Tesla has recalled all Cybertrucks ever made and delivered within the US over a trim falling off the electrical truck, which could be a harmful hazard if it occurs whereas driving.
Per week in the past, we reported that Tesla had quietly put a containment maintain on Cybertruck deliveries.
Whereas the explanation was not confirmed on the time, we reported that we suspected that it was an issue with the cantrail, an ornamental trim that covers the roof ledge of a car. For the Cybertruck, it consists of the highlighted part beneath:
Tesla has now confirmed that there’s certainly an issue with the cantrail: it’s falling off the Cybertruck.
The automaker confirmed that it’s recalling all Cybertrucks it has made as much as final month:
The recall inhabitants consists of all Mannequin 12 months (“MY”) 2024 and 2025 Cybertruck automobiles manufactured from November 13, 2023, to February 27, 2025.
The corporate confirmed that it added as much as 46,096 Cybertrucks, which symbolize all Cybertrucks within the US.
Tesla describes the precise challenge with the cantrail trim falling off the car:
The Cybertruck is supplied with a beauty applique alongside the outside of the car, often called the cant rail, which is an meeting comprised of an electrocoated metal stamping joined to a stainless-steel panel with structural adhesive. The cant rail meeting is affixed to the car with fasteners. On affected automobiles, the cant rail stainless-steel panel might delaminate on the adhesive joint, which can trigger the panel to separate from the car.
The treatment includes changing the cant rail meeting with “one which meets sturdiness testing necessities.”
The distinction with the outdated trim is that the brand new one can have a greater adhesive meeting and “a stud welded to the stainless panel with a nut clamping the metal panel to the car construction.”
Within the recall discover, Tesla stated it hadn’t applied the treatment to automobiles in manufacturing but, however it plans to “on or round March 21, 2025.”
The automaker additionally confirmed the containment maintain on the Cybertruck because it stated it might repair the problem earlier than delivering the prevailing automobiles to clients.
Electrek’s Take
That’s the second Cybertruck recall for a trim falling off, and that’s on high of the trim on the accelerator pedal falling off.
Humorous sufficient, Tesla had an analogous answer for the accelerator pedal: screw it in place.
That is getting fairly a bit ridiculous. There are at all times issues with new automobiles, however there are issues and issues.
Tesla is now nearly a 12 months and a half into Cybertruck manufacturing, and it has to recall all of them as a result of a big design flaw. I’d additionally add that it created the flaw for itself after failing to ship on the Cybertruck’s exoskeleton.
I’m positive that Tesla actually meant for the Cybertruck to be constructed out of an exoskeleton at one level, however it clearly gave that up. The manufacturing model is clearly a unibody system with physique panels.
