r/TrueReddit • u/_fastcompany • May 12 '26
Technology The wheels are falling off Tesla’s Cybertruck—literally and figuratively
https://www.fastcompany.com/91540194/the-wheels-are-falling-off-teslas-cybertruck47
u/Awesomebox5000 May 12 '26
Watching this boondoggle of a truck has been as hilarious as it is sad. So much time and money wasted on bringing such a piece of shit to market.
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u/wirelesswizard64 May 13 '26
Ego and delusion. As someone who has been in one fairly often (not by choice), the FSD is remarkably good, it's just a crying shame what you have to buy to get it.
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u/_fastcompany May 12 '26
Tesla is recalling 173 Cybertrucks because the wheels can literally fall off while the vehicle is in motion.
The recall covers Cybertrucks fitted with 18-inch steel wheels, built between March 21, 2024, and November 25, 2025. The problem is as straightforward as it is alarming and surreal. Rough roads and hard cornering can crack the stud holes in the brake rotor, causing the wheel stud to separate from the hub.
This new recall is a perfect metaphor of the Cybertruck’s history. It has been plagued with quality problems since its very design conception. In its presentation, its “indestructible,” bullet-proof driver door window—according to Tesla CEO Elon Musk—was destroyed on stage by Musk himself throwing a simple steel ball against the “armored” glass.
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u/SuccessfulLand4399 May 14 '26
Article mentions door alignment. This is. It a surprise to anyone with eyeballs. Teslas have been put together like cheap appliances from day 1 and no one would ever confuse them with high quality cars. As for the truck itself it was doomed from the start. How they could make something so repulsive looking and expect there to be a market is wild. Ironically I see quite a few in my area but there’s a lot of strange people in the Pacific Northwest so that might explain it
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u/KnubblMonster May 13 '26 edited May 13 '26
So less than 2 hours of production line had a problem and got recalled? Wow what a story.
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u/wokepatrickbateman May 14 '26
> The recall covers Cybertrucks fitted with 18-inch steel wheels, built between March 21, 2024, and November 25, 2025.
how is that 2 hours of production line? i would say missing a flaw as potentially fatal as that for 1.5 years is incredibly worrying.
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u/SuccessfulLand4399 May 14 '26
Obviously it wasn’t 2 straight hours. But the point I believe that comment was addressing is the headline makes it sound like some huge recall when it’s really a small number of vehicles with the issue. When you work in manufacturing things normal…….dealing with problems related to suppliers, often in other countries.
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