What 237 owners told NHTSA about the 2017 Tesla Model X 90d

I BOUGHT MY 2017 TESLA MODEL X FROM TESLA DEALERSHIP LAST WEEK WITH LESS THAN 8K ON IT. AFTER TWO DAYS WHILE DRIVING THE MAIN SCREEN BLACKOUT, FREAK ME OUT SINCE ELECTRIC CAR IS NEW TO ME. A FEW DAYS LATER, PICKING UP MY LITTLE SON FROM SCHOOL THE SCREEN FROZE UP AND I COULD CONTROL ANYTHING ON THE SCREEN. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AND I HAVE CONTACTED TESLA SERVICE CENTER, THEY TOLD ME IT'S BEING INVESTIGATED AND NO RECALL HAVE BEEN CALLED. MY CAR IS STILL UNDER WARRANTY, IF IT'S A KNOW PROBLEM THEY SHOULD HAVE REPLACE THE MAIN SCREEN FOR ME BEFORE SELLING IT. PLEASE HELP.

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WHILE DRIVING IN AUTOPILOT MY MCU (TESLA CONTROLLER) OCCASIONALLY FAILS. THIS MEANS THE AUTOPILOT COMPUTER WORKS FINE BUT ALL AUDIO NOTIFICATIONS DO NOT WORK. THE AUTOPILOT WILL CHANGE LANES FOR ME WITHOUT THE NORMAL AUDITORY NOTIFICATION. TURN SIGNALS ARE SILENT. THE MCU WILL THEN COMPLETELY FREEZE (NO TOUCH INPUT AND GPS FROZEN WHILE DRIVING) REQUIRING EITHER A MANUAL REBOOT BY MYSELF OR IT CRASHES COMPLETELY AND REBOOTS ITSELF. 5 VISITS TO MY SERVICE CENTER IN THE PAST 13 MONTHS OF OWNERSHIP TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE HAVE NOT RESULTED IN A RESOLUTION. THEY TELL ME THEY "FLASHED THE STORAGE" OR "UPGRADED THE FIRMWARE" BUT THE CAR CONTINUES TO PROVE THIS DID NOT RESOLVE THE ISSUE. AUTOPILOT FUNCTIONING WITHOUT NOTIFYING THE USER OF MANEUVERS COULD BE DEADLY. IT IS A SELF DRIVING CAR BUT STILL REQUIRES DRIVERS TO PAY ATTENTION AND TAKE OVER IF AUTOPILOT MAKES A FAULTY DECISION. I HAVE VIDEOS OF THIS HAPPENING. ATTACHED I HAVE UPLOADED INVOICES FROM THE SERVICE CENTER SHOWING I HAVE BROUGHT MCU FAILURE ISSUES TO THEM ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS AND CONTINUE TO HAVE ISSUES. NOTE THAT LINE ITEM 14 ON THE INVOICE DATED 01132021 TESLA INACCURATELY STATES MY NO AUDIO ON AUTOMATIC LANE CHANGE ISSUE. I REQUESTED THEY REPHRASE THIS ISSUE TO THE ISSUE I REPORTED BUT THEY REFUSE TO PUT THIS IN WRITING. WHY? SUSPICIOUS.

