NHTSA Complaint #11375236 — 2017 TESLA MODEL S

DRIVING ON HIGHWAY ON AUTOPILOT WHEN ANOTHER CAR CUT INTO MY LANE IMMEDIATELY IN FRONT OF ME. I SLAMMED ON THE BRAKES TO AVOID HITTING HIM AND HEARD A HORRIFIC NOISE. AFTER THE BRAKES STOPPED MY CAR I HAD DIFFICULTY STEERING & STILL HEARD A TERRIBLE GRINDING NOISE UNDERNEATH THE CAR, BUT WAS ABLE TO LIMP OFF THE HIGHWAY TO A SAFE PLACE. I DISCOVERED THAT THE SUSPENSION HAD BROKEN. AFTER CAR WAS TAKEN TO NEARBY TESLA SERVICE LOCATION I READ THAT THERE HAD BEEN ISSUES WITH THE SUSPENSION IN MY MODEL YEAR 2017 AND THAT IN CHINA TESLA HAD AGREED TO REPAIR THIS DEFECT, BUT THAT IN THE U.S. SO FAR THEY HAD DEEMED IT 'WEAR AND TEAR'. I UNDERSTAND THERE ARE ATTEMPTS AT SOME LEGAL CLASS ACTION SUITS GOING ON. THEY REMOVED AND REPLACED BOTH FRONT LOWER FORE LINKS WITH UPDATED PARTS AND REPLACED DAMAGED LEFT FRONT WHEEL ARCH LINER AND SAID THE FAILURE WAS DUE TO 'METAL FATIGUE, MOST LIKELY ONSET BY THE SUDDEN BRAKING MANEUVER'. THE CHARGE WAS INITIALLY OVER $1,300, BUT AS SOON AS I MENTIONED MY KNOWLEDGE OF THE AFOREMENTIONED SUSPENSION PROBLEMS,TESLA IMMEDIATELY SAID THE ENTIRE COST WOULD BE COVERED AS 'GOODWILLL SERVICE'.