Tesla’s long-delayed and expensive Cybertruck has been accused by furious owners of breaking down at an alarming rate just months after Elon Musk’s futuristic vehicle hit the roads. Masu.
The Tesla Owners Club forum shared complaints about the stainless steel Cybertruck dying after just one mile, braking randomly on wide roads and already showing signs of rust.
in thread “Worst Delivery of My Life (Truck Died in 5 Minutes),” a Southern California owner said after spinning his truck out on the day it was delivered last month. started to occur, a flashing red screen, and stopped off the highway. The truck is now dead and waiting for a tow truck.”
“The dealer couldn’t get me to do anything. It was great for 5 minutes. I tried everything, rebooted, but the screen went black and kept beeping,” a user wrote in the thread. added. It was first reported by an automotive news site. Yalopnik.
Owners received their $80,000-starting vehicles one month after the highly-hyped truck went on sale last December, two years later than expected.
“Tesla really rushed these trucks out. What a nightmare,” said one disappointed owner.
Representatives for Tesla did not immediately respond to The Post’s request for comment.
Another user on the thread shared photograph The Cybertruck’s red screen flashed, warning, “Stop safely.” A serious steering problem has been detected. ”
“Many trucks are experiencing high voltage issues, rendering the trucks unusable,” the user added.
Another thread describes the “unbelievable moment” in which a Cybertruck owner said his Autopilot function appeared to malfunction while driving on the highway when another truck approached from the opposite direction. .
“My Cybertruck suddenly braked to a halt even though there was ample distance between us,” wrote the user, who identified himself only as Andrew.
“Fortunately there were no cars following us, so we would have definitely collided.”
“Note: Autopilot is just glorified reactive cruise control,” Andrew concludes. post.
On another message board, the Tesla Motors Club, a Cybertruck owner wrote a review so critical of Tesla’s supposedly technologically advanced car that the user was banned from the Cybertruck owners forum.
“But people need to hear the truth,” says Canada-based owner JPinaJeep. I have written at the Tesla Motors Club, according to Jalopnik.
“No, that’s not great. The Cybertruck isn’t a truck. It’s a toy truck at best, an experimental concept at worst. I rented mine in LA and spent 24 hours in it.”
During a test drive, JPinaJeep asked the suspension, “What the hell happened?” “It doesn’t tolerate steps or potholes very well. It’s really bad.”
Additionally, the steering was “actually nice, but the steering wheel is too small. It’s like, awkwardly small.”
And according to JPinaJeep, the Cybertruck’s headlights had “the worst performance in the dark.”
JPinaJeep said the windshield wipers were “inadequate” and the windshield itself had “severe” glare, leaving visibility “on the edge of danger.”
“It’s cost cutting,” one user wrote of the truck, which was released two years later than planned. “Here we go, 2024. 100,000 trucks. We have to expect more.”
Meanwhile, Tesla’s website touts the Cyberbeast’s cool $99,990 price tag as coming with a futuristic exterior design, but other owner’s club forums are quick to point out “corrosion” and ” There have been complaints that “orange rust marks” have appeared.
The vehicle has a range of 320 miles on a full charge, but owners say it can take anywhere from seven hours to about 14.5 hours to reach that range, depending on the charging socket.
YouTuber Kyle Connor, known on the platform as “Out of Spec Motoring,” said the Cyberbeast was only able to reach 79% of its target range (about 200 miles) during an unofficial live-streamed range test. Ta.
Meanwhile, Musk has already set his sights on making his Cybertruck capable of traversing the landscape, and hinted last month that the electric vehicle could soon function as a boat.
“We’re going to offer a mod package that will allow the Cybertruck to traverse at least 100 meters of water like a boat,” Musk told X earlier this year.
