| Issue ID | 1640649 |
| Internal NHTSA # | 11306419 |
| Manufacurer | Tesla, Inc. |
| Brand | TESLA |
| Model | MODEL 3 |
| Model Year | 2019 |
| File date | 01/01/20 |
| Component | SUSPENSION |
| Product type code | VEHICLE |
| Description of the problem | 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 |
| Vehicle Mileage at Failure | 30000 |
| Number of Occurences | |
| Source of the issue | NHTSA WEB SITE |
| City and State | BEVERLEY HILLS, CA |
| VIN pattern | 5YJ3E1EB1KFXXXXXX |
| Was vehicle invloved in a crash? | Y |
| Was vehicle involved in a fire? | N |
| Was incedent reported to police? | N |
| Was medical attention required? | N |
| Was part original equipment? | |
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| Date of purchase | 07/08/26 |
| Was original owner? | N |
| Anti-lock brakes | N |
| Cruise control | N |
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| Vehicle speed | 40 |
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