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2019 Tesla Model 3 suspension problems

83 complaints about suspension have been filed for the 2019 Tesla Model 3, which is 8% of all its NHTSA complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
83 8% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
10,000 miles 29 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
6 and 1
Injuries and deaths
3 and 1

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When suspension problems show up

Suspension complaints by mileage, 2019 Tesla Model 3 Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 10,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 20 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 3 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 5 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 0 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 1 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 0 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 0 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 0 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 0 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 10,000 miles
Based on 29 complaints that include mileage. 97% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
View the numbers
MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles20
20k to 40k miles3
40k to 60k miles5
60k to 80k miles0
80k to 100k miles1
100k to 120k miles0
120k to 140k miles0
140k to 160k miles0
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 29 suspension complaints that report mileage, the median is about 10,000 miles, and 97% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 6 crashes, 1 fire, 3 injuries, 1 death.

What owners wrote

Please note that I have used the VIN of another 2019 model 3 to submit this complaint since the VIN of the badly mangled car which is the subject of this complaint is indecipherable. Here is mangled model 3 in the junkyard: [link removed] from the condition of the wreck and the bio-hazard markings it is a certainty that occupants have been severely injured or killed. The attached photograph shows that the upper ball joint has popped apart.

Reported at 10,000 miles, September 2020 CrashInjuryDeath

Model 3 in the junkyard: [link removed] the front suspension has fallen to bits. The lower ball joint stem has snapped. A ball-joint stem is normally made from high grade steel and would be expected to tear through the hole in the cast alloy steering knuckle before it would itself snap. Tesla must be obtaining these suspension parts from a a team of monkeys working in someone's back shed. Musk is fond of using the words insane and ludicrous. In the case of the snapping suspensions these words make perfect sense.

Reported at 6,000 miles, August 2020

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