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TOUCHSCREEN TURNS BLANK. THIS TOUCHSCREEN IN TESLA WHICH IS THE PRIMARY SOURCE OF MANY CRUCIAL CONTROLS IN THE CAR TURNED BLANK AND UNRESPONSIVE. IT TOOK ABOUT 15 MINUTES OF DRIVING WITH BLANK SCREEN AND REPEATED RESET BUTTON PRESSES TO GET THE SCREEN TO WORK AGAIN. THE PROBLEM HAS HAPPENED BEFORE AND WAS MORE PRONOUNCED IN COLD WEATHER CONDITIONS. TESLA CLAIMS TO RUN A REPAIR PROGRAM TO FIX THIS PROBLEM. I BOOKED AN APPOINTMENT WITH SERVICE CENTER AND THEY CALLED ME TO INFORM THAT THEY WILL NOT PERFORM THE REPAIR BY REPLACING THE MMC BUT WILL DO A SOFTWARE RESET OF SOME KIND AND SEE IF IT GOES AWAY. GIVEN THE SAFETY CONCERN INVOLVED WITH TOUCHSCREEN CONTROL GOING BLANK AND THEY THEMSELVES RUNNING A PROGRAM TO REPAIR, NOW REFUSING TO REPAIR IS A POTENTIAL HAZARD. I REQUEST NHTSA TO COMPEL TESLA TO MAKE ALL NECESSARY REPAIR AND REIMBURSE OWNERS.

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THE COMPUTER SCREEN WENT DEAD CAN'T TURN ON HEAT OR AC, OPEN SIDE MIRROR OR CHARGE THE CAR

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THE 17-INCH TOUCHSCREEN PERIODICALLY GOES BLANK OR DOES NOT COME ON WHEN CAR IS STARTED. THIS OCCURS RANDOMLY WHILE CAR IS STATIONARY OR IN MOTION.

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VEHICLE WAS SUMMON TO ENTER GARAGE AND HIT THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE GARAGE DOOR FRAME CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE HOUSE, SIDE MIRROR, AND SHATTER THE FRONT QUARTER PASSENGER WINDOW. THE SUMMONS FEATURE DOES NOT YET WORK!

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TOUCH SCREEN EXTREMELY SLUGGISH, SOMETIMES UNRESPONSIVE DURING DRIVING TRIP, LOSING MANY ACTIVE SAFETY FEATURES SUCH AS FORWARD COLLISION WARNING, SIDE COLLISION WARNING, REAR VIEW CAMERA, ACTIVE NAVIGATION LEADING TO DISTRACTIONS FROM TRYING TO USE ALTERNATIVE HAND PHONE NAVIGATION. LOST SPEEDOMETER FUNCTION WHILE DRIVING AS SHOWN ON IMAGE BELOW MAKING DRIVING UNSAFE. IMAGE BELOW SHOWED DRIVING ON A CITY STREET WHILE BOTH CONTROL SCREENS CENTER AND DRIVER SIDE BECAME FROZEN LEADING TO PANICKING DISTRACTIONS. CAR OFTEN SLOW TO BOOT UP OR WAKE UP, TAKING SEVERAL MINUTES, IN ORDER TO BE DRIVABLE. THIS SITUATION MAY BECOME UNSAFE IN CASE OF REAL EMERGENCY REQUIRING TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE IMMEDIATELY

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THE LARGE SCREEN IN MY TESLA OCCASIONALLY GOES COMPLETELY BLACK AND STOPS FUNCTIONING. WHEN THIS HAPPENS MY REAR VIEW/ BACK UP CAMERA GOES BLACK, MY HEATING AND AIR CONDTITIONING SHUTS OFF, MY RADIO AND BLUE TOOTH SHUTS OFF. I CAN STILL DRIVE THE CAR BUT IS VERY LIMITED. THIS CAN LAST FOR 5 MINUTES OR UP TO 15 MINUTES. I CANNOT PREDICT WHEN THIS WILL HAPPEN. SOMETIMES IT HAPPENS MULTIPLE TIMES DURING THE SAME DAYS, OTHER TIMES A WEEK WILL GO BY WITHOUT IT HAPPENING. TESLA CONTACTED ME ABOUT THIS AND OFFERED A FIX: THEY WOULD UNDER WARRANTY INSTALL A NEW EMMC CHIP AND THAT THIS WOULD SOLVE THE PROBLEM. I DID THIS, TESLA HAD MY CAR FOR A WEEK AND THEY PERFORMED THE FIX. IT DID NOT WORK AND MY SCREEN CONTINUES TO MALFUNCTION, IT IS VERY UNSETTLING. THIS CAN, AND HAS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES WHEN I AM: DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, DRIVING THROUGH MY NEIGHBORHOOD, DRIVING WITH MY KIDS IN THE CAR, AND WHEN I FIRST START THE CAR UP IN THE MORNING. I HAVE ATTACHED 2 PHOTOS I TOOK WHEN THIS HAPPENED 2 SEPARATE TIMES IN THE LAST 24 HOURS. BOTH TIMES I WAS DRIVING WHEN IT OCCURRED . THIS IS AFTER I HAVE HAD THE REPAIR THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO FIX THIS PROBLEM.

