NHTSA Complaint #11081729 — 2017 TESLA MODEL X

THERE HAS BEEN A FATAL TESLA CRASH IN MOUNTAIN VIEW CALIFORNIA. THE PHOTOGRAPHS WHICH I HAVE ATTACHED SHOWS THE LH FRONT WHEEL HAS BEEN SLICED IN HALF AND IS LYING ON THE GROUND ON THE LH SIDE OF THE BARRIER. THE TIRE OF THE TESLA IS LYING ON THE GROUND. IT IS IMPOSSIBLE THAT THE WHEEL COULD HAVE BEEN SLICED IN HALF BY A COLLISION WITH THE BARRIER. THE WHEEL HAS BEEN SLICED THROUGH BY A BROKEN SUSPENSION COMPONENT JAMMING INTO THE INSIDE OF THE WHEEL WHILE IT WAS ROTATING JUST AS THOUGH IT WAS TURNING ON A LATHE AND HAD A TOOL FORCED INTO IT. THERE CAN BE NO DOUBT THAT THIS WHEEL WAS SLICED BEFORE HITTING THE BARRIER. THERE IS A SINGLE WHEEL SKID MARK JUST BEFORE THE CRASH SITE. SINCE THE TESLA HAS ABS WHICH SHOULD PREVENT WHEEL LOCK UP AND SINCE THIS IS JUST A SINGLE WHEEL SKID MARK IT IS ALMOST CERTAIN THAT THIS WAS THE START OF THE SLICED WHEEL EVENT. I WOULD NOT BE SO CERTAIN OF THIS IF NOT FOR THE FACT THAT SEVERAL IDENTICAL CASES HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AND THE DETAILS HAVE BEEN REPORTED TO NHTSA PREVIOUS TO THIS FATAL CRASH. PLEASE LOOK UP REPORTS #11080798 #10957436 #11042736 #11040822 THE ONLY OTHER CASES OF CAR WHEELS GETTING SLICED IN HALF THAT I CAN FIND ON THE WEB ARE JUST A VERY FEW OLD MODEL CARS THAT HAVE BEEN BADLY MAINTAINED OR REPAIRED. FOR THIS SORT OF FAILURE TO BE HAPPENING ON NEAR NEW TESLA CARS IS SIMPLY UNACCEPTABLE. I HAVE FILE MANY REPORTS OF BROKEN TESLA SUSPENSIONS AND MANY OF THOSE COULD EASILY HAVE CAUSED A SLICED WHEEL. I AM NOT FILING THESE REPORTS FRIVOLOUSLY. I AM TRYING TO PREVENT FURTHER LOSS OF LIFE. PLEASE TAKE ACTION IMMEDIATELY. THANK YOU.