Tesla is recalling its cheaper Cybertruck because the wheels might fall off

https://www.theverge.com/transportation/926741/tesla-cybertruck-cheaper-recall

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droidjj•1h ago

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SpyCoder77•24m ago

Thank you

LightBug1•46m ago

Forgive me, but LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL

Great headline. What a POS.

tusimi•42m ago

"All 173 of the RWD Cybertrucks sold by Tesla are being recalled"

173...

vablings•29m ago

The RWD model was only for sale briefly after launch. I don't know why you would ever want a pure RWD electric truck

wat10000•21m ago

I probably wouldn't buy a truck, but it's at least a possibility that I'd get one for hauling materials and towing around town. If I did, I'd prefer a RWD model just to save a little money. I find the modern obsession with AWD a bit baffling. AWD doesn't help you stop in bad weather, so it feels like an illusory advantage there. RWD can be "interesting" compared to FWD, but modern traction control on an electric drivetrain should make it a non-issue. (In practice, I can abuse the accelerator on my non-truck RWD Teslas pretty badly without any issues with losing traction.)

alexjplant•18m ago

With the weight of the batteries in back it might be fine. The issue with RWD trucks with traditional drivetrains is the lack of traction owing to all of the weight being over the non-drive wheels. Driving my F-150 in the snow or rain was always dicey because of this.

That being said I wouldn't touch a Tesla with a barge pole for reasons numerous.

neogodless•15m ago

Wait until you find out how many gas and diesel powered trucks are RWD!

At least in the U.S. below a certain ~longitude~ latitude it's quite common.

discors•13m ago

    > neogodless: <snip> At least in the U.S. below a certain longitude is quite common.

Latitude.

neogodless•10m ago

I KNEW I was going to get that wrong.

bobthepanda•7m ago

The mnemonic i use is latitude is flat.

rkomorn•5m ago

I was going to ask if you were making a joke or just too tired to spell mnemonic correctly, but they would've been pneumatic, not pneumonic.

neogodless•3m ago

I usually say to myself "ladder" and that helps. But this time I slipped. Rough morning. Wheels fell off on the way to work.

wil421•10m ago

Autotrader says there are 246,000 used trucks for sale nationwide with AWD/4WD and 38,000 with rear wheel drive. For new it’s 429,000 AWD/4WD vs 51,000 for rear wheel.

Volume wise it’s of course Texas with Wyoming, Montana, and North Dakota having the largest ownership share.

gangstead•17m ago

I didn't even realize there was a RWD model. The website shows 3 options for sale and they are all AWD.

jeffbee•38m ago

Rivian had to recall all of theirs for the same reason. Turns out a 3-ton car is hard to engineer.

edaemon•18m ago

I have a 2022 Rivian and I don't remember any recalls for brake rotors or wheels falling off. There was one about a year after they made the first R1T where they had forgotten to record the torque of a bolt for the upper control arm during assembly, but the recall just involved having the torque checked, they didn't have to replace anything. Is that the recall you're thinking of?

jeffbee•9m ago

They told everyone who owned a rivian at that time to stop driving it immediately until the guy could come out and put the wheels back on. That is a recall.

stephencanon•36m ago

What sort of engineering standards are these Cybertrucks built to?

Oh, very rigorous engineering standards. The wheels aren't supposed to fall off for a start.

janderson215•32m ago

Can’t be made out of cardboard either.

The Front Fell Off: https://youtu.be/3m5qxZm_JqM?si=DprOulmmDK-H76LX

mentalgear•32m ago

> What sort of engineering standards are these Cybertrucks built to?

'Vibe-Engineering'

jeffwask•32m ago

The original vibe engineering

DarkNova6•31m ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PI_Jl5WFQkA

colechristensen•27m ago

It looks like they were designed by a disruptive startup unburdened by the history and experience of designing and building cars.

garyfirestorm•17m ago

‘We threw the rule book out of the window’

tech4all•9m ago

Also worked very well for the Oceangate Titan submersible.

7e•10m ago

A 23 year old startup.

cmxch•17m ago

And they’ll probably just tow the recalled trucks outside the environment.

dnemmers•35m ago

Please tell me they had the wheels studs mounted into a steel hub, and not aluminum…

garyfirestorm•16m ago

Yes and yes

DarkNova6•32m ago

Sorry, but every time I read news about the Cybertruck I have to think of the Simpsons Canyonero song:

Can you name the truck that's been recalled twelve times, Costs less each month 'cause nobody's buying mine?

Cybertruck! Cybertruck!

(Whip crack!)

Her trim falls off when you drive through rain, The steering locks up on the highway lane!

Cybertruck! Cybertruck!

Top of the line in utility trucks! Started at a hundred, now they're slashing bucks!

She's got a price that drops faster than her resale value, And a windshield wiper motor that'll surely fail you!

Cybertruck! Cybertruck!

(Whip crack!)

Twelve recalls in a single year! Drive-by-wire that fills your heart with fear!

The accelerator pedal pops right off the floor, But Elon says it's you who doesn't love her more!

Cybertruck!

She rusts if you look at her wrong in the dew, The tonneau cover works... for a week or two!

She's marked down like a Kmart blue-light special now, A stainless steel disaster and a broken vow!

Cybertruck! Cybertruck!

(Whip crack!)

Whoaaa, Cybertruck!

CYBERTRUCK!

baggachipz•7m ago

This is amazing. I don't know if you stole it or you're a poetic genius, but rest assured that I'm stealing it.

kevin_thibedeau•32m ago

They're replacing both front and rear rotors. Is there a reason the rears are different than the AWD models?

lelanthran•29m ago

jpalawaga•28m ago

That I can't tell whether "the wheels coming off," is literal or figurative when it comes to Tesla is an indictment about their product quality at this point.

What a disaster. I don't really know anyone who is voluntarily buying Teslas when there are so many other viable options in an increasingly crowded marketplace.

bluGill•23m ago

I see a lot of them on the road so somebody must be buying them.

I don't know why, I buy trucks to haul stuff. (and I really wish there was an affordable truck to haul stuff with - everything I can find is 12+ years old and showing age)

Octoth0rpe•13m ago

> I see a lot of them on the road so somebody must be buying them.

Two counterpoints: for all the opinionated criticisms, the cybertruck is at least quite noticeable, and thusly you may think that they are a higher proportion of trucks than they really are.

Also, you're far more likely to see them drive around in certain locales due to the cost, so that may introduce additional biases.

almost_usual•18m ago

Junk

sourcegrift•15m ago

Rocket man bad (after 2022)

xiphias2•12m ago

I don't understand the problem, my new car had like 8 recalls in 2 years for problems that might happen, it's just normal

nullstyle•10m ago

Your car had a recall because the wheels might fall off? Which one?

1970-01-01•5m ago

406,000 Civics were recalled

https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/honda-...

Finnucane•3m ago

Jeez, "wheels not falling off car" has been a solved problem since at least the 1965 Corvair.

allears•3m ago

No problem, that'll buff right out

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Tesla is recalling its cheaper Cybertruck because the wheels might fall off

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