# Cybertrucks falling apart **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 25, 2025, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cybertrucks-falling-apart/1014780 "2025-02-25T12:45:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2025, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cybertrucks-falling-apart/1014780/161 "2025-03-20T19:00:35Z")
True. But that’s also true of substantially every recall of any other brand of vehicle from the Ford Model T to the latest 2025 products of everyone else. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2025, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cybertrucks-falling-apart/1014780/162 "2025-03-20T19:14:02Z")
I’ve never owned a new vehicle that didn’t have multiple recalls. I’ve also never owned a vehicle that was recalled because glued-on parts were falling off of it. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2025, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cybertrucks-falling-apart/1014780/163 "2025-03-20T19:15:37Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > True. But that’s also true of substantially every recall of any other brand of vehicle from the Ford Model T to the latest 2025 products of everyone else. Right, it was just a joke about how Tesla recalls are occasionally implied to be less meaningful because they’re usually fixed OTA. The good news is that Tesla is known for quick repair turnaround, and getting those 40,000 or so vehicles corrected should be really quick. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2025, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cybertrucks-falling-apart/1014780/164 "2025-03-20T19:18:37Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > The good news is that Tesla is known for quick repair turnaround, and getting those 40,000 or so vehicles corrected should be really quick. Really quick! [![](https://purpledaisiesquilting.com/cdn/shop/files/Elmers-Washable-School-Glue-Stick-1_600x.jpg) ](https://purpledaisiesquilting.com/cdn/shop/files/Elmers-Washable-School-Glue-Stick-1_600x.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2025, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cybertrucks-falling-apart/1014780/165 "2025-03-20T19:26:07Z")
More like some half-chewed Juicy Fruit. ---
**Author:** ![icon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c6cbf5/32.png) [@icon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/icon)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2025, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cybertrucks-falling-apart/1014780/166 "2025-03-21T01:29:12Z")
Actually to be clear, it is not Tesla that is making the recall, it is the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). It seem like they have not been defunded yet, so they are still active. Maybe soon they will get a visit from Musk to stop this nonsense of saying his vehicles aren’t safe. > **[In latest blow to Tesla, regulators recall nearly all Cybertrucks](https://apnews.com/article/cybertruck-recall-tesla-elon-musk-nhtsa-8c517e21aa1119d74b9db39f6aca01b7)** > > US regulators are recalling nearly all Cybertrucks, the eighth recall of the Tesla vehicles since deliveries to customers began just over a year ago. `//i\\` ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2025, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cybertrucks-falling-apart/1014780/167 "2025-03-21T01:58:38Z")
I wonder what this will cost Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) … y’know … in terms of earnings per share. I doubt it will _help_ the stock price. Shame. ---
**Author:** ![echoreply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/echoreply/32/3641_2.png) [@echoreply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/echoreply)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2025, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cybertrucks-falling-apart/1014780/168 "2025-03-21T05:51:56Z")
> [@DavidNRockies](#): > > doubt it will _help_ the stock price. Didn’t you hear, recalls don’t matter to the stock price. The future is robots. Two robots in every pot! ([and I only wish I was joking](https://electrek.co/2025/03/20/tesla-holds-all-hands-meeting-in-public-amid-tough-quarter/)) ---
**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2025, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cybertrucks-falling-apart/1014780/169 "2025-03-21T08:14:23Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > I’ve also never owned a vehicle that was recalled because glued-on parts were falling off of it. [Revell](https://carrera-revell-toys.com/revell?srsltid=AfmBOorz3LQH1R2Mnu9V3DG_PdnSITGxvpy49dWyOXprZ8ISZEk36-OQ) never returns my calls… ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2025, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cybertrucks-falling-apart/1014780/170 "2025-03-21T11:25:20Z")
Hey, full credit to Tesla, my fighter planes always ended up a mass of parts and glue, only vaguely looking plane-like. Those bits falling off did look like they belonged. ---
