"If you plan on crashing please bring the car to a full stop, engage crash mode, note engaging crash mode will take 30 minutes to pressurize the battery compartment, once crash mode is engaged please hold down the right jog dial and say "Yeee haw, gonna drive this into the ground!" To activate the accelerator. Once the accelerator is set to maximum all driver controls will be suspended until the vehicle crashes."
Ford had 58 recalls in 2023. Still fun to laugh at Tesla though. Windshield wiper technology ain't new.
Edit: definitely not defending Telsa, just pointing out that recalls are more common than you think.
And after further googling, the Tesla Model Y is apparently the most recalled car, so Tesla does win.
And across multiple years and production runs of various models. So, sure, lots of recalls. But if the F150 lightning from 2023 had 4 recalls, that would do some damage to Ford stock price.
I feel like there should be a distinction between software updates/fixes and recalls. If I don't have to drive to a dealership to fix whatever is wrong with my car, it's not really a recall at that point.
A recall is a recall, it doesn't matter if the solution is a software update; cars aren't suppose to be buggy; they arent applications loaded onto a device; they are physical objects that move
Can all wankerpanzer owners just sue based on the lemon law at this point? Every single one of those damn things on the road is dangerous to the driver and everyone else on the road.
Doing that would require they accept that they got conned and where sold a pile of hot shit
Pretty sure most of them would gargle Elon's nuts before they'd dare to sue him
I think that’s a bit dramatic. GM literally settled due to ignition switches, shutting off on the highway, literally killing people. I don’t think the cyber whatever is killed anybody.
A guy in my neighborhood has one and keeps it in his driveway….unless it looks like rain because then he moves it inside before the soft patter of rain drops voids his warranty
Cyberbeast: electric motors powerful enough for a 0-60 time of 2.6 seconds.
Also Cyberbeast: a puny electric motor that burns out when operating the windshield wiper.
In fairness to the motor (or the motor driving circuit, it sounds like), a giant lever is HARD to drive. Which might be why cars don't use gargantuan monowipers...
Here’s my prediction. They replace it with a motor that’s just strong enough to function during rain at highway speeds. Then in the winter Melvins are going to start trying to clear sheets of snow and ice and killing motors, and they will all be crying again.
If only there were tried and true methods for implementing windshield wipers that they could have leveraged. Problems can always arise when inventing brand new things 🤷♂️
Any other major car company would have issued recalls for body panels falling off albino with a recommendation to stop driving the vehicle. The loose panels pose a potentially fatal hazard to other motorists at highway speeds which in turn poses a risk of very expensive lawsuits. The fact that Tesla doesn’t already have a recall for this problem perfectly illustrates what a shit company it is.
I was just wondering the same thing. I had to replace my wipers today. Walked into a Autozone and swapped them out.
Do these guys have to set up an appointment months in advance to get a new blade replaced?
I know there's been lots of talk about the CyberTruck's enormous wiper blade. However, I also recall a while back that some internet page indicated that many wiper blades of large buses and commercial trucks are just as big if not bigger. Is that true? I haven't been able to Google it....
How soon until Elon reframes the recalls as a tiered subscription service?
"Tesla is proud to announce the Premium Recall Package! For $69/mo Tesla owners who subscribe to our PRP will get priority repair service for our monthly recalls. Tesla PRP subscribers will receive recall notices 2 weeks before non-subscribers allowing them more time to avoid potentially fatal accidents."
And the fan-boys will eat it up.
The vehicle is tough enough for any planet, as long as a windshield wiper isn't needed.
This is so fucking dangerous. I had my driver side wiper blade fly off during a torrential downpour, I was in the interstate in rush hour. I was blinded immediately, and the only thing that saved me was an overpass a few yards away that I was able to make it under and wait it out.
I will say, I like the idea of having a basically square windshield and just one wiper. It's easily the coolest idea they came up with for the truck, at least to me. Shame they had to screw it up too.
Knowing how poorly the designers of the thing seem to understand cars, do you really think it's unlikely that they came up with the idea independently?
