Tesla is recalling its Cybertruck for the fourth time to fix problems with trim pieces that can come loose and front windshield wipers that can fail | The new recalls each affect over 11,000 trucks
Tesla is recalling its Cybertruck for the fourth time to fix problems with trim pieces that can come loose and front windshield wipers that can fail | The new recalls each affect over 11,000 trucks
Tesla is recalling its futuristic new Cybertruck pickup for the fourth time in the U.S. to fix problems with trim pieces that can come loose, and failing front windshield wipers.
The company says in the documents that the front windshield wiper motor controller can stop working because it’s getting too much electrical current. A wiper that fails can cut visibility, increasing the risk of a crash. The Austin, Texas, company says it knows of no crashes or injuries caused by the problem.
In the other recall, a trim piece along the truck bed can come loose and fly off, creating a hazard for other motorists.
Tesla says in documents that the trim piece is installed with adhesive, and that may not have been done properly at the factory.
Never buy the first model year of any vehicle. And that includes new generations with the same model name. They always have the most problems the first year, so you're just paying to be a beta tester.
You would assume we have wipers down after decades without failure.
Wipers often are the only moving part still working after a car totalled.
No other wipers are this long and stupid though…
Never by the first model og anything really, everything is rushed to market and nothing is done properly the first time.
No problems yet in 5 years with my posh Toyota.
Same, but with 10 ish. I even had a Saturn with fewer problems, and those were notorious for issues.
Low VIN cars come with low VIN problems.
Not only are you likely to get the most problems, you're usually paying more for them as well.
Never buy the brand new model of anything. Computer, car, dishwasher, blender; they all have teething problems that are solved in later versions. Hell, in enterprise IT it's common to be several major versions back and to pay for security patches rather than keep up with the latest and greatest.
Say what you want about Musk, but bankrupting TWO multibillion dollar companies at the same time is impressive.
I'm shocked they sold that many
Over 2 million on backorder. They say avg 5 year wait, but if they've only made 11,000 (it was 4,000 for the first recall iirc) its gonna be waaaaay more than 5 years wait for those idiots
"Backorder" meant "Idiots with a couple hundred dollars". "Orders" were a whole $100 fully refundable deposit. It was a complete non-commitment, and I know a ton of people who literally bought them solely to resell their "spot in line".
I knew a dude who put in an order for 5, just to ensure he could sell his "spots on the list". Dude was a service tech that couldn't afford even the fake $40k price, let alone the current $100k price. I've seen tons of stories like his as well, so there's a 0% chance even 20% of those are actually converting to sales.
The truck was first shown in 2016, nearly 8 years ago, and only came out last year so there was about half a decade of hype building around this thing that was busy sucking in all the gullible rich people.
the idea of tesla making a pickup is pretty old, but it was not announced as a concept vehicle with an image and name until the end of 2019
It was teased and unnamed in 2016c but we didn’t see the concept truck until November 2019.
The steering system and power delivery is interesting but not not enough to overcome the dangerously sharp, blind spot riddled, and impractical body design.
The couldn’t even be bothered to put a digital rear view mirror in the place other companies and third parties have been doing it for a decade.
Who said they sold them? There was a recent story where there was a parking lot full of them that was spray painted "fuck Elon" so we can assume there are other lots of them rusting away.
I think the ones in that lot were sitting there waiting for recall work to be done before they could be delivered to
suckerscustomers.
front windshield wipers that can fail
Seems irrelevant if the truck can't even get wet
Maybe it's just like a shit car? I'm no carologist tho
I saw one broken down on the side of the road because it tried to tow a trailer that weighed 900 pounds.
Not like these people had any warning that they might be buying a shitty product designed and sold by a pathological liar /s:
And the glass is virtually indestructible instantly smashes
I'm sure it's fine. It's not like there's an idiot who makes stupid, whimsical decisions in charge.
The real story is they have 11k of this piece of crap on the roads
Actually half of them are sitting unsold in lots. They've sold like 5k
Hmm, at least they are not prone to rusting.
giving elon musk another $53 billion should solve it
Nah, it's 53 billion for each
Aka all trucks sold, lol.
They have lots full of these oversized ugly behemoths.
Aren't you supposed to test that shit before going live?
I mean most of the issues have been from the assembly process and not the fundamental design. However I would argue designing something you can't reliably assemble is just as bad. Adhesive needs to be done right on every unit and it's impossible to visually inspect it in this application. Clips are a pain in the ass but I'll take them over glued on trim any day of the week.
Coming from the man who knows more about manufacturing than anyone on the planet
Now it looks like cars have early access periods
fail fast
When people pay over 100k to be crash test dummies
It's all part of the "move fast and break things" development process.
What, take ideas from decades of vehicle manufacturing like a filthy pleb? Listening to lower IQ car engineers with decades of experience is just going to slow a genius like Elon down.
I'm sure an OTA will fix it. /S
Day one patches effect physical games too I guess
Oh no, anyway...
Are these things literally Little Tykes Cozy Coupes like wtf
Hey now those sons of bitches could be durable. I saw one get hit by a f150 once and the f150 had more damage. Dont fuck with the cozy coupes.
Yeah because Elon doesn't understand the concept of a crumple zone. God forbid a cybertruck hits anything solid faster than 35mph, the people inside would get splattered.
Great, now I have to worry about the morons buying this garbage flinging it at me.
Lol
The Tron-inspired Cybertruck failed in a catastrophic accident because apparently the super powered x-treem window wipers were turbo maxed to the power of RAD.
I bet Simone Giertz's Truckla had working windshield wipers...
because unlike elon simone giertz is smart
I'm still not sure why anyone thinks it looks cool... -It looks like a truck designed using a Vecktrex. (Ok, admittedly, now that does make it sound slightly cooler to me...)
I've seen a few around, and I always think "It's the N64 truck!"
Elon downloaded blender and spend 3 minutes on a cube. Then forced the poor engineers to make his car "design".
The only angle I think looks cool is the one on the pic.
It looks cheap, even from that angle. Maybe especially from that angle because it highlights all the out of place looking plastic parts.
Cool that's boring