Tesla Upper Control Arm CRACKED

[cwerdna]

You discredit yourself when you try to claim that all control arms are defective and need to be replaced. Possibly some earlier versions may have higher rates of failure but still not be at a level requiring a recall.

On the latter statement, there does NOT need to be large population or percentage of affected vehicles for there to be a recall.

I listed some examples of When to report NHTSA issues? and another reply further down of recalls affecting small numbers of vehicles + 2 more here.

One of them there affecting ONE vehicle. Unfortunately, the link's dead. I've listed the number of affected vehicles for each of the following:
Toyota recalls 86 coupe over ignition-key troubles - Roadshow - 94
Smallest Recall Ever? A Solitary 2014 Chevrolet Volt Involved in Ten-Car Steering Recall - 10
Chrysler recalls small number of 2013-2014 cars and trucks over engine debris - 522
2014 Nissan LEAF Recall - Missing Spot Welds? Entire Vehicle Will Be Replaced Free Of Charge - 211
Ford issues three recalls, two of which cover fewer than five cars - Roadshow - One recall affected 4 vehicles. Another affected a whopping 3.

 

[Frank88]

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@elonmusk @Tesla My Tesla X ((easily)) fell apart. My ((family)) was in the car. Tesla just replaced the part with the same part & never answered important questions I have. Feeling unsafe in your X. The manager did not care. Please have corporate call me to discuss. Adam Troeger

 

[Frank88]

 

[Frank88]

 

[Kristoffer Helle]

Hitting curbs can do so..

 

[Kristoffer Helle]

Not related to your wheel (with marks on the inside).
But I think the control arms to this X. Need a replacement

 

[Muzza72]

I hit a large piece of wood lying in the road. The Vehicle is being examined at the SC tomorrow.

I can understand a blowout but I am surprised at the damage to either the control arm or camber link.

 

[AmpedRealtor]

Where there is smoke, there is usually fire. I have it on good authority that an AP reporter is investigating this issue right now. If there is a problem, it will get blown up soon in the media. Tesla would be well served to get ahead of this problem. Stay tuned.

 

[xveys]

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I'm quite late to the topic, but this image looks like a fatigue crack to me. The 'beach lines' are very visilbe, andthe part failed over multiple cycles of loading and unloading. Fatigue is very important to limit for all transport applications. This indicates to me that there was a defect (looks like on lower left of part) that initiated the fracture.
On the previous page, that extruded part with the immense cavity and bubbles looks like a very poor part as well, should not have passed internal quality control if ultrasonic testing was performed. I'm sure not all parts look like this in all cars, but this one should definitely not have passed.