**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2025, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cybertrucks-falling-apart/1014780/171 "2025-03-21T11:37:54Z")
#BattleDamaged ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2025, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cybertrucks-falling-apart/1014780/172 "2025-03-21T12:26:39Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > my fighter planes always ended up a mass of parts and glue, > **[Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for April 24, 1988 | GoComics.com](https://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/1988/04/24)** > > Calvin as a pilot: A voice cackles in Calvin's radio. "Enemy fighters at two o'clock!" Roger, what should I do until then? Calvin's F-4 Phanton screams across the sky! But what's this? The canopy glass is all smeared! He can hardly see through... ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2025, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cybertrucks-falling-apart/1014780/173 "2025-03-21T13:20:16Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > Is that legit? You can’t just pull on it like a regular lever? per the video (and from memory), you remove the pad from bottom of the door storage pocket, pry off the semi-obvious cover (that is where fingernails come in handy), which then exposes a handle you pull to open the door. Easy-peasy while the car fills with smoke/water/flames. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2025, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cybertrucks-falling-apart/1014780/174 "2025-03-21T13:37:55Z")
> [@Folacin](#): > > you remove the pad from bottom of the door storage pocket, pry off the semi-obvious cover (that is where fingernails come in handy), which then exposes a handle you pull to open the door. Easy-peasy while the car fills with smoke/water/flames. Of course, if it’s a Cybertruck you can probably just give the door a firm kick and it will fall off, along with several of the adjacent body panels. ---
**Author:** ![FluffyBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecb155/32.png) [@FluffyBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FluffyBob)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2025, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cybertrucks-falling-apart/1014780/175 "2025-03-21T15:25:15Z")
Oh ppft. Any real cyberwanker should have a Boring Co. Flamethrower to open the door withbin that situation. ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2025, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cybertrucks-falling-apart/1014780/176 "2025-03-21T15:57:11Z")
I’ve seen a whole lot of the things with a wrap on them. Wonder how much that costs and if they’ll be trash after the recall. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2025, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cybertrucks-falling-apart/1014780/177 "2025-03-21T16:07:52Z")
hahaha that’s perfect. ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2025, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cybertrucks-falling-apart/1014780/178 "2025-03-21T19:36:01Z")
> [@asterion](#): > > I’ve seen a whole lot of the things with a wrap on them. A wrap is probably holding the whole thing together. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2025, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cybertrucks-falling-apart/1014780/179 "2025-03-21T19:54:02Z")
I suspect adding a wrap to the unwrapped trucks might be Tesla’s solution to the problem. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2025, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cybertrucks-falling-apart/1014780/180 "2025-03-23T17:58:23Z")
> [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](#): > > [Revell](https://carrera-revell-toys.com/revell?srsltid=AfmBOorz3LQH1R2Mnu9V3DG_PdnSITGxvpy49dWyOXprZ8ISZEk36-OQ) never returns my calls… This scale modeller would purchase this apparent top-seller… [https://carrera-revell-toys.com/revell/product/145199090-55-chevy-bel-air-street-machine-2n1](https://carrera-revell-toys.com/revell/product/145199090-55-chevy-bel-air-street-machine-2n1) …only if this Canuck could place that dastardly side-decal upside down, which would, indeed, be a silly waste of money that I’d obviously not follow through on, but damn, I can only imagine the reactions if I did post such a result on the many Facebook modelling groups I frequent, where it becomes evident that the majority of builders are white, Southern, and old. For a digressionary example, I built the following, The Ricksha, and then posted it in Facebook. [[Album] imgur.com ![](https://i.imgur.com/QOY0U3j.png?fb "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/a/9m5TZ5H) With the build came an explanation that I refrained from making that fucking ridiculous (didn’t use those exact words) shit on the front of the radiator; I just left it in its original chrome, and got a couple responses from grizzled old coots going on about “FREEDOM!”. Even the “hat” I came close to nixing, but figured it was ok if not being seen in conjunction with the original stupid rad. [[Album] imgur.com ![](https://i.imgur.com/PSVJLaa.jpeg?fb "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/a/Mez4zI7) Anyway enough of this being a modelling thread. Back to: seen at least two Cybertrucks in the wild, with last Friday’s being _black_. Hopefully next time I’ll be within audible yelling distance (_Hey how are those panels holding out?_) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cybertrucks-falling-apart/1014780.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cybertrucks-falling-apart/1014780.md?page=10)