Feds investigate Tesla after reports of the steering wheel falling off while driving
In the latter complaint, Prerak Patel said the wheel fell off on Jan. 29, just five days after the vehicle was purchased. Mr. Patel also provided a tweet he had sent describing the harrowing incident.
“Was driving on highway and all the sudden steering wheel fall off, was lucky enough there was no car behind and I was able to pull” out of traffic lanes, Mr. Patel tweeted.Neither incident resulted in a crash, fire or injury to occupants,Both vehicles were missing a retaining bolt that keeps the wheel connected to the steering column. Instead, friction had kept the two items together until the force of steering eventually separated the wheels from the columns entirely.
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