America’s favourite low poly electrical truck is going through a brand new set of issues that don’t have something to do with individuals spray portray swastikas or crude feedback about Elon Musk on them. Deliveries of the Tesla Cybertruck are on maintain whereas the corporate addresses points with stories that the trim is changing into indifferent and flying off, Electrek stories.
Tesla service representatives are telling prospects awaiting deliveries that there’s a “containment maintain” on their vehicles, in keeping with a number of posts within the Cybertruck Owners Forum, as famous by Electrek. The prospects are usually not being instructed it has something to do with the automobile’s trim, although. A containment maintain is a proactive measure taken by automakers to handle a top quality problem or defect with a automobile earlier than it reaches prospects.
Electrek additionally shared a screenshot of direct messages between a buyer and a Tesla service rep that talked about a problem with the truck’s cantrail, or the ornamental trim that covers the roof ledge above the door. The delay might take a number of weeks to handle, relying on the severity of the unfastened trim.
The downside is probably going associated to a handful complaints filed with the federal authorities earlier this 12 months, which famous that the trim above the truck’s home windows gave the impression to be connected by glue.
A video on YouTube posted over a month in the past goes into higher element concerning the points with the cantrail trim.
The Cybertruck has been recalled seven occasions since its official launch December 2023. Tesla offered an estimated 40,000 vehicles in 2024, regardless of over 1 million reservations. There had been anecdotal stories of Cybertrucks piling up on used automobile heaps. Tesla Cybertruck manufacturing facility employees in Austin had been instructed to remain dwelling for 3 days in December. And since Elon Musk’s elevation as a particular advisor to the Trump administration, the Cybertruck has turn out to be a goal of graffitti and vandalism from individuals against Musk’s takeover of the federal authorities.
