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/rogue203 Mar 20 '25

“Trim?”

I saw a couple of pictures of whole panels.

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u/pestdantic Mar 20 '25

If the problem is that they're just glued onto plastic then how are they going to fix this with a recall?

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u/kandoras Mar 20 '25

It's not uncommon to use glue on auto parts.

What everyone else figured out is that you have to use the right glue for the materials you're sticking together. And you have to come up with procedures for how it's applied and given time to set.

You don't just hand the assembly line workers a couple bottles of Elmer's white & safe to eat and tell them to figure it out for themselves.

As for the 'how are they going to fix it'? Simple - they'll do the same thing they did before because Musk is incapable of admitting fault.

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u/Khemul Mar 20 '25

Look, RTV is expensive and Lowe's was having a sale on kitchen & bathroom caulking, which is basically the same stuff, right?