2016 TESLA MODEL S Complaints

2016 TESLA, 3 YRS OLD WITH 61,170 MILES. WHILE BACKING OUT OF A DRIVEWAY, AT SLOW SPEED, WITH STEERING WHEEL TURNED, BOTH FORELINKS (SUSPENSION ARMS) BROKE. THE CAR APPEARED DRIVE-ABLE AND THE ONLY ISSUE I NOTICED WAS A LOUD METAL GRINDING SOUND WHEN BRAKING AT SLOW SPEEDS. TESLA SERVICE CENTER INSPECTED AND CONFIRMED BOTH FORELINKS WERE BROKEN BUT I'M STILL WAITING TO HEAR BACK ON ANY ADDITIONAL DAMAGE (I.E. STEERING KNUCKLE) RESULTING FROM THIS ISSUE.

HERE IS A TESLA IN THE JUNKYARD. HTTPS://WWW.IAAI.COM/VEHICLEDETAILS?ITEMID=33887421&ROWNUMBER=2&SIMILARVEHICLEITEMID=&ISNEXT=&LOADRECENT=TRUE BIOHAZARD STICKERS INDICATE THAT AN OCCUPANT HAS BEEN INJURED. THE FRONT STEERING KNUCKLE HAS SNAPPED IN HALF. IT IS UNKNOWN WHETHER THE SNAPPED KNUCKLE WAS THE CAUSE OR THE RESULT OF THE CRASH HOWEVER IT IS OBVIOUS THAT THE CASTING IS OF LOW QUALITY. SUCH A CRUCIAL COMPONENT SHOULD NOT BE MADE OF BRITTLE MONKEY METAL. QUALITY CONTROL AT THE SUPPLIER AND AT TESLA IS DEFICIENT. I PETITION YOU TO LAUNCH AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE REASON FOR SO MANY TESLAS SUFFERING FROM SUSPENSION BREAKAGES.

MY CAR IS SUPPOSED TO CHARGE AT A RATE OF 120KW AT THE TESLA SUPERCHARGERS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY BUT TESLA HAS THROTTLED MY MAX POSSIBLE SPEED TO 93KW. THEY ARE SAYING THAT MY BATTERY IS DEFECTIVE AND HAS DEGREDATED TO A POINT OF WHICH IT CANNOT CHARGE AT FULL SPEEDS AND THE REDUCTION IN SPEED IS TO ENSURE MY CAR BATTERY WILL NOT BECOME FURTHER DAMAGED. THIS BATTERY CHARGING ISSUE OCCURRED PRIOR TO MY OWNERSHIP AND I WAS NOT TOLD ABOUT THIS WHEN PURCHASING MY USED TESLA FROM THE TESLA WEBSITE. I REQUESTED TESLA TO REPAIR MY BATTERY SO I CAN CHARGE AT THE FULL ADVERTISED SPEED BUT THEY ARE DECLINING ANY REPAIRS AND STATING THAT MY BATTERY IS WITHIN THE NORMAL OPERATING RANGE AND THIS SLOW DOWN WILL ONLY ADD A FEW EXTRA MINUTES TO EACH OF MY CHARGING SESSIONS. WHEN I'M TRAVELING THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY AND TALKING TO OTHER OWNERS AT THE SUPERCHARGING STATIONS THEY ALL ARE ACHIEVING THE FULL CHARGING SPEED OF 120KW OR EVEN FASTER IN SOME CASES. MY CAR CURRENTLY HAS APPROX 58000 MILES AND THE BATTERY IS STILL COVERED UNDER TESLAS 8 YEAR UNLIMITED MILE WARRANTY.

