juliar wrote on Feb 12^th, 2019 at 6:35am:

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:
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Give up Jules you have found another Australian crackpot to quote, Birds of a feather flock together...

Pumpkin is so horrified he just can't cope with the terrible facts.

And the dumbell tweedledee just continues to embarrass herself.

Date Complaint Filed: 08/19/2016
Date of Incident: 01/01/2016
Component(s): SUSPENSION
NHTSA ID Number: 10897285
Consumer Location: Unknown
Crash:No
Fire:Yes
Number of Injuries:0
Number of Deaths:0
Manufacturer: Tesla Motors, Inc.
Vehicle Identification No. (VIN): 5YJSA1CP8DF…

SUMMARY:
HERE IS AN AUCTION LISTING OF A TESLA THAT HAS CAUGHT FIRE. 

THE PHOTOGRAPHS SHOW THAT THE LH TOP BALL-JOINT HAS PULLED OUT FROM THE STEERING KNUCKLE. THIS IS NOT THE RESULT OF THE FIRE BECAUSE THOSE PARTS ARE SOLID METAL AND NEITHER THE STEERING KNUCKLE NOR THE WISHBONE HAVE MELTED.

THE SUSPENSION FAILURE IS CONSISTENT WITH THE PATTERN OF SIMILAR FAILURES THAT APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN THE CAUSE OF CRASHES. PLEASE INVESTIGATE THIS RECURRING FAILURE.

Put that pic of that model S on a large monitor and look at the control arms (those are the sheared pieces sticking out of the wheel) and tell yourself that is any where near acceptable for any auto of any price. The long shaft sticking out is the front axle, easily capable of slicing through a battery pack, or worse, another civilian windshield. Is this worth it? Is this really the path to saving the planet? Who looks at that and says “that’s is the car I want to take my kids to school in”. Or better yet a company I want to invest in? It’s like we are in the twilight zone, Elon has the whole library to himself, and he broke his glasses.





Holy crap!
Look at the whompy wheels. The front one is sliced completely in half.
SOMEBODY is telling huge porkies!

juliar wrote on Feb 12^th, 2019 at 7:50am:

More stuff from KeefWivaneff's site... he is a Australian Crackpot Jules do u really want to be with this fraud ?

Pumpkin is a classic armchair arm waver who hasn't got a clue what he is talking about and just wants to make a noise.

Lift your game Pumpkin if you want to be taken seriously and don't just knock and mock what you don't understand.

The guy you dare to criticize is in a junkyard and sees lots of these mangled Teslas getting towed in and is in a very good position to assess them as simply unsafe as the suspension is just too weak to support the very heavy battery.

As usual Greeny Tweedledumb is just ignored as just a waste of space that is not worth feeding.


Now just to learn Pumpkin a bit - another unsafe Tesla to gaze at while you sit in your armchair.

Now Pumpkin how would you like to be cruising down the freeway at 100km/h when the suspension breaks and a wheel comes of and the suspension digs into the road and spins the car around smashing into cars in the adjacent lanes.




Complaint Number: 10907010
Vehicle Identification Number: 5YJSA1E28GF129847
Your Vehicle’s Make Model and Model Year: TESLA MODEL S 2016

What part of your car was affected? Suspension

What happened?
Here is a Model S in the salvage yard. 

The LH front steering knuckle has snapped in half.

The steel bumper bar which extends almost the full width of the car is undamaged.

It is most unlikely that the damage to the front suspension was the result of the crash.

It is far more likely that it was the cause of it. Please investigate why so many examples of snapped suspensions are occurring on Teslas than on any comparable vehicle.

When did this happen? 09/01/2016
Was there a Crash? No
Was there a Fire? No
Was there an injury or fatality? No
How fast were you going? (in mph) 30
About how many miles were on your vehicle at the time of the incident? 2000

Pumpkin, just stay in your armchair waving your arms and mock and knock.

Don't do any actual research to discover the TRUE FACTS as I have done extensively.

You know zero about the topic and don't want to go to the trouble to find out.

The FACT is the unsafe Tesla has a faulty suspension with weak aluminium parts that grow brittle and break and a wheel falls off.