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ON MULTIPLE OCCASSIONS (SOMETIMES WHILE STATIONARY AND SOMETIMES WHILE MOVING), THE MEDIA CONTROL UNIT (MCU) HAS BECOME INOPERABLE. IF IT OCCURS PRIOR TO A TRIP, THIS MEANT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT DRIVE FOR THE SEVERAL MINUTES IT TAKES TO PERFORM A RE-BOOT. WHEN IT OCCURRED WHILE DRIVING, IT MEANT THAT THE FOLLOWING SYSTEMS COULD NOT BE USED AND/OR ADJUSTED: THE REAR VIEW CAMERA, THE RADIO VOLUME, THE TEMPERATURE CONTROL, THE NAVIGATION SYSTEM, AND POSSIBLY OTHERS. I HAVE PROVIDED TESLA WITH TIME STAMPS OF ALMOST ALL FAILURE EVENTS AND TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO THEIR SERVICE CENTERS 3 DIFFERENT TIMES. ALTHOUGH AN ASPECT OF THIS MCU (THE "EMMC") IS KNOWN TO BE DEFECTIVE AND THE VEHICLE IS UNDER WARRANTY, TESLA HAS REPEATEDLY REFUSED TO REPLACE THE MCU. INSTEAD THEY HAVE, ON THE LATEST SERVICE APPOINTMENT, INDICATED THERE ARE "FPGA ERRORS" AND THERE IS A "FIRMWARE BUG" THAT IS CAUSING THE PROBLEM AND THAT THIS FIRMWARE BUG WILL BE ADDRESSED WITH A PENDING FIRMWARE UPDATE. IN THE MEANTIME, THEY SUGGEST PERFORMING A "RE-BOOT" OF THE SYSTEM EVERY TIME IT FAILS. I AM WORRIED THAT THIS MAY CAUSE FOR AN UNSAFE DRIVING SITUATION AND HOPE THAT THE NHTSA WILL COMPEL TESLA TO RECALL VEHICLES FROM THIS ERA (FROM WHICH THE MCUS ARE KNOWN TO BE DEFECTIVE).

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REAR BACKUP CAMERA NO LONGER USABLE AT NIGHT SINCE TESLA UPGRADED THE SOFTWARE/MCU2 COMPUTER SYSTEM.

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I TOOK POSSESSION OF A USED TESLA 2017 MODEL X DIRECTLY FROM TESLA USED SALES ON SATURDAY 11/28. WITHIN 2 DAYS (BY MON 11/30), THE CENTRAL CONSOLE/COMPUTER WENT COMPLETELY BLACK AND THE CAR LOST ALL ABILITY TO SELF-DRIVE, USE MEDIA, CLIMATE CONTROL, LIGHTING, AND, FROM A MOST CONCERNING SAFETY STAND-POINT, ALL CAMERA INCLUDING REAR-VIEW. THIS PROBLEM WAS REPORTED TO TESLA ON 12/1 AND NO SOLUTION HAS BEEN FORTHCOMING. IN SCANNING THE INTERNET, THIS SEEMS TO BE A SERIOUS REOCCURING PROBLEM WITH THE CENTRAL MCU COMPUTER CONSOLE. THE CAR IS DRIVE-ABLE BUT WITHOUT SAFETY PRECAUTIONS OR FUNCTIONALITY IN EVEN THE MOST BASIC OF OPERATIONS.