RE: NHTSA ACTION NUMBER: DP19005 - INVESTIGATION SUBJECT : BATTERY MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE UPDATES STARTING WITH A SOFTWARE UPDATE IN MAY 2019, TESLA CAPPED THE MAX VOLTAGE THE HIGH VOLTAGE BATTERY WOULD CHARGE TO. THEY CLAIM THEY DID THIS "OUT OF AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION" AFTER SEVERAL NON-CRASH FIRES HAPPENED TO THESE MODELS. TESLA TOOK ACTION TO DOWNGRADE HORSEPOWER AND RANGE ALONG WITH ALL OTHER ASPECTS OF PERFORMANCE THROUGH A TOTAL VOLTAGE CAP AFTER CLAIMING TO BE RELEASING A FIRE-SAFETY UPDATE, BUT OFFICIALLY NO SAFETY UPDATE WAS RELEASED. THIS CHANGE HAPPENED WHILE THE CAR WAS PARKED IN MY GARAGE AND STATIONARY.

AFTER THE SHOCK (BECAUSE OF THE FAILED AUTOPILOT), ALL THE LIGHTS TURNED OFF AND IT WAS NOT POSSIBLE TO TURN THEM ON BY USING THE WHICH NEAR THE WHEEL. TO TURN THEM ON, I HAD TO RESET THE CAR FROM THE CENTRAL CONSOLE. THE DASHCAM FOOTAGE IS AVAILABLE HERE: HTTPS://WWW.DROPBOX.COM/S/RJVY3FTOAKX7J74/TESLA_AUTOPILOT_AND_LIGHTS_DEFECTS.MP4?DL=0

ONE OF THE LIGHTS DOES NOT TURN ON AUTOMATICALLY OR AUTOMATICALLY TURNS OFF. A MANUAL RESET FROM THE MAIN CONTROL SCREEN IS NEEDED TO TURN THEM ON. THE VIDEO FOOTAGE IS AVAILABLE HERE: HTTPS://WWW.DROPBOX.COM/S/RNJE8Y4TC3GRXG3/TESLA_LIGHTS_BUG.MP4?DL=0

AUTOPILOT FEATURE IS EITHER NOT DETECTING ROAD CONSTRUCTION CONES OR DETECTS BUT THE SOFTWARE IGNORES THEM AND FOLLOW THE WHITE LINES. THE DASHCAM VIDEO IS AVAILABLE AT [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TT

TESLA PUSHED OVER-THE-AIR SOFTWARE UPDATES TO MY VEHICLE, WHICH REDUCED THE RANGE THE CAR COULD TRAVEL ON A SINGLE CHARGE, OWNERS. THE SOFTWARE UPDATES, WHICH STARTED IN MAY 2019, WERE MADE TO FIX FOR BATTERIES THAT COULD IGNITE IN NON-CRASH SCENARIOS.

MODEL S IN THE JUNKYARD. VENDOR HAS BEEN KIND ENOUGH TO PROVIDE A CLOSE UP PHOTOGRAPH OF THE SNAPPED FRONT SUSPENSION PARTS. THE SUSPENSION ARM HAS BROKEN IN HALF DUE TO THE BAD QUALITY CAST MONKEY METAL THAT TESLA USES. HOW MANY MORE EXAMPLES OF THESE FAILURES DO YOU NEED BEFORE YOU DEMAND A RECALL? THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION. VEXED CITIZEN ETC. ETC.

DRIVING ON A 2 LANE HIGHWAY USING AUTOPILOT THE CAR ACCELERATED AND PULLED LEFT, ENDED UP IN THE OPPOSITE LANE AND ALMOST OFF ROAD OVER A CLIFF. THIS IS NOT THE FIRST INCIDENT I HAD WITH MY TESLA. ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, WHILE USING CRUISE CONTROL, IT SUDDENLY BRAKED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY, WHILE THE IMMEDIATE COLLISION ALARM WENT OFF. THERE WERE NO VEHICLES IN FRONT OF MINE AND NO IMMEDIATE RISK FOR COLLISION. TESLA NEEDS TO IMPROVE THE AUTOPILOT FEATURES AS THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT SAFETY CONCERNS.