2019 TESLA MODEL 3 — Complaint #2160819
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NHTSA Complaint about SUSPENSION filed December 28, 2025
NHTSA complaint #2160819 (ODI reference 11707311) concerns a 2019 TESLA MODEL 3 and was filed on December 28, 2025. The owner reports the failure occurred on December 11, 2025. The report was geocoded to Illinois based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as suspension, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.
The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.
Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same TESLA MODEL 3 cohort independently describe similar suspension failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2019 TESLA MODEL 3 shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
After 3 prior repairs 2 of which were recalls of the front suspension, control arms. I was driving when me and my 3 childrenâs lifeâs were almost taken. While driving on the expressway immediate loss of control of the car shaking while driving to work, I stopped immediately thank God no cars around next to me to crash into. We called for a ride and walked off the expressway. Immediately car was taken to Tesla where they told me they couldnât help and come back in a few days. The car was later inspected by Tesla where instantly knew the issue and later the report came back where the lateral links on both sides of the front where completely out of socket, the compliance links bushing completely torn. This is critical failure and breakdown of critical safety components that almost took our life. We had moments before this happened and thank God we made it out before imminent life changing things happened. No warning no alerts in the car at any time.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 2160819 |
| ODI Number | 11707311 |
| Date Filed | December 28, 2025 |
| Failure Date | December 11, 2025 |
| VIN | 5YJ3E1EA8KF |
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Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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