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TOUCHSCREEN FAILURE IN EITHER COMPLETE BLACK SCREEN OR UNRESPONSIVE DURING DRIVING. IN ADDITIONAL, PARTIAL FUNCTION LOSS OF THE INSTRUCTION PANELS IN THE MEAN TIME. THIS IS HAPPENING ONCE EVERY FEW MONTHS THAT FORCE ME HAVE TO STOPPED ON THE ROAD TO REBOOT/DEEP REST THE SYSTEM. WHEN ITS FAILED I LOSS VIEW OF REAR CAMERA, CANNOT OPERATE HVAC (DEFOGGING) LIGHT, AND LOSS OF THE PARKING ASSISTANT SUPPORT. FURTHERMORE I SUSPECT THIS DEFECTS ALSO RENDERS MY INTERNAL WEB BROWSER UNUSABLE AND COVERTLY LOSING OF NAVIGATION VOICE PROMPT. I AWARE THE CAUSE OF THIS ISSUE FROM NHTSA INVESTIGATION EA-20-003. HOWEVER, WHEN CONTACT TESLA FOR THIS ISSUE THEY SIMPLY REFUSE TO FIX THE DEFECTS EMMC CITING I HAVE TO PROVIDE SPECIFIC DATE AND TIME OF FAILURE, WHICH IS UNREASONABLE UNLESS THE DRIVER IS ALREADY AWARE THE DETAIL OF THIS DEFECTS AND TAKING SPECIFIC NOTE FOR THE OCCURRENCE. HOWEVER, I LUCKILY MADE A NOTE FOR THE OCCURRENCE AT THE TIME, BUT TESLA STILL REFUSE TO REPLACE THE DEFECTS UNIT CITING THEY LOSS THE LOG OF MY INCIDENT. THEN, THEY PUSHED A SOFTWARE UPGRADE SIMPLY DEFER THE PROBLEM FROM HAPPENING. FURTHERMORE, IN THIS PANDEMIC SITUATION, MANY PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO AVOID OF GOING OUT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. MY POINT IS THEIR DEFECTS ALREADY CAUSE MATERIALIZED DAMAGE TO THE EMMC, WHICH HAS A FIXED LIFESPAN FOR THE CYCLE OF WRITES. IT SHOULD BE REQUIRED A RECALL FOR THESE DEFECTS DEVICE WILL FAILED SOONER OR LATER.

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I'M NOT FROM THE US, BUT WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THERE ARE ALSO SAFETY PROBLEMS WITH MODEL X CARS IN EUROPE. MY CAR, A TESLA X FROM APRIL 2017 WITH 93.682 KILOMETERS DRIVEN BROKE DOWN WITH A BROKEN SUSPENSION PART. THE WHEEL WAS MOVING FOR- AND BACKWARDS COMPARED TO THE VEHICLE. TESLA CALS THE PART FORE LINK ASSY LH (1041570-00-B). WHEN PARKING THE CAR IN REVERSE, THE FRONT A THE CAR CAME UP FOR 5 CENTIMETERS. IT HAPPENED ALSO DRIVING SLOWLY FORWARD. THE BIG RING ON THE END OF THIS PART (THE SITE THAT IS CONNECTED CLOSE TO THE WHEEL) WAS COMPLETELY TORN OPEN. TESLA ALSO HAD TO REPLACE THE LEFT AND RIGHT FR SUSP AFT LINK ASSY BECAUSE OF "WEAR AND TEAR". UPPER CONTROL ARM WERE ALREADY REPLACED IN JUNE 2020. REAR MOTOR REPLACED JANUARI 2018, ELECTRONICS FOR OPENING FRONT DOORS REPLACED IN MARCH 2020, NEW POWER STEERING APRIL 2020. I LIKE YOU TO INVITE THE ALSO LOOK AT SUSPENSION SAFETY ISSUES IN EUROPE WITH THE MODEL X AND S. THESE ISSUES HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH ROAD CONDITIONS, WE HAVE VERY NICE SMOOTH ROADS HERE IN THE NETHERLANDS. I MADE A VIDEO OF THE MOVEMENT OF THE FRONT LEFT WHEEL.

