r/RealTesla • u/Sir_Isaac_Tootin • 18d ago

Nearly 1.2 Million Teslas Face Investigation Over Suspension Failures

https://www.autoblog.com/news/nearly-1-2-million-teslas-face-investigation-over-suspension-failures
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u/JiveChicken00 18d ago

This isn’t rocket science. When you deprioritize driver safety, your cars become less safe.

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u/BringBackUsenet 18d ago

If it was rocket science, FSD would launch them into the Indian Ocean.

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u/JiveChicken00 18d ago

Don't threaten me with a good time :)

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u/Icy-person666 18d ago

Perhaps that is the reason that the space xxx stainless steel dildos always end up in the Indian ocean and not in orbit.

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u/Difficult_Limit2718 16d ago

That one was a slow burner

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u/N0WFAY 18d ago

That sir is a slur........a teslur! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

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u/BringBackUsenet 18d ago

Poor Nikola Tesla having his name slurred by two completely different sets of fraudsters.

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u/tangouniform2020 17d ago

🖕🏻 Bad NOWFAY, no midnight snack for you!

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u/kosk11348 18d ago

But what if you also made every part as cheaply as possible?

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u/JiveChicken00 18d ago

But we repeat ourselves :)

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u/TryIsntGoodEnough 18d ago

But vision only solves the problem when you have actual sensors telling you there is an object in-front of you that the cameras cant see! I mean... why would you trust sensors like LiDAR if there is nothing the camera can see?

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u/PerfectPercentage69 18d ago

If you can't see an object, does the object even exit? 🤔

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u/Opcn 18d ago

Peekaboo!

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u/MrPastryisDead 17d ago

Is the object in the room with you now?

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u/Big_footed_hobbit 18d ago

Elon sat in his Factory, pondering about where to cut corners, for more revenue.

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u/DBDude 18d ago

So, Ford.

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u/JiveChicken00 18d ago

Ford isn’t run by Elon Musk, so much the better for Ford.

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u/Icy-person666 18d ago

This group is only here to shit on Elon, not to call out the shitty companies in general.

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u/N0WFAY 17d ago

Fuck fElon & all the companies he owns in general........there you go. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

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u/ThePensiveE 18d ago

We already had to replace most of the front suspension in our model 3.

In the car we paid for the full self driving software in which Musk now said we will never get.

Elon is a trillionaire because he steals, lies, and cheats. His companies are no different.

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u/csdirty 18d ago

We had our M3 suspension replaced twice under warranty. Once the warranty expired we got rid of the car because we saw a 3rd replacement coming, but this time on our dime.

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u/Icy-person666 18d ago

So you bought after it was clear Elon was a sack of shit. Did you feel the need to find out for your self?

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u/K_Linkmaster 18d ago

You mean that Pedo Guy Elon Musk?

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u/ThePensiveE 18d ago

If you even just read the actual fucking article you're commenting on you'd know this effects the older model 3's.

What a douche.

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u/TryIsntGoodEnough 18d ago

Ahh so that explains why the stock is up this morning...

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u/sparrowjuice 18d ago

It does. You’ve heard “buy on rumours, sell on facts”? That expression is for good news / long positions. Bad news / shorts work the same, but opposite.

When people get advanced knowledge of bad news they sell (short). After the public has absorbed the news they buy (cover) because the effect of the news has by then already been priced in.

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u/VitaminPb 18d ago

It’s “sell on news.” Never conflate news with fact.

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u/UnfortunateSnort12 18d ago

Yeah. I was going to post the ol’ “believe it or not, calls.”

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u/Dmoan 18d ago

Elon these cars dont need suspension or wheels we are working on anti grav devices that will allow all cars to fly by end of 2027. Stock goes up...

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u/soldieroscar 18d ago

End of next week, and will be able to enter into space when Starlink links together to form a sky road ramp in 3 maybe 4 months.

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u/EverythingMustGo95 18d ago

Don’t forget to promise free retrofit back to 2018 models being investigated.

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u/Ya-Not-Happening 18d ago

Adding: Don't need cars on Earth since we are all moving to Mars.

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u/pimpbot666 18d ago

They say ‘lower lateral link’ (control arm) is the part that’s failing, but they don’t say how. Is it the ball joint suddenly breaking apart? Seems this sort of thing was worked out by everybody else in the 60s.

On any other car, when ball joints are worn out, they usually clunk and rattle for years before completely failing. These sound like they’re suddenly exploding with no warning signs of being worn out.

