It’s no secret that we right here at Jalopnik have been crucial of Elon Musk’s chrome steel center finger to the automotive trade. Actually, we wrote over 60 Tesla Cybertruck blogs in its first yr as an actual automotive in the actual world.
Previously yr the Cybertruck has confronted a complete of seven remembers, plus a litany of buyer complaints and ample unhealthy press from proprietor crashes and breakdowns. Even many die-hard Tesla stans ended up questioning their loyalty to Musk’s imaginative and prescient. Given the huge array of blunders we figured it may be good to deliver among the Cybertruck’s highlights collectively in a single place. Faucet or click on the title of every fail to learn the unique weblog.
This was one of the harmful design flaws that stricken the Cybertruck in 2024; an accelerator pedal with poorly glued trim that might slide and entice the pedal towards the ground, turning the Cybertruck right into a 7,000-pound runaway chrome steel loss of life entice. The repair? Rivet the trim piece to the pedal.
Elon Musk insisted that the Cybertruck appear like nothing else on the highway, giving it unpainted chrome steel physique panels, and a silhouette that appears prefer it was penned by one among his 12 kids of their infancy. So when the Cybertruck’s aerodynamically optimized wheel covers with tendrils that stretch past the wheel itself and onto the versatile rubber tire sidewall began cannibalizing mentioned sidewall, Tesla was fast to reply. And by that I imply they only stopped producing and transport these wheel covers and simply let the vehicles attain prospects with no wheel covers in any respect. Finally it launched an up to date design that didn’t carve grooves into the tire sidewalls, however once more, how the hell did engineers not determine that downside in the course of the truck’s several-year growth?
The Cybertruck, as many Teslas typically do, was launched with out finalized software program. Thankfully for homeowners, over-the-air updates could make fashionable vehicles a lot simpler to repair en masse. Sadly for Tesla, the Cybertruck’s electrically operated entrance trunk had some critical beef with the fingers of a number of social media influencers earlier than a type of updates elevated the system’s pinch sensitivity. Influencers throughout the web have been sticking numerous fruits, greens, and appendages into Cybertruck entrance trunks to see simply how harmful it was.
The Cybertruck is alarmingly highly effective and fast, however when the launch video confirmed a Porsche 911 get spanked in a drag race by a Cybertruck towing a Porsche 911, the web raised an awfully suspicious eyebrow. Seems Tesla had omitted some crucial particulars in regards to the circumstances of this efficiency showcase.
Pickup vehicles have been America’s favourite car for many years, so Tesla confronted off with some stiff competitors when the Cybertruck hit the market. The all the time wise group over at Whistlin’ Diesel thought it will be entertaining to pit the “more durable than a bag of nails” Cybertruck towards the best-selling car in america, a Ford F-150, and over 28 million individuals agree since that’s what number of views this video garnered because it hit YouTube in August. Positive a few of these assessments are a tad unorthodox, however seeing the subframe rip off this “more durable than a bag of nails” truck was some fairly unhealthy publicity.
The longest windshield wiper within the trade was one other element of the Cybertruck that needed to be reimagined due to the wacky form of Elon’s pickup truck. The massive floppy singular windshield wiper turned out to be one more level of failure for the bulletproof* truck, as homeowners rapidly discovered. Who must see out the windshield anyway?
As with all of Elon’s guarantees, there was some deception in regards to the Cybertruck’s proposed most vary. Initially Musk promised that the vary extender would enhance the utmost vary of the Cybertruck to just about 500 miles, however the legal guidelines of physics had one thing else to say. Batteries are heavy, and it takes quite a lot of power to maneuver heavy objects, Elon. As an alternative of the initially promised practically 500-mile vary, the Cybertruck with the vary extender can hardly break 400 miles in high trim with all-terrain tires. Not practically as spectacular as initially promised.
The Cybertruck is described on the Tesla web site as being “sturdy and rugged sufficient to go wherever,” however earlier this yr when the primary Cybertrucks have been lastly within the arms of householders, they discovered that phrase ought to have an asterisk on the finish. Cybertrucks saved moving into sticky conditions in snow and sand so regularly, that the Nationwide Forest Service in Stanislaus, California urged Cybertruck homeowners to learn to use Motor Automobile Use Maps to remain protected whereas venturing off-road. Cybertrucks have been even seen getting handed on trails by compact crossovers just like the Subaru Crosstrek.
9) Every Recall Defined
What number of remembers confronted the Cybertruck this yr? Seven? Rattling. Right here’s a quick overview of every recall issued all through the triangular pickup’s first yr of existence. Click on every recall to learn the complete tales.
Edmunds is a trusted supply of client data for all vehicles within the U.S.; its employees will typically buy new automobiles and drive them for a yr identical to a traditional client would, and report on the possession expertise. Edmunds had some unhealthy luck with its Chevrolet Blazer EV, however its Cybertruck developed a crucial steering error after one month of possession and simply 1,300 miles of driving. That snowballed, and hilarity ensued.
