In keeping with Tesla supply brokers, Cybertruck deliveries are on maintain. There’s a containment maintain as many house owners are reporting trims flying off the supposedly ‘bulletproof’ electrical truck.
Many Tesla Cybertruck patrons are taking to boards and social media to report that their deliveries are being pushed.
There are 8 Cybertrucks patrons ready for deliveries who reported the delay on the Cybertruck Homeowners Membership discussion board and lots of extra on X and Fb.
Most are being informed by Tesla supply specialists that there’s a “containment maintain” on all Cybertruc deliveries.
A containment maintain usually happens when an automaker finds one thing fallacious with newly produced autos and desires to carry deliveries to repair the problem in order that it might keep away from recalling autos in prospects’ palms.
On this case, most Cybertruck patrons are unaware of the problem. Nonetheless, one purchaser shared a picture from Tesla’s service app the place a Tesla rep stated that the problem was as a result of Cybertruck’s “cantrail trim”:

The cantrail trim is ornamental trim that covers the roof ledge of a car. For the Cybertruck, it consists of the highlighted part under:

Although Tesla has claimed that the Cybertruck is “bulletproof” and made out of an “exoskeleton”, the electrical car’s construct is definitely a lot nearer to a standard unibody system slightly than “exoskeleton.” A lot of the seen physique elements, which might be a part of the chassis in a exoskeleton construct, are literally trims connected to the physique.
In some instances, they’re extraordinarily flimsy trims.
We beforehand reported on Tesla recalling 11,000 Cybertrucks resulting from some trims detaching whereas driving. That recall was in June of final yr, however is appears like the issue is likely to be coming again.
Photos of the Cybertruck’s entrance plate being held by glue has just lately been circulating on social media:

The earlier recall additionally talked about an issue with adhesive leading to trims detaching.
Within the case of the Cybertruck’s cantrail trim, Tesla’s service guide factors to brackets holding the highest a part of the trims:

The maintain on Cybertruck deliveries seems to have began final weekend as some deliveries appoitments have been canceled and patrons have but to be informed when they’ll have the ability to decide up their autos.
Right here’s a great clarification of the problems with Tesla’s cantrail trim:
Tesla has but to challenge a public service bulletin on the problem. The final service bulletin for the Cybertruck is dated February 26, and it’s about changing the left physique controller’s PCB on sure autos:
On sure Cybertruck autos, the left physique controller’s printed circuit board was misaligned with its heatsink, which can trigger the board to crack when the enclosure is closed. This may increasingly result in a swish power-off occasion. Change the left physique controller.
Now we have beforehand reported on Tesla getting round service bulletin and doubtlessly even recollects on the Cybertruck.
Based mostly on inner data, we reported on Tesla having a reasonably widespread “cell dent” challenge in some Cybertruck battery packs in December.