Tesla said on Thursday that it would remember almost all cyber trucks produced to repair a stainless steel trimpaneel that could be detached according to the car manufacturer while driving the vehicle. It is the eighth recall for the distinctive fully electric pick-up, which hit roads in the US just over two years ago.
Unlike many other Tesla-related recall actions, it cannot be solved with a software update over the Air and must be brought to a service center for repairs. The recall affects more than 46,000 cyber trucks made between November 2023 and the end of February 2025.
The recall is related to a cosmetic applique on the outside of the vehicle, which is attached to the rest of the truck by a kind of glue, published by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the US Road Safety Regulator. With affected cyber trucks, the glue can separate from the rest of the truck, creating a possible “danger” for others and the risk of a crash increases.
Complaints about the trim that first bubbled in messages on social media; Tesla reportedly stopped the production of Cybertruck last week. Tesla says in the submission that it started to investigate at the beginning of January. The submission says that Tesla will repair the problem with a different type of glue “not susceptible to environmental regulations”.
Dale Harrow, chairman and director of the Intelligent Mobility Design Center of the Royal College of Art London, labels this latest glue relillation for the cyber truck as “surprising”.
“Lists are used much more than people who now think in car body construction,” he says. “Instead of having a mechanical confirmation, reading or a screw or a bolt, the very effective adhesive panels are together for a lighter construction. It has become very popular. Jaguar, Lexus, Audi, they will use gluing at some point. So I am not surprised. I didn't hear it. I didn't hear it. I didn't hear it. I didn't hear it. I didn't hear it. I didn't hear it. I didn't hear it. I have not heard it. I did not hear it. I did not hear it. I did not hear it. I did not hear it. I did not hear it. I did not hear it. I did not hear it. I did not hear it. I did not hear it. I did not hear it. I did not hear it. not heard. [of problems] Somewhere else. “
There are countless adhesives that the car -industry uses to bind panels and parts together, says Harrow, adding that different adhesives are used, depending on the required strength, certain circumstances and involved materials. However, what is different with the cyber truck than other vehicles is the very unconventional use of stainless steel for its panels.
“Stainless steel is the big difference,” says Harrow. “So maybe there has been a problem?” Harrow points out that this error seems to be happening in cold weather, and that it may be that the stainless steel gets cold, possibly just enough to make a difference in the curing process.
“I could suspect that something on the production line is not entirely binding at the right temperature or gets the right UV coverage? And that may be due to the stainless steel with a different density than standard steel. It is not a small company, and it does not do things cheaply. [fix] this. But it would need quite a bit of research, I think, to find out its real cause. “
