Tesla is now facing NHTSA verification with a new preliminary assessment of potential suspension failure in Model S and Model X vehicles manufactured between 2015 and 2017.
There has been a new investigation after Tesla launched a recall on the issue for vehicles in China, but the automaker argues there is no defect and China is pushing for an unnecessary recall.
Earlier this month, we reported Tesla recalling about 30,000 Model S and Model X vehicles, which were sent to China over an alleged issue with its suspension.
As we have stated in the report, some of the things in this report were bizarre – mainly the fact that it only affected Model S and Model X vehicles shipped to China between 2013 and 2017, even though those vehicles were U.S. Were built in, and Tesla used the same suspension as all other Model S and Model X manufactured during that period.
Later, we learned that Tesla disagreed with Chinese officials about the need to recall those vehicles and argued that there were no defects.
Tesla said the failure in question occurred in less than 0.05% of vehicles outside of China and about 0.1% of vehicles in China.
AutoTomeker blames the high rate in China for “driver abuse, in which the use of a driver and the expectation of harm is uniquely serious in the Chinese market.
We now know that the NHTSA is also looking into the issue of further suspension.
U.S. overseeing the auto industry The transportation agency announced that it has begun a new preliminary assessment of alleged defects that could affect 114,761 Tesla Model S and Model X vehicles manufactured in the U.S. between 2015 and 2017:
NHTSA’s Def Phase of Deface Investigation (ODI) has received 43 complaints alleging left or right front suspension for links failure in Tesla Model Year (MY) 2015, 2017 Model S and MY Y 2016 by 2017 Model X vehicles. Thirty-two () 2) Complaints include failure during low-speed parking maneuvers. There have been eleven (11) incidents while driving (e.g., incidents on the roadway at speeds over 10 mph), including four on highway speeds. Complaints received 34 complaints in the last two years and complaints of three incidents occurring at high speed in the last three months indicate a growing trend. In addition, ODIs have identified eight complaints that may include front for link failure, but have not been confirmed by repair records or photographs. Possible four-link failures have been reported over the past two years and include two incidents that occurred while driving. ”
Interestingly, in 2016, the NHTSA investigated the alleged similar defects described in the Model S suspension after several complaints, although many of them were not reported by the Tesla owners, they were reported to the agency, but they determined that no No defects. Time.
Now the purpose of the new “initial assessment” is to “evaluate the scope, frequency and consequences of the alleged defect.”
Here is the full report:
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