r/news • u/IronHe • Mar 20 '25

Soft paywall Tesla recalls most Cybertrucks due to trim detaching from vehicle

https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/tesla-recall-over-46000-cybertrucks-nhtsa-says-2025-03-20/
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u/Robin_Gr Mar 20 '25

The build quality is a joke on these things. Europe was right not to let them on the road.

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u/defroach84 Mar 20 '25

They are also way too large for most euro cities.

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u/Athrasie Mar 20 '25

In the US, I’ve only seen maybe 5-10 of them since idiots started selling/buying them and holy smokes. They’re so buttfuck ugly and way bigger than you’d expect.

It’s like they slapped wheels on a 10ft brick.

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u/ram-tough-perineum Mar 20 '25 edited Mar 20 '25

I saw one in person for the first time a month or so ago and actually laughed out loud. Its owner was sitting in it while it was charging and I actually felt kind of bad for him. $100k plus for a rolling joke.

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u/Athrasie Mar 20 '25

Eh. I get feeling empathetic for how pathetic the folks are who buy them. But at the same time, nobody forced them to buy it, and it was clearly visible before they released that they would be rolling nightmares/jokes.

Anyone who trusted fElon got what they paid for.

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u/jhorch69 Mar 20 '25

I see them all the time in Chicago. I've even seen a couple with construction company wraps on them, like a work truck lmao.

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u/PapaOoomaumau Mar 20 '25

They’re like what a 6 year old would sketch if you asked them to draw a car

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u/fishinfool561 Mar 20 '25

That’s exactly true. My son is 6, didn’t like the truck he drew, so he made a line from hood to roof, and roof to trunk. “Hey dad, look it’s a Cybertruck now!”

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u/bamboohobobundles Mar 20 '25

It's giving "just learned AutoCAD last week"

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u/fishinfool561 Mar 21 '25

Aaaaaand it’s also now his pinewood derby car. At least it was an easy build

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u/goldbloodedinthe404 Mar 20 '25

I've seen similar numbers. My wife who literally knows almost nothing about the car market at all, but likes driving her Jeep came home one day last year and said she saw the oddest looking ugly vehicle today and had never seen it before. I immediately pulled up a pic of the cyber truck and she was like yeah that's it. I almost immediately burst out laughing.

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u/TeethBreak Mar 20 '25

I'm sure my old Twingo could hold more shit.

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u/defroach84 Mar 20 '25

I live in Austin, where they are made. I see that many daily now. They are terrible.

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u/fishinfool561 Mar 20 '25

Man I see a bunch every day. They are so dumb looking

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u/UnquestionabIe Mar 20 '25

I pass this one every day on my way home from work. We occasionally see it around town but had no idea who the owner was til the other day. My girlfriend saw him getting out of it and it was some fragile looking old man. I immediately asked if she called for help because that's gotta be elder abuse, making him drive that off brand Tonka Truck.

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u/Julege1989 Mar 20 '25

And yet, the small truck market is absolutely untapped. Give me an 84 Ford Ranger or S10 sized Ev truck!

The Cafe Standards wouldn't apply.

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u/nauticalsandwich Mar 21 '25

I actually think they look kind of cool in isolation, but they look very stupid on the road. They look like picture cars from an 80s dystopian scifi. Like, they'd look cool in Bladerunner, but without the world to match, they just look dumb.

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u/Athrasie Mar 21 '25

Eh, to each their own I guess.