENT=TRUE THERE APPEARS TO BE A DISPROPORTIONATE NUMBER OF TESLAS APPEARING IN SALVAGE YARDS WITH HEAVY FRONT END DAMAGE. IT SEEMS PROBABLE THAT THE HABIT OF "ONE PEDAL DRIVING" THAT TESLA OWNERS BRAG ABOUT ON THE FORUMS MAY BE PLAYING A PART IN THIS. NOT ONLY DO DRIVERS FAIL TO HAVE THE FOOT "COVERING THE BRAKE" AS TAUGHT BY DRIVING SCHOOLS BUT ALSO THE REGENERATIVE BRAKING IS REPORTED TO BE HIGHLY ERRATIC AND DEPENDS UPON THE STATE OF CHARGE OF THE BATTERIES AND IS ALSO SUBJECT TO ALTERATION BY EACH NEW RELEASE OF SOFTWARE. RELYING ON ERRATIC REGENERATIVE BRAKING IS PROBLEMATIC BUT ALSO IT IS LIKELY TO DEGRADE THE DRIVER'S MUSCLE MEMORY AND BRAKING REFLEX POSSIBLY LEADING TO PEDAL CONFUSION. THE FOLLOWING TWO THREADS SHOW HOW WIDESPREAD THE PROBLEM IS. HTTPS://TESLAMOTORSCLUB.COM/TMC/THREADS/COULD-1-PEDAL-DRIVING-LEAD-TO-UNINTENDED-ACCELERATION-INCIDENTS.83578/ HTTPS://TESLAMOTORSCLUB.COM/TMC/THREADS/WHATS-WRONG-WITH-THE-TESLA-REGEN-OR-MY-CAR-CHART.87537/ PLEASE INVESTIGATE THIS. THANK YOU.

THE DRIVER OF OUR CAR WAS PARKING OUR TESLA MODEL S P85+ AND SLOWLY MOVING INTO THE PARKING SPOT NEARING THE FINAL DISTANCE IN TO THE SPOT, WHEN THE CAR SUDDENLY LURCHED FORWARD, HITTING AND KNOCKING DOWN A LIGHT POLE. THE DRIVER DID NOT CAUSE THIS ACCELERATION TO OCCUR AND WAS QUITE SURPRISED TO HAVE THIS HAPPEN. THERE WERE NO INJURIES INVOLVED IN THE INCIDENT, BUT A LIGHT POLE LOCATED 1.5 FEET WAY FROM END OF THE PARKING SPOT WAS KNOCKED DOWN AND WE HAVE MINIMAL DAMAGE TO THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE.

HERE IS A TESLA IN THE JUNKYARD. HTTPS://WWW.COPART.COM/LOT/18905747/PHOTOS THE SUSPENSION HAS COLLAPSED. THE FRONT WHEEL IS JAMMED UP IN THE WHEEL WELL. THE BACK WHEEL HAS GONE ALL WHOMPY. THE AIR-BAGS HAVE NOT DEPLOYED. THE CAR DOES NOT APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN IN A CRASH BUT THE SUSPENSION HAS SIMPLY FALLEN TO BITS. PLEASE INVESTIGATE.

HERE IS ANOTHER TESLA IN THE JUNKYARD. HTTPS://WWW.IAAI.COM/VEHICLE?ITEMID=24260079&ROWNUMBER=47&LOADRECENT=TRUE THE SUSPENSION HAS TOTALLY COLLAPSED AND IT APPEARS THE ONLY DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE IS THAT WHICH WAS CAUSED BY THE WHEELS JAMMING UP IN THE WELLS. I AM REPORTING THESE INCIDENTS AS A CONCERNED CITIZEN AND I REQUEST THAT YOU LAUNCH AN URGENT INVESTIGATION INTO THE SUSPENSION DEFECTS IN THIS VEHICLE.

HERE IS A TESLA IN THE SALVAGE YARD. HTTPS://WWW.IAAI.COM/VEHICLE?ITEMID=23837634&ROWNUMBER=43&LOADRECENT=TRUE THE FRONT END OF THE CAR IS COMPLETELY SMASHED UP. THE BACK RH WHEEL AND SUSPENSION WHEEL HAS FALLEN OFF COMPLETELY AND THERE IS NO IMPACT DAMAGE TO THAT AREA OF THE CAR. BEARING IN MIND THE LARGE NUMBER OF INCIDENTS OF SUSPENSION FAILURES ON TESLAS IT WOULD SEEM HIGHLY LIKELY THAT THE CAUSE OF THIS SERIOUS CRASH WAS THAT THE BACK WHEEL FELL OFF. IN ADDITION TO PHOTOGRAPHIC EVIDENCE YOU HAVE PUBLISHED COMPLAINTS FROM ACTUAL OWNERS COMPLAINING OF WHEELS GOING WHOMPY OR FALLING OFF COMPLETELY. PLEASE INVESTIGATE WHETHER THESE CRASHES ARE BEING CAUSED BY SUSPENSIONS THAT HAVE DESIGN, MANUFACTURING OR MAINTENANCE PROBLEMS. NOTE THAT I AM NOT THE OWNER JUST A CONCERNED CITIZEN. DATE OF CRASH IS AN APPROXIMATION.