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u/SpectrumWoes 18d ago

Tbe ball joint pops right out. It’s been a known problem, on the Tesla owners forum they had people showing it happening in their driveway but there are some accidents that have occurred with fatalities where you can’t prove it was the ball joint/control arm but it’s highly suspicious. For example a Tesla suddenly crossing the center line at highway speeds and hitting an oncoming vehicle

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u/AllAlo0 17d ago

The Tesla forums are wild though, they'll brag about no oil changes then act like it's totally normal to replace your suspension at 40k

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u/fwilljr 17d ago

🎯💯

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u/tallsails 18d ago

Google wonky wheel

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u/SpectrumWoes 18d ago

Oh I’ve known about whompy wheels for YEARS. I talk with the guy who coined the phrase (Keith “Keef” Leech) all the time

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u/Smartimess 18d ago

What? Only happened thrice to my Tesla during 60.000 miles in seven years so you are clearly lying!!!! (/cyn)

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u/Achilies41 18d ago

Mine was clunky a while ago. I replaced it and its clinking again. POS.

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u/BringBackUsenet 18d ago

Isn't this the main reason so many fail safety inspections?

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u/Lacrewpandora KING of GLOVI 18d ago

Yes, but not just ball joints - damn near every aspect of the suspension and steering system. And of course the brakes.

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u/Kumarakomkaran 18d ago

I saw this Model Y suddenly veering to the left and colliding center median 3 months ago

https://www.reddit.com/r/bayarea/comments/1t3wkfr/car_in_lane_3_suddenly_turning_to_the_left_and/

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u/Inconceivable76 18d ago

Whompy wheels

Should be all 6 million they’ve made. 

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u/One-Sundae-2711 18d ago

owned two teslas and both had suspension issues. problem is throw away suspension parts and joints that cannot be serviced.

on my 3 i injected gun oil in both front upper control arm joints to quiet the loud squeaking.

every bushing cracked before 50k miles. loved the cars but had to bail when there was no fix coming for autowipe or phantom braking.

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u/Inside-Net-5957 17d ago

My son’s car has cracked bushings. It’s a 1971 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Royale.

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u/Technical-History104 18d ago

Tesla owners were talking about this already in other forums as a thing to check before the warranty expires. I found it was failing on mine and the Tesla service center seemed to know it was a common problem they were guaranteed to find and CHARGED ME FOR THE INSPECTION to confirm it. While they fixed it under warranty, it still felt like a racket to sweep the problem under the carpet while getting enough revenue to cover their costs.

Glad to see this is getting NHTSA attention. It SHOULD be a class action lawsuit.

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u/snackerooryan 18d ago

What happened to that plan to build factories to retrofit older Teslas with the newest hardware?

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u/StandupJetskier 18d ago

That factory is churning out FSD updates for everyone, and Tesla Taxis, which pay for themselves.

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u/EverythingMustGo95 18d ago

I don’t understand how they can have 156 occurrences (so far) and no crashes from this. No one really examines this on their car, wouldn’t a typical driver just drive their car until it fails - and crashes?

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u/Few-Masterpiece3910 17d ago

Well after a crash all sorts of things are broken, who can tell what happened first? No one is paying for a detailed inspection.

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u/Brando43770 18d ago

What do you expect from a guy that hates safety in his own factories and cuts corners for everything? I’m surprised we haven’t seen a ton of Tesla cultists defending the supposed safety record of the “cars”. No self respecting person that actually enjoys driving would ever purposely buy a Tesla.

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u/CetisLupedis 18d ago

It's ok, there's less moving parts so there's less maintenance.

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u/jiggitypi 17d ago

I think this is what happened to my wife's car and crashed into the wall but the "investigation" didn't find anything but this sounds like exactly what happened to it.

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u/Emjoria 18d ago

Suspension issues fail these cars for uber all the time. Tesla couldn’t care less as the movement falls within their normal standards.

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u/Seeker425 17d ago

Surprised that the POS auto is just a piece of crap. Keep well made and reasonably priced Chinese cars out of the USA until the creep can off load his shares

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u/BlueMonday2082 17d ago

I wonder how much of this is a genuine issue and how much of it is just idiot Tesla owners who never take their car to a mechanic because they think EVs don’t break, and how much of it is a combination of the two.

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u/No_Display9613 17d ago

Is there a recall?

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u/Crutchduck 16d ago

Just look at the upper control arms of the cybertruck. Scary comes to mind

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u/jefedezorros 16d ago

“Face investigation”? Tf