LEFT REAR SUSPENSION ROD FAILURE WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE AT LOW SPEED (NO INJURIES OR DAMAGE TO OTHER VEHICLES) IN 2012 ON CITY STREET, RESULTING IN ABRUPT STOPPAGE OF VEHICLE, WHICH COLLAPSED ON LEFT REAR WHEEL- SUSPENSION ROD WAS REPLACED BY TESLA. NOW REPORTING AS HAVE READ RE CONCERNS FOR SUSPENSION RODS ON MODEL S. DATE IMPRECISE, CAN OBTAIN EXACT DATE FROM TESLA IF NECESSARY.
2011 Tesla Roadster
Routine
Owners filed 1 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the suspension. No safety recall has been issued.
What fails
| Component | Reports | Crashes | Fires | Injuries | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suspension | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What owners reported
Newest filingsSuspension
Filed Jun 13, 201610,000 milesCA
1 of 1 complaints, reproduced as filed.
Across model years
Worst on record: 2011| Year | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Deaths | Assessment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 — this page | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2008 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
Reading this record
No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.
Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.
Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.