I AM FILING THIS COMPLAINT TO DRAW TO THE ATTENTION OF NHTSA THAT THERE IS PATTERN OF FAILURES IN THE TESLA SUSPENSIONS THAT IS PUTTING LIVES AT RISK. HERE IS ANOTHER TESLA IN THE SALVAGE YARD. HTTPS://WWW.COPART.COM/LOT/41350906/PHOTOS ONCE AGAIN THE AIR SUSPENSION HAS COLLAPSED ON ALL FOUR WHEELS. THE CAR DOES NOT APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN A COLLISION AND THE AIR-BAGS HAVE NOT DEPLOYED. IT WOULD APPEAR THAT ALL THE DAMAGE CAUSED TO THE CAR IS A RESULT OF SUSPENSION COLLAPSE. PLEASE NOTE THAT I AM NOT THE OWNER JUST A CONCERNED CITIZEN. DATE OF INCIDENT IS AN APPROXIMATION.

YET ANOTHER TESLA WITH A COLLAPSED SUSPENSION. HTTPS://M.IAAI.COM/VEHICLEDETENC.ASPX?AUCTIONID=0&ITEMID=24260079&ROWID=53&PAGESOURCE=VEHICLERESULTS THIS SAME FAILURE IS HAPPENING TO TESLAS REPEATEDLY. PLEASE INVESTIGATE.

HERE IS A TESLA IN THE JUNKYARD. HTTPS://M.IAAI.COM/VEHICLEDETENC.ASPX?AUCTIONID=0&ITEMID=19172289&ROWID=52&PAGESOURCE=VEHICLERESULTS# THE REAR LH SUSPENSION HAS BEEN COMPLETELY RIPPED OFF. THE AIR-BAGS HAVE NOT DEPLOYED AND THERE IS NO IMPACT DAMAGE THAT WOULD HAVE CAUSED THE SUSPENSION TO HAVE BEEN RIPPED OFF. THESE SUSPENSION BREAKAGES ARE HAPPENING REPEATEDLY. IT IS QUITE OBVIOUS THAT THE ALLOY PARTS ARE TOO FRAGILE FOR A CAR OF THIS WEIGHT AND POWER. PLEASE INVESTIGATE THIS PROBLEM BEFORE MORE LIVES ARE LOST. PLEASE NOTE THAT I AM NOT THE OWNER BUT A CONCERNED CITIZEN. THE DATE OF THE ACCIDENT IS AN APPROXIMATION.

HERE IS ANOTHER TESLA IN THE JUNKYARD. HTTPS://WWW.IAAI.COM/VEHICLE?ITEMID=23585793&ROWNUMBER=52&LOADRECENT=TRUE THE FRONT RH SUSPENSION HAS COLLAPSED AND THE WHEEL IS SKEWED SIDEWAYS. THERE IS NO IMPACT DAMAGE TO THE WHEEL OR TO THE FRONT OF THE CAR THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN LIKELY TO HAVE CAUSED THE DAMAGE TO THE SUSPENSION. SIMILAR FAILURES ARE OCCURRING AT AN ALARMING RATE. PLEASE INVESTIGATE BEFORE MORE LIVES ARE LOST.

HERE IS A TESLA IN THE JUNKYARD. HTTPS://WWW.COPART.COM/LOT/19512447/PHOTOS THE AIR SUSPENSION HAS COLLAPSED AND ALL THE WHEELS HAVE GONE WHOMPY. I THINK THIS MIGHT MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT. *TR

FLOOR MAT GOT STUCK UNDER THE BRAKES PREVENTING THE CAR FROM STOPPING. VERY UNSAFE CONDITIONS. I HAVE INCLUDED PICS OF THE PASSENGER SIDE AS WILL TO SHOW THE PROBLEM. THE FLOOR MATS DO NOT STAY INPLACE...UPDATED 02/02/17 *BF

MY CAR WENT OVER A POTHOLE ON 101 S JUST SHORT OF WOODSIDE RD. EXIT. I HEARD A LOUD THUD AND MY CAR WENT OUT OF CONTROL AND VEERED INTO THE LANES NEXT TO ME AS I TRIED TO CONTROL IT. AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO STOP IT, IT FINALLY CAME TO A STOP. THE REAR, RIGHT TIRE BURST AND THE WHEEL IMPACTED BADLY. REAR SUSPENSION BROKEN AND THE 'QUARTER AND ROCKER PANEL' BROKEN.

