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@demundus
You made your own control arms? Can you reply with a drawing or how you made the part?
How much did it cost?
Please, tell me this isn't true or that the OP has embellished the story?
Sadly, my suspicion is that it's 100% accurate.
The A suffix is the first version of a part. The base (numeric) part number would need to be different.@airsailor , can you make out the part number in the original lower arms? In the SB the new partnumber is listed as 1027459-99-A, I wonder if the original weak one is without the -A suffix?
Just checked the part numbers on my 2013 P85+ and they both are 1027459-99-A, so perhaps they are already replaced and I'm safe?
So here's Tesla's resolution: I pay for the failed control arm and all the parts damaged in the collapse of the suspension: $3,921. They will replace the other side control arm as a goodwill gesture, which would cost $555. They are also replacing a coolant hose that they discovered has been chafing, gratis. Finally, they are discounting my bill by 10% to $3,529. So not a huge goodwill gesture, but not nothing. Of course I am still out-of-pocket a non-trivial amount for a suspension failure that I think should never have occurred.
Once upon a time many years ago, I had an issue with a german car company. Short version: a common failure of a particular gasket in the engine. The rubber composition wasnt compatible with the german car companys OEM coolant. Car was out of warranty (I purchased the car brand new) and dealer charged me 1500 or so total to have them fix. (That was a fair amount of money to me back then). I tried working with the dealership (asked kindly in a letter for goodwill service since I had my own records of every two year coolant changes using the OEM brand coolant) but they declined.
I felt it was very unfair especially since it was widespread and there was a TSB out on it. So in my case, I filed a case in small claims court against the car company. Had their state agent/representative served the court papers. Within less than a week, I received a call from the law firm hired to represent them for my state (Maryland at the time). The lawyers first question: "what do we need to do to make this go away?". My reply "send me a check for the full amount of the repair". We agreed to that.
Mine car is a 2013 S85, manufactured in 6/2013....Just found this thread after the service centre replaced my rear control arms while I had the car in for some other work. I agree this is rather scary and should have been a recall. For me at least, they did it as warranty work.
My car is a 2013 S85, delivered in October 2013, P23170. I do have the ESA on this car too.
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Just found this thread after the service centre replaced my rear control arms while I had the car in for some other work. I agree this is rather scary and should have been a recall. For me at least, they did it as warranty work.
My car is a 2013 S85, delivered in October 2013, P23170. I do have the ESA on this car too.
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Just found this thread after the service centre replaced my rear control arms while I had the car in for some other work. I agree this is rather scary and should have been a recall. For me at least, they did it as warranty work.
My car is a 2013 S85, delivered in October 2013, P23170. I do have the ESA on this car too.