Tesla's long-delayed (and expensive) Cybertrucks are being discontinued by angry owners for not working at an alarming rate, just months after Elon Musk's futuristic car hit the streets.(via nypost)
The legend of theStainless steel cybertrucks suddenly braking to death on a wide road after traveling just 1 mile and often showing rust spots and other complaints was shared on a Tesla owners forum.In a thread titled "Worst Delivery of My Life (Truck Died in 5 Minutes)," aSouthern California owner wrote that after taking his truck for a spin one day last month, the car "went 1 mile on the highway, steering error occurred, red screen came on, went off the highway and now the truck It's not working and I'm waiting for a tow truck.”
"Dealer did nothing for me. It went fine for 5 minutes. Tried everything, start, screen goes blank and keeps clicking," the user added in the thread, which was first reported by automotive news site Jalopnik. The owner of thetook delivery of the car, which starts at $80,000, a month after the popular truck went on sale last December, two years later than planned."Tesla really used these trucks, what a nightmare," said theowner.A representative forTesla did not immediately respond to The Post's request for comment.
Another user in this thread shared a photo of his Cybertruck with a red screen warning: "Pull right. Serious steering issue detected."Operator added: "Many trucks have high speed problems... making them unusable."In a separate thread, there was a 'WTF moment' in which the owner said his Cybertruck self-driving car malfunctioned when another truck crossed into another lane while the two were driving down the road.user Andrew wrote: "My Cybertruck hit the brakes when we both had plenty of space between us.""Luckily there was no car behind him because it would have been a big accident."
“Note: The auto-pilot is simply a glorified reactive cruise control,” Andrew concluded his post.
On another discussion board, Tesla Motors Club, a Cybertruck owner wrote a review so critical of Tesla’s supposedly highest-tech vehicle that the user was barred from the Cybertruck Owners’ Forum.
“But people need to hear the truth,” the Canada-based owner, JPinaJeep, wrote on Tesla Motors Club, per Jalopnik.
“No, it’s not glorious. 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 with it.”
During the test drive, JPinaJeep asked “what the heck happened” to the suspension. “It doesn’t take bumps or potholes well. It is atrociously bad.”
In addition, the steering was “actually nice, but the steering wheel is WAY too small. Like, awkwardly small.”
And according to JPinaJeep, Cybertrucks’ headlights had “piss poor performance in the dark.”
JPinaJeep said the windshield wipers were “not good enough,” the windshield itself had “bad” glare, leading to visibility that’s “borderline dangerous.”
“Cost cutting,” the user wrote of the truck, which was released two years behind schedule. “C’mon now, it’s 2024, it’s a 100k truck, you gotta expect more.”
Tesla’s website, meanwhile, touts that the Cyberbeast’s cool $99,990 price tag comes with a futuristic exterior design — which other Owners Club forums have complained quickly developed “corrosion” and “orange rust marks.”
The vehicle boasts a range of 320 miles on a full charge, but owners said it could take anywhere from seven to roughly 14.5 hours to achieve that depending on the charging socket.
YouTuber Kyle Conner, known on the platform as Out of Spec Motoring, was only able to reach 79% of the Cyberbeast’s target range, about 200 miles, during a livestreamed unofficial range test.
Meanwhile, Musk has already set his sights on making his beloved Cybertruck able to traverse landscapes, teasing last month that the electric vehicle may soon be able to function as a boat.
“We are going to offer a mod package that enables Cybertruck to traverse at least 100m of water as a boat,” Musk shared to X earlier this year.
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