This Tesla Owner Is Having Serious Problems With His Steering

As a company that’s only been producing cars in decent numbers for a handful of years, you do expect Tesla’s products to come with the odd niggle to iron out. And it seems owners are - for the most part - happy about how Tesla deals with such issues.

However, prominent tech YouTuber Marques Brownlee has been experiencing an issue with his Model S P100D that goes beyond what can be described as a ‘niggle’. In the video above - which at the time of writing is on over 400,000 views despite being posted only 13 hours ago - he describes a worrying fault with his power steering.

Several times the power assistance has seemingly dropped away entirely. In response, Tesla took the car and replaced the steering rack, only for the issue to arise once more. The car went back to Tesla, and Brownlee is currently waiting to hear what the service centre’s solution will be.

We’ve reached out to Tesla for comment, and are awaiting a response.

UPDATE: Brownlee has since sent out a couple of Tweets about the work being done to his car, stating that Tesla engineers found “contaminant” on the power steering circuit, which could well be the culprit for his steering issues.