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.
Most expensive early access beta with pre-order ever. Tesla is the EA of cars.
EA is a more reputable company.
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.
Oh no, anyway…
Never by 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.
No problems yet in 5 years with my posh Toyota.
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.
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.
Low VIN cars come with low VIN problems.
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.
Right, I considered it …. I’m not interested in a truck but a fully refundable $100 to hold my place in line, for what was at the time the first EV pickup?
Rivian had shown off their EV truck a year and a half before Tesla announced the Cyber Truck. And it’s a much more useful vehicle.
I believe the Ford Lightning EV might have been in the works already too, but not sure if it was announced yet.
Rivian also started delivering its truck in 2021 after showing the concept in may 2018.
Ahh didn’t realize, thanks for the info!
Except people 3 years into that wait are already getting called up for their turn. A lot of people are declining to take it up
front windshield wipers that can fail
Seems irrelevant if the truck can’t even get wet
The perfect car for Ben Shapiro.
The problem isn’t that it can’t get wet. The problem is that it mustn’t get wet.
Very true. Now I’m angry at myself for missing an opportunity to use one of the worst contractions in the English language.
It’s fine, just keep it in Car Wash mode all the time 😎
I’d’ve thought mustn’t would be broadly cherished, not reviled!
Reading it now… It truly is horrible. I’dn’t’ve is still #1 though
Is this odd? Most cars have had several recalls, and if you have never taken your car in for recall work, you need to go look up what work was (not) done on your VIN and take care of it. Lots of cars are still out there with claymores for airbags, make sure your car isn’t among them.
Idk even the more egregious defects usually don’t get discovered this close to launch. The accelerator petal debacle should not have happened to begin with. It’s a solved technology!
I think it’s the amount of recalls in such a short time combined with how long it took to ship the first one after you could place an order. And the ceo’s attitude definitely doesn’t help.
Awesome! I recently inherited a car and you made it easy for me.
Quantity of recalls combined with the quantity of quality control issues, combined with the price-tag.
For that kind of money, you generally expect something that went through some road testing. And it’s not like these are issues that took years to develop. Stuff like the problems with the foot pedals should have come up during their testing… Assuming they did any.
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…)
Aren’t you supposed to test that shit before going live?
When people pay over 100k to be crash test dummies
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 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.
fail fast
I’m sure an OTA will fix it. /S
Great, now I have to worry about the morons buying this garbage flinging it at me.
Say what you want about Musk, but bankrupting TWO multibillion dollar companies at the same time is impressive.
comrade musk
Don’t forget PayPal. He almost ruined it until they kicked him out.
That isn’t at the same time though… You kinda missed the whole thing with that.
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.
giving elon musk another $53 billion should solve it
Nah, it’s 53 billion for each
11.000 people bought one?! I figured just a few museums would’ve picked one, to display in their abstract art sections, or the “even when we knew how not to we still built shit” section.
No, 11,000 were effected by the recall. There’s way more morons with money in this country. I’m in CA and I saw 3 of them on my 10 minute drive to my favorite pizza joint.
