What gets me is a non replaceable ball joint, replace the whole control arm at a cost of $3100. Wow!
Back in the early 1970s, I had a 1964 Olds Cutlass lose its front wheel and A-arms when its ball joints failed. Cost less than $50 to fix. Things cost a wee bit more now.
A lot of newer cars have non-replaceable upper ball joints...but is doesn’t cost $3k! Holy cow! And I have never seen an upper ball joint come completely apart like that...especially at 73k miles.
I’ve always been suspicious that Tesla, being a ‘tech’ company, would treat long term durability similar to how Microsoft treats software...which isn’t a good thing, if you don’t want to ‘upgrade’ your car every 3-4 years.
Aren’t all the wheels electric drive wheels on the Tesla?
Breaking a ball joint would probably mean electronics and electrical connections also were torn or affected somehow.