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U.S. Safety Regulators On Tesla: The agency's upgraded probe follows a Reuters investigation that found tens of thousands of owners had experienced premature failures of suspension or steering parts since 2016, citing Tesla documents and interviews with customers and former employees. The Tesla documents showed that the automaker sought to blame drivers for frequent failures of suspension and steering parts it has long known were defective.

WASHINGTON/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) -U.S. safety regulators on Friday upgraded their probe into Tesla vehicles over power steering loss to the status of an engineering analysis - a required step before the agency could demand a recall. Tesla shares, which dropped more than 25% in January alone, fell more than 3% on Friday. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said the investigation covered about 334,000 Model 3 and Model Y vehicles from the 2023 model year.

Tens of thousands of customers told Tesla about a host of part failures. It blamed vehicle ‘abuse’, but documents show it had tracked chronic ‘flaws’ for years.

Tesla has partaken in a long history of blaming drivers for parts failures it knew were defective, a bombshell report from Reuters alleges.

Tens of thousands of Tesla owners have experienced premature failures of suspension or steering parts, according to a Reuters review.