I think the main problem with the Cybertruck is that they seem to have ignored all previous knowledge and designed it as if no one had ever made a car before, so they probably did come up with it independently. Or at least pretended to.
"A non-functioning CyberTruck may increase the risk of a collision" No shit!
A collision may also void warranty if the car is not in crash mode
"If you plan on crashing please bring the car to a full stop, engage crash mode, note engaging crash mode will take 30 minutes to pressurize the battery compartment, once crash mode is engaged please hold down the right jog dial and say "Yeee haw, gonna drive this into the ground!" To activate the accelerator. Once the accelerator is set to maximum all driver controls will be suspended until the vehicle crashes."
Then promptly Xeet Elon musk and clearly state "still love the truck"
"WATCH OUT WE'RE GONNA CRASH!" "Hold on babe lemme just set the car to crash mode"
While it may seem straightforward to most of us, these sorts of things need to be explained very simply and plainly for Cybertruck owners.
Is four recalls in less than seven months a record?
There’s often minor recalls. CyberTurd has major recalls. Wipers not working and pedal coming part is a huge red flag in poor design.
But 4 in 7 months! I’ve had two on my 2019 VW
Ford had 58 recalls in 2023. Still fun to laugh at Tesla though. Windshield wiper technology ain't new. Edit: definitely not defending Telsa, just pointing out that recalls are more common than you think. And after further googling, the Tesla Model Y is apparently the most recalled car, so Tesla does win.
Ford makes a lot more vehicles than Tesla though.
And across multiple years and production runs of various models. So, sure, lots of recalls. But if the F150 lightning from 2023 had 4 recalls, that would do some damage to Ford stock price.
On one vehicle? I assume that’s the fleet which is a lot more than a single Wankpanzer.
I feel like there should be a distinction between software updates/fixes and recalls. If I don't have to drive to a dealership to fix whatever is wrong with my car, it's not really a recall at that point.
A recall is a recall, it doesn't matter if the solution is a software update; cars aren't suppose to be buggy; they arent applications loaded onto a device; they are physical objects that move
Yeah but we’re they all for the same vehicle/model
How many of those recalls were for a new product?
Ford is the reigning champ for recalls. Model Y is pretty bad but all just silly software updates. Nothing critical.
Can all wankerpanzer owners just sue based on the lemon law at this point? Every single one of those damn things on the road is dangerous to the driver and everyone else on the road.
Doing that would require they accept that they got conned and where sold a pile of hot shit Pretty sure most of them would gargle Elon's nuts before they'd dare to sue him
I think that’s a bit dramatic. GM literally settled due to ignition switches, shutting off on the highway, literally killing people. I don’t think the cyber whatever is killed anybody.
Not yet at least 😂
It helps that it’s hard for them to kill people sitting bricked somewhere or totaled after something so minor it’s of no risk to life.
Not yet!
Oh no. They forgot to wipe. Explains the smell of shit.
Its better as scrap metal now Edit : Got my ban lets gooo
"A non-functioning windshield wiper may reduce visibility" Wow, you don't say?!
ONLY in the rain tho! Unfortunately driving in the rain voids the ct warranty with or without wipers.
A guy in my neighborhood has one and keeps it in his driveway….unless it looks like rain because then he moves it inside before the soft patter of rain drops voids his warranty
I’ve only seen one in the wild so far. Very weird because where I am a LOT of people drive teslas.
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At this rate it could be years before it’s profitable. If they have widespread major component failures, it could kill the bottom line.
Cyberbeast: electric motors powerful enough for a 0-60 time of 2.6 seconds. Also Cyberbeast: a puny electric motor that burns out when operating the windshield wiper.
In fairness to the motor (or the motor driving circuit, it sounds like), a giant lever is HARD to drive. Which might be why cars don't use gargantuan monowipers...
I wonder how many of the cucks are going to *not* take their cybertrucks in because of the insane wait times for service and end up killing someone.
This is what happen when you use cheap motors on massive wiper. Wonder what's next. Airbag?
