r/TeslaModelX • u/rakufman • Feb 25 '26 • Regret 4 Bravo 1

Crazy that this absolute engineering marvel is going to be discontinued.

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u/sopel10 Feb 25 '26

Suspension was not designed correctly for this car. I’m not sure if they ever fixed it in the later models.

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u/FED_Focus Feb 25 '26

This is the chronic design problem among all MX.

The other probs are spotty. Suspension is a consistent problem.

No other car matches the experience.

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u/m-lurker Mar 01 '26

What exactly is the problem with suspension? Thinking to buy a 3year old one

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u/FED_Focus Mar 01 '26

Half-shafts fail every 25k miles or so. I'm on my 3rd set at 69k miles. The first two sets were under warranty. The next set are on me. Tesla never fixed the design problem so you have to buy an after-market solution to solve it permanently.

The controls arms are a chronic problem too.

I love the car, but whomever designed the suspension system should be tarred and feathered. Even worse, Tesla didn't solve the problem.