And the Creature from the Black Lagoon appears in the sludge and slime.

Greeny Tweedledee is lying as usual because she is a Tesla FanGirl who thinks Tesla is the best thing since sliced bread and of course can do no wrong.

Sounds like Tesla is as badly designed as Greeny Tweedledee's muddled mangled missing "mind" fried by Globally Warming and rendered sterile and functionless by exposure to high concentrations of dangerous poisonous levels of Carbon Dioxide!!!

But the actual factual pictures DO NOT LIE as they are evidence of ACTUAL FACTUAL design faults in the obviously unsafe Tesla piles of junk.

Wonder if the Chinese built copies of the Teslas will be full of Chinese copy design faults ?

Now more downers about the unsafe Teslas which you get into at your own risk and wait for a wheel to fall off and CCRRAASSHHH!!!!!



Elon Musk Would Prefer We Not See These 19 Tesla Pictures
BY ELIAS ROBERTS – ON FEB 22, 2019 IN MOTOR HUB



Prior to his success with Tesla, Musk was known as the co-founder of PayPal and a savvy tech entrepreneur with companies like SpaceX and Neuralink. However, the introduction of the Tesla brand completely changed everything for Musk.

Specializing in electric cars, along with the aid of his other company SolarCity, Musk wowed the consumers with a stunning concept. As of last summer, the stunning concepts turned into realities. Nowadays, the Models, Model X and Model 3 are all available. This was a long time coming considering the company first launched back in the summer of 2003 – lots of work went into the production and development of these high tech rides. Clearly, the project worked and now Tesla is among the most popular car brands in the world with sales skyrocketing each year.

It isn’t all good, however. With such technology, there’s bound to be problems with the car. That’s exactly what took place, even as early as the first models to be sold. The same problems continue today with Tesla facing various court battles whether it be due to their faulty battery pack system or faulty Autopilot mode that has caused a lot of headaches in the past. Let’s not even start to discuss the running out of power issue, we’ll see plenty of that in this article.

As great as Tesla is, the company still has a lot of problems. In this article, we’ll take a look at some of them in the form of candid images. Enjoy the article folks and like always be sure to share it with a friend. Let’s get started.


19  NO DRAINAGE SYSTEM FOR TRUNK


via Motor Illustrated

Recent Tesla models include a lot of improved features. However, according to Motor Illustrated, the company took a step backward with the Model 3. Although the design seems to be visually appealing, the trunk has a serious defect. When opening the trunk, the back of the car doesn’t have a drainage system which leads to everything getting wet in the event that it rains. Once you pop the trunk open, in all likelihood, all the water just slips into the trunk area.

The same site notes that this can also turn into a serious issue during the winter time with snow. Basically, you’ll only get lucky in California with this faulty feature.


18 ROAD TRIP PROBLEMS


via Twitter

Time and time again, we see Tesla owners making the claim that the vehicle might be too advanced for its own good. This Twitter user seems to agree as his road trip completely stalled out of nowhere.

He was 1,200 miles away from his destination when the car computer crashed. Several warnings came up on the screen including, vehicle shutting down, car needs service and air suspension needs service. Those aren’t the things anyone wants to see during a road trip. This just gives people the impression that Tesla isn’t a reliable ride for long trips.



17 MODEL 3 CAN’T GET OUT OF THE SNOW


via YouTube

Even with traction control on, YouTuber Joshua Schultz couldn’t get his Tesla out of the snowy terrain. Instead, he was forced into wedging it out attached to another truck that was accustomed to such terrains.

According to the same video, the Model 3 might need different types of wheels when it comes to navigating rigorous conditions like snowy or muddy areas. Once again, this gives some car buyers the impression that the ride is only capable in warmer climates like out in California. Taking it for a spin during the winter months in places like Montreal might not be the best idea, especially with its original tires on.


Read all about the other 16 design faults in the unsafe Teslas here. Jaguar and the others will have NO COMPETITION when they launch their Tesla killers.

https://www.hotcars.com/elon-musk-would-prefer-we-not-see-these-tesla-pictures/4...