2017 Tesla Model S Steering Problems

“Driving home from service on the highway, while on a straight section, I was forced to use my brakes to slow down for another car and bam! Catastrophic failure of the drivers side front control arm. Interesting thing though... I'd addressed a concern about a grinding noise from up front, at a prior service, and they informed me that the sound was normal based on the high performance brakes. Which I knew sounded wrong. Now this? Seems a bit shady to me.”

“I was braking from about 35 MPH to make a 90 degree right hand turn into driveway. There was a sudden grinding noise and shuddering. I continued to brake and turn until I was safely in the driveway. A quick inspect revealed some damage to the wheel well, but the car seem drive-able, so I very slowly limped into a parking spot. I've read enough posts from other people having this same failure to immediately suspect a suspension failure. When parked it was easy to identify the same failure I've seen all over the internet. …”

“On july 13, 2017, my Tesla was driving south on the I-680 in the vicinity of fremont, california. My vehicle was in self-drive mode traveling in the left-most lane at 65 MPH. My hands were on the steering wheel. We entered a long curve to the right and approached stopped cars ahead of us. The self-drive mode in my Tesla then stopped operating and I was left to suddenly have to steer the Tesla onto the left shoulder of the highway in order to avoid hitting the vehicle directly ahead of me. This all occurred under clear skies and dry road conditions. …”

“With the current release v9, in a specific location, under autopilot the vehicle attempts to suddenly veer off the road to the right, in a violent action. Manually correcting causes autosteer to disengage but cruise control remains on exasserbating the situation. Conditions: 2 lane highway, traveling at 45 MPH. Painted center line jogs slightly to accommodate center turning lane. Travelled this road safely on autopilot for over a year without incident. Now it happens everytime. Attempts to contact Tesla, thus far have resulted in no response.”

“My car has 55k miles on it and the power steering has failed. Last October, I brought it in to the service center and they wanted $4000 to replace my steering rack. At the time, the car only had about 50k miles on it. It seems like these parts are failing much faster on the Teslas then previous cars that I've owned.”