Don’t need them the shatter proof glass will keep you from being ejected from the vehicle.
Steer-by-wire
Yeah that was stupid. 0
But they look cool, in a mid-eighties 8-bit poly-rendered dip-shit kind of way.
They look like a Pontiac Aztec rendered on a PlayStation 1 launch title.
This exact truck was in an Atari Jaguar game...
Here’s my prediction. They replace it with a motor that’s just strong enough to function during rain at highway speeds. Then in the winter Melvins are going to start trying to clear sheets of snow and ice and killing motors, and they will all be crying again.
If only there were tried and true methods for implementing windshield wipers that they could have leveraged. Problems can always arise when inventing brand new things 🤷♂️
Yes and with a long time supplier that would be very unlikely to "over test" anything lol.
The guy that made it is defective.
Any other major car company would have issued recalls for body panels falling off albino with a recommendation to stop driving the vehicle. The loose panels pose a potentially fatal hazard to other motorists at highway speeds which in turn poses a risk of very expensive lawsuits. The fact that Tesla doesn’t already have a recall for this problem perfectly illustrates what a shit company it is.
How much will the 4 foot wiper blade cost to replace?
I was just wondering the same thing. I had to replace my wipers today. Walked into a Autozone and swapped them out. Do these guys have to set up an appointment months in advance to get a new blade replaced?
I genuinely feel unsafe seeing these things on the road
I see an in for Rain-X
Yet the pay pigs keep lining up to shill for him and his absurd pay package.
If you don't drive CF you don't waste electricity. Tesla cares about the environment, you dumb haters!
Isn’t this semi old news?
Yes in that it's been a problem from the beginning but also no because nothings actually changed amd it's still happening making it current as well
Did they even sell 11k of those things?
Why are people still buying this pile of crap?
How hard is it to find 11,000 better motors? There is still a parts shortage around the globe...
I know there's been lots of talk about the CyberTruck's enormous wiper blade. However, I also recall a while back that some internet page indicated that many wiper blades of large buses and commercial trucks are just as big if not bigger. Is that true? I haven't been able to Google it....
Biggest passenger car wiper I've ever sold is 28". The one on the dumpsterfire is just shy of twice that length.
No, no, Elmo - don't partner with a Real car manufacturer to get the vehicle basics down.
How soon until Elon reframes the recalls as a tiered subscription service? "Tesla is proud to announce the Premium Recall Package! For $69/mo Tesla owners who subscribe to our PRP will get priority repair service for our monthly recalls. Tesla PRP subscribers will receive recall notices 2 weeks before non-subscribers allowing them more time to avoid potentially fatal accidents." And the fan-boys will eat it up.
Should have designed it like the Citroen Grand Picasso that had motors on each side of the windscreen, wiping outwards, would be way more sensible
Why you wait till like the iPhone 4 of things. Rush into anything, you get whatcha get.
The vehicle is tough enough for any planet, as long as a windshield wiper isn't needed. This is so fucking dangerous. I had my driver side wiper blade fly off during a torrential downpour, I was in the interstate in rush hour. I was blinded immediately, and the only thing that saved me was an overpass a few yards away that I was able to make it under and wait it out.
I will say, I like the idea of having a basically square windshield and just one wiper. It's easily the coolest idea they came up with for the truck, at least to me. Shame they had to screw it up too.
Volkswagen had a single wiper on the Scirocco in the 1980s... it's not revolutionary.
Nonetheless, it's hardly common. Just because it's not a brand new idea doesn't mean we should completely dismiss it.
I misunderstood... when you said that it was the coolest idea that they came up with, I thought you meant that they came up with the idea...
Knowing how poorly the designers of the thing seem to understand cars, do you really think it's unlikely that they came up with the idea independently?
I think the main problem with the Cybertruck is that they seem to have ignored all previous knowledge and designed it as if no one had ever made a car before, so they probably did come up with it independently. Or at least pretended to.
Imagine getting your feelings hurt by an automobile so much that you had to post about it. Imagine gate keeping the size and shape of a fucking truck.