Prime Minister for Canyons wrote on Feb 11^th, 2019 at 10:28am:

ohh yes there r many models out there but not many numbers getting sold and definitely no Luxury ones.
As we speak Tesla r sending boatloads of Model 3's to Europe and it will be fun to see how they go.
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The biggest problems the other car manufactures r facing now is no batteries... Tesla ,along with Panasonic invested alot into that and now r the world biggest suppliers...
It's estimated it will take years just for the batteries be rectified, little on designing and retooling to the actual EV.
The nissan renault alliance r probably the only other main manufacturer worldwide that r making numbers.
China is the biggest market of EV's and companies like BYD r doing well. Trade wars with USA took a toll on Tesla this year,
They r  building a factory in china and hope to start building 3's by the end of the year will change that though.

juliar wrote on Feb 11^th, 2019 at 10:37am:

so this is a concerned citizen that looked at a Tesla in a wreak and decided the reason it crashed....
where is a link Jules.....why is every car doing 40mph ?
R u filling these out yourself ?
that would be as credible.
SO has Tesla had to recall any of their vehicles for suspension issues...… If not why
If they r having as many issue's as u suggest there would be recalls.... ohh wait none 
Just lies and opinion pieces Jules u got nothing......

juliar wrote on Feb 11^th, 2019 at 10:37am:




Im thinking a little more info would be necessary to make an informed opinion on this one Julian, I like Tesla and suspect this issue is not as simple as laid out in your post

BigP wrote on Feb 11^th, 2019 at 10:53am:


Plenty of fossil fool junk heaps with plenty of problems and issues but socko just wants to bag Tesla all of the time simply because it bypasses the fossil fool bowser and does big oil and stupid governments out of their pound of flesh. No other reason.

John Smith wrote on Feb 11^th, 2019 at 9:56pm:


sockos reply to this is that tweedledees head is overheating as he crawls out from under the floorboards LOL

Even Mr Smith drops in to drop something or other. Must have lost his way to get here.

Tweedledumb's shrunken head appears from under the house to embarrass herself as usual. She just does not have the mental prowess to converse with normal people.

But Baron is the real fair dinkum good bloke who knows where it is at.


Now even the unsafe Tesla airbag suspension collapses and wheels fall off.



Complaint Number: 10925554
Vehicle Identification Number: 5YJSA1E48GF141806
Your Vehicle’s Make Model and Model Year: TESLA MODEL S 2016

What part of your car was affected? Suspension

What happened?
Another Tesla in the salvage yard. 

No impact damage, no airbags deployed but the air suspension has collapsed causing all wheels to jam up in the wheel wells and the back wheel and suspension has torn completely away. The tire is peeled off the rim and the tread is worn down indicating the car was still driving when the damage occurred. Please investigate

When did this happen? 11/01/2016
Was there a Crash? No
Was there a Fire? No
Was there an injury or fatality? No
How fast were you going? (in mph) 40
About how many miles were on your vehicle at the time of the incident? 2000

juliar wrote on Feb 12^th, 2019 at 12:18am:

https://electrek.co/2016/06/13/tesla-fale-complaints-suspension-nhtsa-keef-wivan...
Following reports of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) probing Tesla over a possible problem with the Model S’ suspension and the automaker’s goodwill agreement, it came to light that several false and/or misleading complaints were filed with NHTSA.
A spokesperson for NHTSA confirmed that the agency has not found any safety issue with Tesla’s suspensions and that the company has clarified the language in its goodwill agreement

That’s because the owners of vehicles didn’t file the complaints, but someone named Keef Leech did, also known on the internet as Keef Wivaneff and other aliases.
Leech’s claim to fame is to have “busted” a scam to sell bogus “solar harvesting devices” in Australia. He describes himself as someone who “bust green scams” and for the past few years, this role can be summarized as “attacking” companies with an environmental aspect, like Tesla.
His “attacks” mainly take the form of online comments on articles about Tesla and other “green companies”. Keef has also been gathering and sharing pictures of crashed Tesla Model S vehicles. A reverse Google search on the pictures show that most of them were taken from salvage auction websites to sell vehicles totalled after severe crashes. Now with over 100,000 vehicles on the road, it’s more than normal for plenty of Teslas to have been involved in crashes and end up on those sites. We even covered a few of those crashes here on Electrek.
Some of the complaints made to NHTSA were based on the same pictures Leech has been gathering and the complaints suggested that the crashes had something to do with Tesla’s suspension even though the listing have little to no information on how the vehicles were damaged. It’s important to note that most car crashes are due to human errors, not car defect or part failure.
The NHTSA complaints were filed not long after Leech added salvaged pictures to his collection and he then would refer to them in his online comments without pointing out that he filed them:
Date Complaint Filed: 03/28/2016
Date of Incident: 02/01/2016
Component(s): SUSPENSION NHTSA ID Number: 10852100
Consumer Location: Unknown
All Products Associated with this Complaint expand
Manufacturer: Tesla Motors, Inc.
Vehicle Identification No. (VIN): 5YJSA1H12EF…
SUMMARY: THIS IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF A TESLA WITH A REAR WHEEL ASSEMBLY THAT HAS FALLEN COMPLETELY OFF THE CAR. HTTPS://M.IAAI.COM/VEHICLEDETENC.ASPX?AUCTIONID=0&ITEMID=21617174&ROWID=10&PAGES
OURCE=VEHICLERESULTS# THE CAR HAS SUFFERED HEAVY FRONT END DAMAGE BUT THERE IS NO SIGN OF DAMAGE AT THE REAR LEFT THAT COULD EXPLAIN WHY THE WHEEL HAS FALLEN OFF. THE FRONT LH SUSPENSION HAS ALSO BROKEN BUT IT IS UNCLEAR IF THAT WAS THE CAUSE OR THE RESULT OF THE COLLISION. PLEASE INVESTIGATE THIS. THERE ARE FAR TOO MANY SIMILAR CASES OF SNAPPED OFF WHEELS FOR THIS TO BE MERELY A FREAK ACCIDENT.
In other complaints, Leech, who is from Australia, discloses that he is filing under a made up US address:

So all these posts that Jules has been making r from a crack pot in Australia......the complaints have been made to the USA transport department
https://www.nhtsa.gov/vehicle/2017/TESLA/MODEL%252520S%25252060/5%252520HB/RWD#c...
If u look , he is still at it.
Lots of unanimous complaints.. no investigations.

Maybe look into the source of your information Jules before you post.
Well you did fool Baron at least , he fell for this Australian crackpot hook line and sinker .

The seized up after being overheated by Global Warming "mind" of Tweedledee shows amazing lack of intelligence by copying my factual posts and adding some nondescript childish dribble. How dumb can you get ? Classic Greeny type not worth the paper she is printed on.


Now leaving the Greeny Garden of Make Believe and Fiction and back to the FACTS that have happened and are completely TRUE.

Do you want to end it all ? Then go for a ride in an unsafe Tesla.


NHTSA Tesla Suspension Complaints

Date Complaint Filed: 07/18/2016 
Date of Incident: 07/18/2016 

NHTSA ID Number: 10885723 
Consumer Location: SAN DIEGO, CA
Crash:No
Fire:No
Number of Injuries:0
Number of Deaths:0
Manufacturer: Tesla Motors, Inc.
Vehicle Identification No. (VIN): 5YJSA1DP3CF…

SUMMARY:
NOTICED THIS PROBLEM AFTER I WAS BACKING UP AND TURNING MY WHEELS AND WOULD HEAR A LOUD METAL ON METAL “CLUNK” OR “GRINDING” SOUND.

IT WAS COMING FROM THE FRONT-LEFT SUSPENSION AND WOULD OCCUR CAUSING MY WHEEL AND STEERING TO FEEL LIKE IT WAS SKIPPING.

I NOTICED AND MY STEERING FELT “LOOSE” OVER BUMPS AND WOULD PULL TO THE LEFT.

AGAIN THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION AND THIS WAS FELT THE MOST WHEN TURNING FULL MOTION AND/OR BACKING UP AND TURNING.

WHEN LOOKING AT ONE OF THE CONTROL-ARM JOINTS AFTER I NOTICED A VERY LOUD CLUNK AND COMPARING IT TO THE OTHER SIDE OF OF THE SUSPENSION, IT LOOKS LIKE EITHER A BOLT FELL OUT OR THE BALL-JOINT TO THE CONTROL ARM WAS JUST GRINDING FREELY.

I’VE SINCE BROUGHT MY CAR TO TESLA AND THEY HAVE CONFIRMED THAT I HAVE A DEFECTIVE BALL-JOINT TO MY CONTROL ARM THAT'S ALSO DAMAGED MY STEERING KNUCKLE.

IF I DIDNT CATCH THIS OR IT WAS BROKE AT GREATER SPEEDS WHATS THE LIKELY HOOD OF ME LOOSING CONTROL?

I’VE ASKED IF THEY WILL REPLACE ALL THE OTHER PARTS IF THEY HAVE UPDATED PARTS BUT THEY SAID ONLY THE ITEMS THAT ARE DEFECTIVE IN THIS CASE WILL BE WARRANTED.

.



Complaint Filed: 11/08/2015 
Date of Incident: 07/04/2014 

NHTSA ID Number: 10789052
Consumer Location: Unknown

Manufacturer: Tesla Motors, Inc.
Vehicle Identification No. (VIN): 5YJSA1DP3CF…

SUMMARY:
THIS IS THE STOLEN CAR WHICH CRASHED IN HOLLYWOOD. PHOTOGRAPHS AT THE SCENE SHOW 3/4 OF A WHEEL AND THE TIRE LYING ON THE GROUND.

THE CRASH SITE IMAGES HOW THE FRONT WHEEL BROKEN LOOSE.

THE SALVAGE YARD PHOTOGRAPHS SHOW THE OTHER 1/4 OF THE WHEEL STILL BOLTED TO THE BROKEN KINGPIN.

THE WHEEL HAS BEEN SLICED IN TWO WHILE STILL ROLLING ON THE ROAD.

IT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE FOR THAT SLICING TO HAVE OCCURRED POST IMPACT.



THE ADDITION OF THE BETA RELEASE AUTOPILOT MAKES THE SITUATION EVEN MORE DANGEROUS.