NHTSA complaint: 2016 TESLA MODEL X — SUSPENSION
THERE WAS A RECENT TESLA CRASH IN HUDSONVILLE IN WHICH A TESLA SUDDENLY SWERVED OFF THE ROAD. HTTPS://WWW.HOLLANDSENTINEL.COM/SPORTS/20191117/FOUR-INJURED-IN-ONE-VEHICLE-CRASH-IN-HUDSONVILLE **. THE DRIVER LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND LEFT THE ROADWAY AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED, WHERE THE VEHICLE STRUCK THE EMBANKMENT.** THE TESLA HAS NOW SHOWED UP IN THE SALVAGE YARD. HTTPS://WWW.COPART.COM/LOT/60934829/PHOTOS I DON'T THINK THE CRASH INVESTIGATORS WOULD BE AWARE OF THE TESLA'S TENDENCY TO HAVE WHEELS GO WHOMPY AND SINCE THE CAR WAS SEVERELY DAMAGED IN THE CRASH IT IS LIKELY TO HAVE GONE UNNOTICED. THE BACK RH WHEEL IS DISPLACED OUTWARDS BY SEVERAL INCHES. THE WHEEL IS NOT BROKEN. THE WHEEL WELL LINER HAS BEEN DISPLACED. EVEN IF THE WHEEL HAD BEEN HIT HARD DURING THE ROLLOVER SURELY THE SPOKES OF THE WHEEL SHOULD HAVE BROKEN BEFORE THE SUSPENSION LINKAGES SNAPPED. THERE ARE MANY IMAGES AVAILABLE OF TESLAS THAT HAVE HAD A BACK WHEEL JUT OUT SIDEWAYS BECAUSE OF BROKEN LINKAGES. YOU CAN SEE ONE ON THE FRONT PAGE OF THIS WEBSITE HTTPS://WWW.FLICKR.COM/PHOTOS/136377865@N05/SETS/72157658490111523/ AND THERE ARE MANY OTHER EXAMPLES ON THAT SITE. I AM NOT TRYING TO DO THE CRASH INVESTIGATORS JOB. I AM SIMPLY ADDING MORE DATA POINTS THAT MAY POSSIBLY HAVE BEEN OVERLOOKED. WHEN A WHEEL CONTACTS THE INSIDE OF THE WELL AND LOCKS UP IT WILL CAUSE THE WHEEL ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE TO INSTANTLY DOUBLE ITS ROTATION SPEED DUE TO THE WAY IN WHICH THE CARS DIFFERENTIAL OPERATES. EVE
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration — Office of Defects Investigation