New to me 2018 X needs new bushings

[mhperlman]

In this crazy car market I ended up purchasing an 2018 75D sight unseen with 78k miles from a distant city. This was from a dealer who sells a lot of Teslas. I asked about the ride and he told me had driven it extensively (transporting it) and that it had no issues.

When I received it, the front suspension felt a bit soft (for lack of a better word) and I booked an inspection with SC locally. The inspection report says:

All components and functions operating as designed including suspension.
Front aft and fore links inner bushings heavily worn and will need service soon.

This leads to a couple of questions. Some of these questions may be due to my inexperience and some may be because I haven't been able to speak to Tesla since they are currently closed. I've read threads that I can find, but haven't learned much.

1) What am I up against cost-wise? Is there a better options than Tesla bushings? Do I need to worry about the control arms?

2) Is this something the dealer selling me the car should have informed me about or is this something I should have expected with the high-mileage? (I was charged a $599 dealer reconditioning fee - whatever that means.) Or Is this something that they should not have found prior to selling me the car?

I'm not mentioning names because I don't want to imply anything negative.....

Thanks for any insights/experience/advice.

 

[royceter]

following.
Used cars have no warranty whatsoever, I doubt there is anything you can except deal with it. I have almost 100k on my 2017 model x and I'm just noticing bushing type suspension issues.

 

[E90M3Jerez]

If the bushings and links were the only issue, then I would say you lucked out! A PPI would have revealed the defect, but would it have stopped you from purchasing? Probably not. Maybe given you some tiny wiggle room on final negotiated price of vehicle.

 

[B Slocum]

We have replaced the bushings on a 2018 Model 3 in November of 2021 and they will need to be done again now, there must be a manufacturing defect. Bushings should never fail and to have them fail twice in a 4 year old car is wrong.