HERE IS A TESLA IN THE JUNKYARD. HTTPS://M.IAAI.COM/VEHICLEDETENC.ASPX?AUCTIONID=0&ITEMID=23837634&ROWID=31&PAGESOURCE=VEHICLERESULTS THE BACK RH WHEEL ASSEMBLY HAS TORN OFF AND EXITED THROUGH THE REAR OF THE CAR TEARING OFF THE BACK BUMPER. THE CAR HAS THEN HAD A MAJOR COLLISION. IT IS MOST UNLIKELY THAT IT IS A MERE COINCIDENCE THE BACK WHEEL HAS FALLEN OFF. THE ALLOY SUSPENSION COMPONENTS ARE MUCH TOO FRAGILE AND HAVE FAILED MANY TIMES ON THESE VEHICLES. PLEASE INVESTIGATE. NOTE: I AM NOT THE OWNER OF THE VEHICLE JUST A CONCERNED CITIZEN. DATE OF ACCIDENT AND INJURY DETAILS ARE AN APPROXIMATION

HERE IS A TESLA IN THE SALVAGE YARD. HTTPS://M.IAAI.COM/VEHICLEDETENC.ASPX?AUCTIONID=0&ITEMID=23880040&ROWID=38&PAGESOURCE=VEHICLERESULTS THE FRONT WHEEL IS LEANING OUTWARDS AT AN EXTREME ANGLE. THE TIP OF THE STEERING KNUCKLE HAS SNAPPED OFF. THE WHEEL AND TIRE ARE UNDAMAGED AND IT IS UNLIKELY THAT THE FRONT OF THE CAR HAS HAD A HARD ENOUGH IMPACT THAT WOULD ACCOUNT FOR THE SNAPPED KNUCKLE. THIS CAST ALUMINUM KNUCKLE HAS SNAPPED IN A SIMILAR WAY IN MANY OTHER INCIDENTS THAT HAVE BEEN REPORTED TO NHTSA. LATER MODEL TESLAS HAVE A REDESIGNED KNUCKLE THAT IS MORE STURDY BUT EVEN THAT ONE HAS HAD INCIDENTS IN WHICH THE TIP HAS BROKEN OFF OR THE BALL JOINT HAS POPPED APART. THE CAST ALUMINUM PARTS OF THE SUSPENSION APPEAR TO BE TOO WEAK TO COPE WITH THE FORCES THAT MAY BE APPLIED DURING HARD BRAKING AND CORNERING. PLEASE NOTE THAT I AM NOT THE OWNER OF THE VEHICLE BUT THAT I AM A CONCERNED CITIZEN TRYING TO PROTECT THE LIVES OF TESLA OWNERS AND THOSE WHO SHARE THE ROADS WITH THEM.

HERE IS A TESLA IN THE JUNKYARD. HTTPS://WWW.COPART.COM/LOT/44749556/PHOTOS?RESULTINDEX=12&TOTALRECORDS=21&BACKTO=%2FLOTSEARCHRESULTS%2F%3FFREE%3DTRUE&QUERY=TESLA&QUERY=TESLA&DISPLAYSTR=SEARCH%20RESULTS&VIEWEDLOT=44749556 THE SUSPENSION HAS COLLAPSED ON ALL 4 WHEELS AND THE WHEELS ARE JAMMED UP IN THE WHEEL WELLS WHICH HAS CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE BODYWORK AND PRESUMABLY A VERY RAPID DECELERATION OF THE CAR. THERE IS NO IMPACT DAMAGE. THERE HAV BEEN MANY REPORTS OF SIMILAR INCIDENTS AND REPORTS THAT THE CAR LACKS ANY FORM OF LIMIT STOPS IF SHOULD THERE BE A LEAK IN THE AIR SUSPENSION SYSTEM. THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG HAS DEPLOYED BUT NOT THE DRIVERS SIDE. IT IS REASONABLE TO ASSUME THAT THERE WAS A DRIVER IN THE CAR AT THE TIME SINCE THIS CAR PREDATES THE AUTOPILOT SYSTEM! PLEASE NOTE THAT I AM NOT THE OWNER AND THAT THIS REPORT IS BASED ENTIRELY ON MY OBSERVATIONS AND ANALYSIS OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE DAMAGED CAR. DATE OF INCIDENT IS AN APPROXIMATION.

