🚗 A Twitter user based in New Jersey shared details of what they said was a “horrific experience” in the middle of the highway as their new Tesla vehicle’s steering wheel fell off. Follow benzinga The Twitter user, who goes by the name Prerak, tweeted at Elon Musk, the CEO of the automaker and said their family was excited to receive the Tesla Y delivery on Jan. 24, but while they were driving on the highway “the sudden steering wheel [fell] off.” Prerak said in the tweet, first noted on Motortrend, that they were lucky enough that there was no vehicle behind and they could pull onto the divider. Prerak also shared a video from the inside of the vehicle as well as the response from Tesla’s service center, which, according to the tweet, replied, “We are looking into the vehicle now.” He also expressed displeasure at being charged $103.96 for the steering wheel defect and asked Musk if he was “responsible for the manufacturing defect” in the same thread. Later, the Tesla customer ...