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WHEN THE CAR IS PARKED THEN PUT IN REVERSE, THE CAR MAKES A LOUD CRACKING NOISE. I WAS TOLD IT WAS BRAKES THAT WERE CLEANED UP BUT STILL MAKE A LOUD NOISE.

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MAIN CENTRAL DISPLAY FREEZING, UNRESPONSIVE.AFFECTS RADIO, REAR VIEW CAMERA ALERT WARNING SOUNDS. REQUIRES TO REBOOT FOR IT TO WORK. NEWER MODEL WAS EQUIPPED WITH 64GB MEMORY CARD TO SOLVE THE ISSUE (CURRENTLY HAS 8GB). HAS HAPPENED IN MLTIPLE OCASIONES.

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VEHICLE NOT ABLE TO SUPERCHARGE DUE TO SALVAGE TITLE, VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO SUPERCHARGE FOR A YEAR AND TURNED OFF WITH OUT NOTICE OR WARNING. VEHICLE HAS NOT SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO HIGH VOLTAGE COMPONENTS AND PASSED TESLA HIGH VOLTAGE SYSTEM INSPECTION. NOTIFIED SUPERCHARGING IS PERMANENTLY DISABLED FOR BOTH TESLA AND THIRD PARTY DC FAST CHARGING MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE TO RODE TRIP ON THE VEHICLE. I ATTACHED INVOICES FOR PAYED CHARGING VEHICLE NOW NOT SUPERCHARGING DISABLED.

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THE MCU ON THE VEHICLE HAS ISSUES WITH IT SHUTTING DOWN AND GOING BLANK. ALSO MANY MCU FUNCTIONS AREN'T ABLE TO BE USED DURING THESE PERIODS. THERE'S BEEN TIMES A RESET DOESN'T RESOLVE THE ISSUE AND TESLA HAD TO FIX THE VEHICLE. TESLA ISSUED A WARRANTY ADJUSTMENT PROGRAM TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE. THE ISSUES I'M EXPERIENCING ARE CONSISTENT WITH THIS NOTICE, BUT THEY ARE REFUSING TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE AS STATED IN THE NOTICE. HTTPS://WWW.TESLA.COM/SUPPORT/ADJUSTED-COVERAGE-PROGRAM?REDIRECT=NO&UTM_SOURCE=ITERABLE&UTM_MEDIUM=EMAIL&UTM_CAMPAIGN=WARRANTY_ADJUSTMENT_PROGRAM&UTM_CONTENT=OWNERSHIP&UTM_LOCALE=EN_US&UTM_TERM=20Q4 IN THE PHOTOS SUBMITTED IT PROVIDES TESLA'S DECLINING TO REPAIR THE EMMC, AND TESLA'S ACKNOWLEDGMENT THAT MY ISSUES ARE CONSISTENT TO THEIR NOTICE. THE VIDEO EVIDENCE IS TOO LARGE TO SEND HERE, BUT I CAN SEND THE VIDEO IF NEEDED.

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THE MCU IS NOT STARTING UP

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MCU AND TOUCHSCREEN ARE EXTREMELY SLOW TO RESPOND AND NEED CONSTANT REBOOTS TO UNFREEZE. I SPOKE TO TESLA SERVICE ABOUT REPLACING THE MCU OR THE EMMC UNDER THEIR NEW WARRANTY PROGRAM BUT THEY KEEP TELLING ME THEY HAVE TEMPTED INTO THE CAR AND FIXED THE ISSUE BY CLEARING THE MEMORY. IT'S A TEMPORARY FIX AS THE ISSUE RETURNS IN A FEW DAYS.

