Some Cybertruck Owners Say Their Trucks Are Shedding Body Panels; One Thinks He Knows Why
Some Cybertruck Owners Say Their Trucks Are Shedding Body Panels; One Thinks He Knows Why
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.crimedad.work/post/542998
"It does suck, because everybody kind of makes fun of the Cybertruck. To the outside person, it's kind of weird, it's ugly, whatever. Once you actually get in it, drive it, you realize it's pretty frickin' cool," he says. "It's kind of been sad, because I've been trying to prove to people that it's a really awesome truck that's not falling apart, and then mine starts to fall apart, so it's just... Yeah, it's kind of unfortunate and sad."
the trim piece that flew off of his truck is connected to a plastic frame bolted directly to the car; that trim piece, he says, is stuck to the frame with adhesive rather than welded or bolted to anything. That adhesive has seemingly failed in multiple places on his truck, leading to the loosened roofline trim panels.
How the hell is that thing legal to sell??
I worked at the Tesla plant in Fremont for a bit and most of every car is held together with adhesive. They claim it's super strong and once heated, it's stronger than welding... But, I mean... They are still falling apart and I don't know if that's because the adhesive sucks or if it's because every single day, they had to have someone remind everyone that the glue pattern posted at every station where it's applied isn't just a suggestion, it's an engineering requirement for the structural integrity of the part. People were just slapping the adhesive onto shit in any old way they pleased a lot of the time.
There's a reason why Musk is paying to dismantle the government.
There's a reason why the EU won't allow the sale of cybertrucks and it all has to do with
build quality andsafety.Edit: strikethrough added based on incorrect assumption as pointed out below
It's not over here in the UK. They're not road legal.
There's no consumer protection agency anymore. I wonder why.
Adhesives are used everywhere on cars, especially on trim pieces. But you have to prep the parts, which could mean sanding and scuffing, cleaning with solvents, or even (on larger parts) flame or plasma treatment.
Cuz 'Murica!
What. The. Fuck...
Are we taking lessons from Samsung now? I mean are they serious? Adhesive for car parts?!
Well gee, as long as car exteriors don't experience extreme heating/cooling cycles on a daily basis, then adhesive should work just fine. Oh wait.
It's like they wanted this vehicle to fail.
Adhesive is fairly common in cars now. Some higher end cars are held together almost entirely with adhesives that bond carbon tubs to the frame.
That being said, they're obviously not using it correctly or in the right circumstances on the cybercuck. What a piece of shit.
There’s nothing wrong with adhesive. My car window shade things are attached via adhesive.
However, if it is not an extra attachment, shouldn’t they be clipped in somehow?
"I bought a very expensive piece of shit, and everyone else thinks it's a piece of a shit, but when I try to convince them that it's not a piece of shit... it ends up doing piece of shit things. I just don't get it."
I also really liked this part
"[...]I love Teslas," he says. "I'm just trying to share what's going on to better help the engineers to fix this super fast."
He's just so cute, the way he's keeping his copes up despite everything
But it's so frickin cool when you drive it!
Ah, Spring. When the Swasticars shed their winter coats...
I think I know why too - because they are pieces of shit that are poorly constructed.
If you haven't seen the clip, watch the guy that shuts the door kinda hard but not crazy and it no longer opens. Find me another vehicle like that - don't worry, I'll wait.
Geez that's actually awful.
I really have no idea why anyone would buy one of these pieces of shit other than hype and clout.
Lol the one guy in the comments saying it's fake... I mean it must be, right? We all know how Cybertrucks are famous for their excellent craftsmanship and design...
Not even Stellantis is that bad. Good grief.
Toughest truck ever built, bullet proof, yada yada yada.
Well apparently it's not even wind proof. 🤣🤣🤣
Teslas have had shit build quality forever. They ripped out so many features from the cockpit and replaced it all with a single shitty display. Elon said it's radical and better, fans sucked it up.
He was a scammer right from the start. He bought the company to ride the green wave and rip off idiots with garbage EVs. Everyone knew his shit cars don't cost much money to build, Chinese EV makers proved it.
He couldn't even turn a profit with his fucking company and had to resort to stock manipulation. People seem to forget what a piece of human garbage Elon was all along.
It's no surprise that garbage truck falls apart. Trade it in for the roadster you fucking idiot!
Elon promise: 10nm precision Elon Delivers: truck stuck with glue.
I think the problem with Tesla is that they have too many legacy hires making decisions.
*too many legacy buyers FTFY
What's a legacy hire?
The fuck is this website ?
You went further than I did. I closed the tab as soon as I got that "press and hold" crap. If they value their page that much, they might as well keep it.
I think it's some CDN doing that because I got that exact page trying to go to digikey yesterday. I had to disable Firefox's tracking protection to get past it
I grey-listed px-cdn.net and a couple of related things in UBO and was able to get in. It's not worth it. Article summary: "They used glue instead of welds/bonds/clips, and the glue is turning brittle and separating from the steel when it flexes (sometime simply due to temperature change)." More details: "It occurs more frequently, the higher the VIN."
Because the truck is embarrassed, it's trying to mask itself
A Tesla owner who wraps the vehicles for a living has come up with a hypothesis as to why his truck lost a piece of its bodywork at speed.
The car is shit and poorly built. I don't think there is much of a mystery here.
it just flew off while driving
Lol
As someone who isn’t a car guy, this is a legit question: Do other manufacturers also glue panels onto plastic parts?
That doesn’t seem like something that would be the norm but maybe I’m clueless.
Edit: Thanks for clarifying. I certainly learned something new.
Yes, and many planes and jets are glued together too. This isn't your cheap school glue. That said, Tesla's good at fucking up, so who knows what they did wrong. Probably everything.
They used Elmers because Xelon saw it and thought it said Elons Glue... and then he ate some. I say 'some' but I really meant a few gallons, and that's why he carries around a chainsaw.
Work for a somewhat expensive automotive brand and yes it is very common. We have cars from $60k to over $400k and beyond, and they all are glued together everywhere you look, that or plastic clips, very little is actually bolted on. Sometimes because in a crash it is better that a piece breaks and fly's off then to stay mounted to the car, and in (most) other cases, probably for cost reasons. But it is a common thing, and has been for a long while, and if executed right, it is tried and true, however if you don't have good quality control and workers who don't care, they're not gonna mount pieces right, and create a hazard
The rear spoiler thing on my hatchback trunk is starting to peel and I thought it would be easy to remove and repaint myself. But I was surprised to learn it’s just glued on. But it’s just a trim piece of plastic with a brake light and a fluid nozzle in it. Not a body panel per se.
People are saying yes, but that seems bonkers to me. I've done some extensive repairs for the last two cars I've owned (a Honda and a Toyota), as well as for my mom's Volvo, and I've certainly never encountered adhesives to attach any parts. In my experience it's always hex bolts or plastic clips. I'll admit I don't love those plastic clips, they probably break 1/4 of the time when you remove them, but they seem perfectly reliable when they're in.
But hey, like I said, I haven't been servicing any American cars, so who knows, maybe it's used all the time. Maybe yesterday's bad ideas are today's tried and true best practices.
The parts that are glued on aren't parts you're going to be removing while servicing it, for obvious reasons
It’s going through puberty obviously
Edolf Muskler’s swastikars are self-yeeting out of shame and anxiety at having been built by a corporation owned and run by an unapologetic Nazi. I would, too.
So this piece essentially becomes a high speed flying knife when it shoots off while driving.
I propose high speed cybetruck street races, where republicans line the street track and cheer - if they believe in freedom. You do believe in freedom... don't you?
@CrimeDad SPOILER: They are moulting.