Tesla recalls most Cybertrucks due to trim detaching from vehicle
Summary
Tesla is recalling over 46,000 Cybertrucks in the U.S. due to a defect causing exterior trim panels to detach while driving, posing a crash risk.
The recall affects nearly all Cybertrucks produced from November 2023 to February 2024. Tesla will replace the faulty rail panel assembly.
While no injuries have been reported, the company has received 151 warranty claims.
The recall adds to Tesla’s challenges amid falling stock prices and backlash over CEO Elon Musk’s political involvement. Tesla shares fell 1.4% after the news.
https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/tesla-recall-over-46000-cybertrucks-nhtsa-says-2025-03-20/Open linkView original on lemmy.world502
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Because they're held together with glue.
Hate, they are held together by hate
Hate also just happens to be the glue that conservatives use to stick together.
Apparently it doesn't hold things together well
we keep hoping.
Conservative glue is really just a mix of semen, crocodile tears, and racism.
Plenty of vehicles have panels held on by glue. If you use the right glue, and apply it properly, it's fine.
Tesla presumably cheaped out on the glue itself, and also on the man-hours for the work, and also also on QA/QC
Also the design, it was designed by a child
A child who likes eating glue paste, evidently
More like designed by an idiot that was hired by a child
technically a manchild, but yes
Other car designers are also smart enough to use the glue in ways that it was engineered for (like 3M specifies). Not on a flat unprotected price of stainless steel up against a glass corner and rubber seal.
Vehicles that cost $100k?
It's referred to as "structural adhesive" and it's used by everyone from Ferrari to Lockheed-Martin.
Honestly nearly every vehicle on the road and plane in the air uses structural adhesive. The problem here is with Tesla, not the technology.
Mclarens are glued together in a ton of places and they cost a lot more than $100,000.
Presumably, but the cost of the vehicle is entirely besides the point.
The point is that the adhesive isn't the problem, the Tesla badge is the problem.
Don't worry, this time they will use super glue instead of elmer's.
Roses are red, violets are blue, nearly all cyber trucks have been recalled due to them using the wrong glue.
Remember folks, if they issued a recall, the lawsuits were going to cost more than the repairs. That's the only reason they do it.
A major one.
Isn't this the second time they've had to recall nearly every single cybertruck (which couldn't be fixed with an over-the-air update)? The first was for an issue with the accelerator pedal getting stuck, from what I remember. Is it just tesla/musk fanatics buying these up? I can't imagine anyone else finding this vehicle appealing, from the terrible aesthetics to the severe design issues and all for a high price. I assume tesla fanatics are the only reason the stock price hasn't cratered either, but maybe reality will catch up someday.
Swaticars at least have some semblance of benefit of the doubt if they were bought before the election (really Musk has been showing his true colors for like 3-5 years but I digress)
Swastitrucks are straight up only being bought by Nazis and Nazi accessories
I think WhistlinDiesel helped identify this particular defect in his review of the vehicle.
yeah the stainless is literally glued on
too bad whistlindiesel is just as fashy as the rest of them
Is he? I haven't watched much of his content. That sucks. I mean, the vibes are definitely there, so I'm not very surprised.
His most recent video has a very brief flash of text praising DOGE.
He has a Trump wrapped Lambo.
Some of his recent videos are him and his friends engaging in literal vigelanteism.
I had to watch two unskipable ads just to see that video.
That's not cool. I bet they were really dumb ads, too.
I don’t recall. I’m immune to advertising. 🤣🤣
Funny how the onslaught of conventional advertising has made us apathetically numb to it. Veritasium did a fun feature on that a while back. It's the unconventional subliminal stuff I can't definitively identify as advertising that scares me...
They Live
So it's just tesla engineering
thanks
The front fell off
I’m no car engineer, but wtf are they glued?!
Lots of stuff on cars is glued. Your windshield, for one. The difference is correctly applying the appropriate adhesive.
I guess it’s hard to screw in glass. I didn’t expect that of panels though
Maybe my perspective is entirely painted by the fact that I've only owned cars from the 90s-2001 but I feel like you usually have screws for things that aren't the windshield. Hell the back window of a 1991 Jeep Cherokee is held in by a gasket, no glue no screws just pressure. So it seems a bit stupid to rely on just glue for something that is presumably going to be exposed to the environment and can change consistency under heat like during the summer and spring.
Cars a combination of all kinds of shit. Rivets, welds, adhesive, clips, you name it. Aluminum frame cars use more adhesive. High-end applications where the heat of welding can cause dangerous warping also is a factor. The Lotus Elise, for example, uses adhesive rather than welds. Bolts or rivets put holes in things and that's not always tolerable.
Not to mention, a hole creates a stress point. Rivets are extremely strong, but they create a perforation in the riveted material, which reduces its overall strength. Properly applied adhesive uniformly distributes forces over a larger surface area. Industrial grade adhesive when properly applied beats out just about every other form of fastening.
Is anyone here old enough to remember the ford pinto, and how common it was to hear jokes that it was a death trap that would explode if you rear ended it? Cybertrucks have 17 times the death rate of ford pintos.
Guys (and Gals), hold on now. Sure, it's a recall for all Cybertrucks, but don't overreact! I'm sure an over-the-air software patch is incoming to fix this issue!
(That's a joke.)
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To all the people out there that bought this piece of crap because you thought Elmo was a genius.
What do you have to say now? I can’t wait to hear the mental gymnastics.