NHTSA Complaint #11475423 — 2016 TESLA MODEL S

SUSPENSION issue reported to NHTSA

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Complaint Details

ODI Number	11475423
Vehicle	2016 TESLA MODEL S
Component	SUSPENSION
Date of Incident	July 20, 2022
Date Filed	July 23, 2022
Mileage	N/A miles
Crash	No
Fire	No
Injuries	0
Deaths	0
Vehicle Towed	No
State	TX

Consumer Description

Suspension Component: RH Front Aft Control Link - I will provide the damaged/exploded part via FEDEX to your office. Event happened while backing out of garage, was under 5miles speed and hence nobody was injured or put at risk. Could have gone worst if this would have happened at higher speed/highway. There was no prior warning, corrosion and/or indication alerting of wear & tear on the part that was broken. This car has very low mileage (44k miles over 6 yrs) for some major component to fail like this without notice.

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