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2016 Tesla Model S fuel system problems

15 complaints about fuel system have been filed for the 2016 Tesla Model S, which is 1% of all its NHTSA complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
15 2% of this year's complaints
Crashes and fires
7 and 4
Injuries and deaths
6 and 2

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

What the data shows

These complaints mention 7 crashes, 4 fires, 6 injuries, 2 deaths.

What owners wrote

There has been a fatal tesla crash in indiana. Crash site photographs show that the rear wheel has skewed over in the wheel well but there is no damage to the rear of the car which could have cause that to happen. The car was repaired by tesla a few months ago after it suffered undercarriage damage after hitting a pothole there is a clear pattern of weakness in the suspension components. It is highly probable that this crash was caused by a suspension failure.

Reported at 2,000 miles, November 2016 CrashFireDeath

This is a complaint intended to provide further evidence that teslas are experiencing suspension failures and are catching fire at a much higher rate than most other vehicles. I have attached photographs from the current stock of wrecked teslas at a junkyard in the netherlands so as to further prove the argument that these cars have a major safety problem. Here is a link to the stock of tesla wrecks in just that one junkyard: [link removed] select tesla from the menu.

Reported at 1,000 miles, March 2017 CrashFireInjury

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