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THE TOUCHSCREEN WENT BLACK WHILE DRIVING CAUSING THE LIGHTS TO GO OUT. THE SCREEN HAS GONE OUT MULTIPLE TIMES OVER THE PAST 6 WEEKS REQUIRING REBOOTING. EACH TIME THE SCREEN GOES OUT MORE FEATURES ARE AFFECTED.

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VEHICLE CENTRAL TOUCHSCREEN RANDOMLY "REBOOTS" EVEN WHILE DRIVING. SCREEN WILL GO BLACK AND TAKE 2-5 MINUTES TO POWER BACK ON. SCREEN ALSO FREEZES UP WITH INCREASING REGULARITY (SEVERAL TIMES A WEEK) FORCING MANUAL REBOOT. WHEN REBOOTING BACKUP CAMERA, AND AUDIBLE PARKING SENSOR CHIMES ARE DISABLED. ALSO TURN SIGNAL NOISE INDICATOR IS DISABLED. DATE OF INCIDENT IS TODAY'S DATE BUT ISSUE HAS BEEN ONGOING AND INCREASING IN FREQUENCY FOR THE PAST 12 MONTHS.

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 TESLA MODEL X. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY IN THE GARAGE AND ATTEMPTING TO START-UP THE VEHICLE, THE INSTRUMENTAL PANEL WAS INOPERABLE. THE CONTACT STATED NO WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. A DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS INFORMED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

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HERE IS A 2017 MODEL X IN THE JUNKYARD. HTTPS://WWW.IAAI.COM/VEHICLEDETAILS/38034265?ROWNUMBER=2 THE LH BACK WHEEL HAS GONE WHOMPY. ELON MUSK CALLS THIS "CHINA SYNDROME" BECAUSE IT ONLY HAPPENS IN CHINA DUE TO BAD ROADS AND BAD DRIVERS. THIS TESLA WENT WHOMPY IN CALIFORNIA. YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO. DEMAND A RECALL! THANKS IN ADVANCE KEEF

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MAIN CONTROL UNIT (MCU1) FAILS DAILY. IT WAS FIRST REPLACED WITHIN 2-4 MONTHS OF PURCHASED BECAUSE OF THE BLACK SCREEN OF DEATH. WILL LOSE AC, NAVIGATION, CAR LOCK, AND MANY OTHER THINGS THAT MAKE THE CAR WORK PROPERLY. TESLA CONTINUES TO DELAY ANY REPAIR FOR YEARS. THIS MUST BE.MY 6TH OR 6L7TH TIMES BRING IN THE CAR FOR REPAIR WHICH THEY DO NOT SEEM TO REPAIR.

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HERE IS A TESLA MODEL X IN THE JUNKYARD HTTPS://WWW.IAAI.COM/VEHICLEDETAILS/37656941?ROWNUMBER=81 AAAND..... POP GOES THE BALL JOINT! THAT'S IT! THE TOP BALL JOINT HAS FALLEN TO BITS AGAIN. THERE IS ABSOLUTELY ZERO COLLISION DAMAGE THAT WOULD ACCOUNT FOR THE BALL JOINT FAILING LIKE THIS. THERE HAVE BEEN MANY REPORTS OF OWNERS COMPLAINING OF SQUEAKS CAUSED BY LACK OF LUBRICATION IN THESE BALL JOINTS. EVENTUALLY THE BALL WEARS AWAY UNTIL IT POPS OUT AND THEN THINGS TURN TO EXCREMENT. IF IT IS NOT TOO MUCH TROUBLE FOR YOU THEN WOULD YOU PLEASE BE SO KIND AS TO DEMAND A RECALL BEFORE MORE PEOPLE GET SLAUGHTERED BY THESE DEFECTIVE CONTRAPTIONS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. KEEF.

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