HERE IS ANOTHER TESLA IN THE JUNKYARD HTTPS://M.IAAI.COM/VEHICLEDETENC.ASPX?AUCTIONID=0&ITEMID=23837634&ROWID=30&PAGESOURCE=VEHICLERESULTS IT HAS BEEN IN A MAJOR FRONT END COLLISION. ALMOST CERTAINLY CAUSE BY THE BACK WHEEL FALLING OFF! PLEASE INVESTIGATE THIS. EVERY TESLA ON THE ROAD IS IN DANGER OF HAVING A WHEEL SNAP-OFF AT ANY INSTANT. PLEASE NOTE THAT INJURY REPORT IS JUST AN ESTIMATE BASED ON THE SEVERITY OF DAMAGE. DATE OF CRASH IS AN APPROXIMATION. *TR

HERE IS A TESLA MODEL S IN THE SALVAGE YARD HTTPS://WWW.COPART.COM/LOT/42150556/PHOTOS?RESULTINDEX=18&TOTALRECORDS=20&BACKTO=%2FLOTSEARCHRESULTS%2F%3FFREE%3DTRUE&QUERY=TESLA&QUERY=TESLA&DISPLAYSTR=SEARCH%20RESULTS&VIEWEDLOT=42150556 THERE IS ZERO DAMAGE TO THE BODYWORK AND IT DOES NOT APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN IN A CRASH. THE BACK SUSPENSION HAS SIMPLY FALLEN TO BITS. THESE ARE NOT ISOLATED INCIDENTS, THEY ARE PART OF A PATTERN OF FAILURE CAUSED BY WEAKNESS IN THE SUPENSION COMPONENTS. PLEASE TAKE URGENT ACTION TO PREVENT FURTHER LOSS OF LIFE.

THIS IS A COMPLAINT ABOUT THE ISSUE OF FIRES IN THE TESLA MODEL S. TESLA CLAIMS THAT THE FIRES IN 2013 WERE CAUSED BY IMPACT WITH ROAD DEBRIS AND THE DANGER HAS BEEN REDUCED BY FITTING A BATTERY SHIELD AND RAISING THE RIDE HEIGHT. THE RIDE HEIGHT WAS RETURNED TO LOW AFTER YOUR INVESTIGATIONS WERE COMPLETED. THE PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE FIRES IN 2013 SHOW THAT THE FIRES WERE CAUSED BY COLLAPSED SUSPENSIONS AND NOT BY ANY IMPACT WITH ROAD DEBRIS. I BELIEVE THAT THE BATTERY SHIELD IS NO MORE THAN WINDOW DRESSING AND THAT THE LOW QUALITY VIDEOS SHOWING OBJECTS CRUSHED BY THE BATTERY SHIELD ARE FAKED. HTTPS://WWW.TESLA.COM/BLOG/TESLA-ADDS-TITANIUM-UNDERBODY-SHIELD-AND-ALUMINUM-DEFLECTOR-PLATES-MODEL-S IT IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR A BLOCK OF CONCRETE OR A CAR ALTERNATOR TO CRUMBLE LIKE CHALK (UNLESS THEY ARE MADE FROM CHALK!) TESLAS ARE STILL CATCHING FIRE AND OCCUPANTS HAVE BEEN INCINERATED. THERE HAVE BEEN MANY MORE BURNED TESLAS THAN THE COMPANY IS ADMITTING TO. SEE ATTACHED PHOTOGRAPHS. PLEASE INVESTIGATE.

HERE IS A STORY ABOUT A TESLA OWNER WHO CLAIMS THE CAR SAVED HIS LIFE. HTTP://INSIDEEVS.COM/TESLA-MODEL-S-GETS-WRECKED-OWNER-SAYS-VEHICLE-SAVED-HIS-LIFE-IMAGES-OWNER-TESTIMONIAL/ LOOK AT THE PHOTOGRAPHS. THE FRONT SUSPENSION HAS COLLAPSED AND THE TREAD OF THE TIRE HAS BEEN WORN AWAY. THE COLLISION WITH THE HYUNDAI WAS A SECONDARY EFFECT OF THE TESLA SUSPENSION COLLAPSING AND CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL. TESLA SPINS THESE STORIES AND MAKES THE OWNERS SIGN NON DISCLOSURE AGREEMENTS. THIS IS NO ACCIDENT. IT IS A DELIBERATE COVER UP.