So I have been reading about safety issues with the control arm on some of these vehicles, because mine just completely fell apart. I have had the car for a while - 2015 Model S P85D and I bought it used in 2017, but never has anything happened to me in a car before even an older one. I was driving in a residential area not even going over 25mph and all of a sudden I thought my tire went flat. But I got out and didn’t see a flat tire. So I turned on the main road and my car almost steered me into oncoming traffic. When I got out and raised my suspension to see if something was caught in my tire, I looked and the control arm that attaches my tire was completely broke off. I didn’t hit anything not even a pot hole. This could have been a lot worse had I not been driving where I was. When I took it to be serviced, they didn’t care that this is a known safety issue even admitting that to me over the phone. They then said they had to replace a bunch of other parts as well. They tried to give me a break on a part because of a bulletin but then they back tracked saying it didn’t matter cause my car wasn’t under warranty. In the end, they took that part off my bill but it was still only $600 and I had to pay $3600. I guess they weren’t happy about me asking for my old parts back because they put some of them on my seat causing damage. I am beyond disappointed and disgusted at Tesla right now.
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