I stand corrected, the date of incident was last week, 6/09/2016.Interesting. I wonder if they covered this on warranty.
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I stand corrected, the date of incident was last week, 6/09/2016.Interesting. I wonder if they covered this on warranty.
I stand corrected, the date of incident was last week, 6/09/2016.
2013 TESLA MODEL S | Safercar | National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)
I stand corrected, the date of incident was last week, 6/09/2016.
2013 TESLA MODEL S | Safercar | National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)
Date Complaint Filed: 06/13/2016
Date of Incident: 11/06/2015
Component(s): SERVICE BRAKES
NHTSA ID Number: 10873811
Consumer Location: KANKAKEE, IL
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SUMMARY:
AT 45K MILES MY SUSPENSION FAILED. IT REQUIRED A NEW CONTROL ARM AND SUSPENSION ALIGNMENT. TESLA SAID "DROVE VEHICLE AND CONFIRMED NOISE FROM FRONT OF VEHICLE. UPON INSPECTION FOUND LEFT FRONT UPPER CONTROL ARM JOINT TO HAVE EXCESSIVE FREEPLAY." THE INDIVIDUAL AT TESLA SAID IT WAS NO BIG DEAL. I WAS DRIVING THE CAR AND HEARD A CRACK NOISE WHILE GOING DOWN A STREET. FROM THEN ON OUT MY CAR MADE LOUD SQUEAKING AND CRACKING NOISES.
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I stand corrected, the date of incident was last week, 6/09/2016.
2013 TESLA MODEL S | Safercar | National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)
I think he means this:
3,000 miles in 7 months, and getting all his complaints out at the same time...I guess.
Following this thread is like following a horrible Showtime suspense film at 3am. I'm certain there's a plot, but there so much bad acting and poorly developed characters that I can only keep enough interest to stay barely awake. And tomorrow I won't be able to tell you exactly what was going on or how it all resolved itself.. maybe just the title.
Here are my thoughts on the suspension report:
- "At 45 miles my suspension failed" - obvious overstatement, as there was no suspension failure as in collapse or breakage (as in Mr. Cordaro case). I would call it suspension worn part(s), rather than failure.
- This report seems to settle discussion upthread on whether worn upper control arm components produce any unusual sounds indicating that further attention/inspection is warranted - they do. As reported by Tesla technician: "drove vehicle and confirmed noise from front of vehicle. Upon inspection found left front upper control arm joint to have excessive freeplay". So both the owner and Tesla technician were able to hear unusual noise. The owner than did a sensible thing, reported the issue and Tesla replaced the control arm with excessive wear before there was catastrophic failure. The above seem to confirm a common opinion that Mr. Cordaro likely ignored warning signs from the worn suspension component and for some reason drove the car until complete ball joint failure.
- The failure experienced by Mr. Cordaro, due to, as termed by Tesla, "very abnormal rust" on the ball joint, is still a unique, one of a kind case.
Here are my thoughts on the suspension report:
- "At 45 miles my suspension failed" - obvious overstatement, as there was no suspension failure as in collapse or breakage (as in Mr. Cordaro case). I would call it suspension worn part(s), rather than failure.
- This report seems to settle discussion upthread on whether worn upper control arm components produce any unusual sounds indicating that further attention/inspection is warranted - they do. As reported by Tesla technician: "drove vehicle and confirmed noise from front of vehicle. Upon inspection found left front upper control arm joint to have excessive freeplay". So both the owner and Tesla technician were able to hear unusual noise. The owner than did a sensible thing, reported the issue and Tesla replaced the control arm with excessive wear before there was catastrophic failure. The above seem to confirm a common opinion that Mr. Cordaro likely ignored warning signs from the worn suspension component and for some reason drove the car until complete ball joint failure.
- The failure experienced by Mr. Cordaro, due to, as termed by Tesla, "very abnormal rust" on the ball joint, is still a unique, one of a kind case.
To Mr Corado defense maybe, for the most part, he was not the one driving the car therefore he did not hear it. Didn't someone here found that he had car renting business?
I believe he said that the Tesla Model S in question was a personal vehicle, not one that was rented via his business fleet of 140 vehicles. Defense attempt failed. Next???To Mr Corado defense maybe, for the most part, he was not the one driving the car therefore he did not hear it. Didn't someone here found that he had car renting business?
NHTSA website.For me, a very important question is this:
Mr Cordaro, how did you come to know about this NHTSA report?
Are you saying they have a general problem or are you specifically referring to the suspension issue? If the latter your complaint as well as the new one you posted from someone else will flush that out.You have Blinders on. Tesla has a problem. IMHO
This is the only joint that you had a problem with. The other three are fine.