NHTSA Concludes Tesla Suspension Investigation Without Recall
The four-year probe into nearly 75,000 vehicles ends with a recommendation for Tesla to expand its service bulletin.
- The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration found 426 reports of front suspension fore link failures in Tesla Model S and Model X vehicles.
- The investigation, initiated in 2020, revealed that most failures occurred at low speeds and did not result in loss of vehicle control.
- Tesla had previously issued a service bulletin in 2017, but it covered only 25% of the identified failures.
- NHTSA recommended that Tesla expand the service bulletin to include all affected vehicles.
- The decision to close the probe does not imply an absence of safety issues, according to NHTSA.