Two vehicles were delivered to their owners missing the retaining bolt that attaches the steering wheel to the steering column. Read more at straitstimes.com.
WASHINGTON – The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said on Wednesday it was opening a preliminary investigation into 120,000 2023 Tesla Model Y vehicles after two reports of steering wheels falling off while driving.
The NHTSA said the steering wheels in both vehicles, which had a low mileage, completely detached. The vehicles were delivered to owners missing the retaining bolt that attaches the steering wheel to the steering column. The agency is opening a preliminary investigation to assess the “scope, frequency, and manufacturing processes associated with this condition”.The agency said it received a complaint from a parent who bought a new Model Y five days earlier and was on Route 1 South in Woodbridge, New Jersey on Jan 29 “and all of a sudden the steering wheel” fell off. “Was lucky there was no car behind and able to pull on divider.
The NHTSA posted a link to a tweet as part of the complaint filing. The tweet has received more than 2.4 million views on Twitter.The NHTSA said “both vehicles received an end-of-line repair requiring removal and reinstallation of the steering wheel”. The agency said a “friction fit maintained the connection between the steering wheel and the column splines during operation until separation. Sudden separation occurred when the force exerted on the steering wheel overcame the resistance of the friction fit while the vehicles were in motion”. REUTERS
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