Hi all,
Pulling away from lights on a roundabout earlier this week in my 100D (31k miles).
Seconds later,about at about 25mph, there's a double popping/soft banging sound, followed by a grinding noise. Front end of the car pulls to the left, almost like it's hit some ice. Very disconcerting. Continued grinding sound.
Made it to a side road. Grinding sound continues after car stopped and put into Park. It slowly tapers off, like one of these old toy friction drive cars, or a cement mixer that's had the power cut off but continues to spin.
Tesla recovery were excellent. They turned up when they said they would turn up. Enterprise car rental (Tesla's nominated loan car provider in breakdown situations) were completely and utterly useless (that's another story).
The recovery guys and myself fairly confidently concluded that the front passenger side driveshaft had failed.
Obviously, this still has to be confirmed by the SC.
Questions....
Has this happened to anybody else?
Is it common?
What would have been the potential outcome had failure occurred at much higher speeds, perhaps on a twisty road?
I recently had the front shafts replaced by the SC to fix the graunching noise under hard acceleration issue (a known fault). Could this be related to my driveshaft failure? I'm thinking a) substandard part b) incorrectly fitted part. Or is it just coincidence?
In the meantime, I'm driving around in a Premium German Explosion Powered Death Machine. What a culture shock that is...
Thanks.
Pulling away from lights on a roundabout earlier this week in my 100D (31k miles).
Seconds later,about at about 25mph, there's a double popping/soft banging sound, followed by a grinding noise. Front end of the car pulls to the left, almost like it's hit some ice. Very disconcerting. Continued grinding sound.
Made it to a side road. Grinding sound continues after car stopped and put into Park. It slowly tapers off, like one of these old toy friction drive cars, or a cement mixer that's had the power cut off but continues to spin.
Tesla recovery were excellent. They turned up when they said they would turn up. Enterprise car rental (Tesla's nominated loan car provider in breakdown situations) were completely and utterly useless (that's another story).
The recovery guys and myself fairly confidently concluded that the front passenger side driveshaft had failed.
Obviously, this still has to be confirmed by the SC.
Questions....
Has this happened to anybody else?
Is it common?
What would have been the potential outcome had failure occurred at much higher speeds, perhaps on a twisty road?
I recently had the front shafts replaced by the SC to fix the graunching noise under hard acceleration issue (a known fault). Could this be related to my driveshaft failure? I'm thinking a) substandard part b) incorrectly fitted part. Or is it just coincidence?
In the meantime, I'm driving around in a Premium German Explosion Powered Death Machine. What a culture shock that is...
Thanks.
