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Be aware! Missing Control Arm Nut: Potential Safety Issue
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This looks like a one piece Stover.nut/washer. And since it's not castellated, does anybody know if by removal if it is in fact a Stover?
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Fun fact - turning on different varieties of Loctite, when coupled with a Stover? You would literally have to use MAPP gas / heat to remove them, in many instances. That's just to say, a castle nut is by far, not the best way to go.
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Stover Lock Nuts - Fastener Mart
Fun fact - turning on different varieties of Loctite, when coupled with a Stover? You would literally have to use MAPP gas / heat to remove them, in many instances. That's just to say, a castle nut is by far, not the best way to go.
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NY_Rob
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Looks more like a standard Nyloc nut to me... note the non-metal captive material protruding from inside the top nut surface around the stud shank...
Yup. Something simple like cross-threading can happen during installation.
Let's keep track:
- M3 injury and death count due to this issue: 0/500,000 (?)
- MY injury and death count due to this issue: 0/50,000 (?)
Let's keep track:
- M3 injury and death count due to this issue: 0/500,000 (?)
- MY injury and death count due to this issue: 0/50,000 (?)
Potential injury and deaths due to this issue : >150,000
Litigation costs when a serious injury or death is caused by this issue
£($) Billions
Value of Tesla stock due to injury's or death caused by this issue : over the cliff edge.
Teslas' reputation due to this issue and how/if they address it : ZERO
Thus far, despite having been made aware of this serious safety issue Tesla have failed to recognise or address the issue, doing absolutely nothing to reassure their customers.
Sheer contempt for the safety of their loyal customers and the safety of others.
Shameful.
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Some of the FUD I recall:
- Tesla is going to go bankrupt leaving you stranded..!
- Tesla batteries spontaneously combust and will kill you..!
- Tesla Autopilot will kill you..!
- Now (this latest lame attempt at FUD) will kill you..!
- Tesla is going to go bankrupt leaving you stranded..!
- Tesla batteries spontaneously combust and will kill you..!
- Tesla Autopilot will kill you..!
- Now (this latest lame attempt at FUD) will kill you..!
1. Two people reported here they have this issue, not five.
2. I don't know if that's even true. Hope so.
3. Could happen with any company and happened with all of them and none of them dead.
4. Tesla gets so much attention any BS is newsworthy.
5. Tesla QC must be continuously improving and nothing wrong with demanding that.
6. Nothing even happened. Every car manufacturer in the world made some mistakes that killed people. 100% safety is impossible.
7. What they should say about it? They grown ups and managing business. They will decide what to do. Aren't they need to study first what happened and how to prevent it in future? Before going public and making empty promises about topic that most people don't even care about?
8. Hysterical attempts to prove that this is something extraordinary are not even believable.
9. Nut probably unscrewed due to the faulty torque wrench. Happens, but very rarely nowadays.
This is serious defect. And reporting that issue is warranted. But it's not extraordinary.
2. I don't know if that's even true. Hope so.
3. Could happen with any company and happened with all of them and none of them dead.
4. Tesla gets so much attention any BS is newsworthy.
5. Tesla QC must be continuously improving and nothing wrong with demanding that.
6. Nothing even happened. Every car manufacturer in the world made some mistakes that killed people. 100% safety is impossible.
7. What they should say about it? They grown ups and managing business. They will decide what to do. Aren't they need to study first what happened and how to prevent it in future? Before going public and making empty promises about topic that most people don't even care about?
8. Hysterical attempts to prove that this is something extraordinary are not even believable.
9. Nut probably unscrewed due to the faulty torque wrench. Happens, but very rarely nowadays.
This is serious defect. And reporting that issue is warranted. But it's not extraordinary.
So Is your point that missing nuts on a critical part of the control system is nothing to worry about or......
Hi, I’m new to the club. I recently got my model Y performance and love it. In view of the report about missing nuts on suspension components I decided to take it to my shop and remove all the lower covers to inspect all the suspension components. All were properly installed and tight, that said what you are looking at is the lower control arm / ball joint nut. They have a nylon self locking mechanism. They won’t come off even if loose but that part in particular will make a bad noise when going over bumps, did you experience this condition? Here is a picture of the suspension of my model Y where it shows what it should look like. Furthermore, if anybody would like to have their Tesla suspension inspected and tighten if necessary, I’ll be more than happy to help with it at no by my state safety inspector and master-technician.
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empiredown
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Of all the Chicken Littling that has gone on concerning Y issues, this BY FAR, takes the cake... It is you that should be ashamed of yourself. Please stop trying to be right and pushing whatever agenda it is that you have. We'll all be better off for it.
Have Ys even been delivered to Britain yet?
This is an absolutely serious issue. You have no idea how Tesla is or is not addressing it. This whole 'even one' rhetoric is unsupportable. If that were the case, no car on the planet would move because EVERY car on the planet has had an issue.
Thank you - this crap is so out of control it’s pathetic at this point.
Edit: seriously, I blame the whole everybody gets a participation trophy mindset for this stuff. Six Sigma or not, with enough samples you’ll find defects. Deal with it or don’t play, period.
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EnrgyNDpndnce
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If you have some sort of relevant, statistical data showing that up to 150k Tesla vehicles are affected by this Issue, then please, by all means share with the rest of the class. Otherwise I’ll assume all of your figures are merely PDOOMA numbers and treat your post with the respect it deserves.
As far as I can tell there have been two suspension related complaints filed, and they are both fraudulent. (Filed by someone other the owner that doesn't have the real details, with a VIN they pulled from the Internet.) One is signed by our "friend" Keef. (The other essentially just points to this thread as evidence that it "AFFECTS EVERY MODEL Y ON THE ROADS.".)
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