Wheel Cracked without any prior incident

[yogi4]

I was driving at 55mph on highway and our Front wheel cracked all of sudden, and started to wobble. There was no pothole or any obstruction.
Did this happen to anyone ?

Thankfully this happened when no kids were around in the car.

 

[CuriousM3]

Wow thats crazy...are they the stock 22s?

 

[augkuo]

The stock wheels are not forged so I've had 4 that got bent over potholes/poor road surfaces. I now have
forged wheels from titan7 wheels and have had no issues.

 

[P3dStealth]

You got something stuck between the caliper and wheel. It will grind right through the wheel in a circle if you don't notice it.... Maybe

I had it happen on a sxs once. Normally people hear it first though.

 

[yogi4]

Wow thats crazy...are they the stock 22s?

Yes they are stock 22s

 

[yogi4]

The stock wheels are not forged so I've had 4 that got bent over potholes/poor road surfaces. I now have
forged wheels from titan7 wheels and have had no issues.

Good to know that . I'm planning on changing mine.

 

[yogi4]

You got something stuck between the caliper and wheel. It will grind right through the wheel in a circle if you don't notice it.... Maybe

I had it happen on a sxs once. Normally people hear it first though.

didn't notice anything

 

[djillusion]

that's crazy; i have seen horrible wheels results hitting a pot hole or similar, but that is nuts.

pass that along to Tesla so they are aware too. maybe they will warranty them?

 

[P3dStealth]

didn't notice anything

Lol yea I didn't notice it either when I did it to so maybe it's not that noticable I guess.

Maybe that was it for you maybe it wasn't. It's common to get a rock stuck and ruin your wheels though. Google it there's lots of pics.

I also had a wheel weight ruin a wheel on my truck. Some wheels get so close to the brakes you can't use the glued weights. I bought tires at walmart. They mounted them and ruined the wheel.

 

[Rice&Curry]

Man, i cant imagine this happening to a 100K car . you've got me thinking that i need to change my stock wheels as well toa forged one. well,

 

[yogi4]

that's crazy; i have seen horrible wheels results hitting a pot hole or similar, but that is nuts.

pass that along to Tesla so they are aware too. maybe they will warranty them?

I did pass it on to Tesla , looking at it seems to be a wheel defect , because there isn't any damage or scratch to outer part of the rim. I haven't heard from Tesla

 

[yogi4]

Man, i cant imagine this happening to a 100K car . you've got me thinking that i need to change my stock wheels as well toa forged one. well,

yeah I've been thinking about changing to 20" , because except for looks 22" aren't any good. Noisy, bumpy ride , loss of range ....

 

[zhu-]

Was the wheel ever bent or damaged from a pothole? If not, take it to the service center and let them verify it wasn't bent because that crack would likely be a manufacturing defect.

 

[dmurphy]

Man, i cant imagine this happening to a 100K car . you've got me thinking that i need to change my stock wheels as well toa forged one. well,

The lower the profile, the higher the incidents.

Know plenty of high end car owners with similar problems - friend of mine went thru 2 complete sets of wheels on his Mercedes.

The Tesla 20s are the way to go. Don’t care what they look like - I don’t see them from the driver’s seat.

 

[yogi4]

Was the wheel ever bent or damaged from a pothole? If not, take it to the service center and let them verify it wasn't bent because that crack would likely be a manufacturing defect.

I took it to the service center and they weren't sure why that would occur and mentioned that it could have been a pot hole or hitting a bump at high speed.

 

[zhu-]

I took it to the service center and they weren't sure why that would occur and mentioned that it could have been a pot hole or hitting a bump at high speed.

They're going to deny warranty claims every chance they get. It's unlikely for a wheel to get hit hard enough to crack without bending first. If there's no signs of any other damage it's more likely a manufacturing defect.

 

[yogi4]

They're going to deny warranty claims every chance they get. It's unlikely for a wheel to get hit hard enough to crack without bending first. If there's no signs of any other damage it's more likely a manufacturing defect.

yes , they tend to deny warranty claims or take any responsibility . its disheartening that Tesla didn't even take responsibility to address or look into the issue i'm hard pressed to get answers from them , looks like my insurance provider and the my legal team are trying to get some answers. They tend to have logs of any abrupt bumps or any impact.

 

[jboy210]

I took it to the service center and they weren't sure why that would occur and mentioned that it could have been a pot hole or hitting a bump at high speed.

That sounds likely. At my family's shop, we always tried to dissuade customers from putting very low profile tires and wheels. And expressly told them one reasonably sized pothole in a parking lot or a small one at speed, and you would be buying a new wheel and tire.