U.S. security regulators on Thursday recalled just about all Cybertrucks on the street, the eighth recall of the Tesla-made autos since deliveries to clients started simply over a 12 months in the past.
The Nationwide Freeway Visitors Security Administration’s recall, which covers greater than 46,000 Cybertrucks, warned that an exterior panel that runs alongside the left and proper facet of the windshield can detach whereas driving, making a harmful street hazard for different drivers, rising the chance of a crash.
The stainless-steel strip, referred to as a cant rail meeting, between the windshield and the roof on either side, is certain to the truck’s meeting with a structural adhesive, the NHTSA report stated. The treatment makes use of an adhesive that’s not been discovered to be susceptible to “environmental embrittlement,” the NHTSA stated, and contains extra reinforcements.
Tesla will change the panel freed from cost. Proprietor notification letters are anticipated to be mailed Might 19, 2025.
The recall of 46,096 Cybertrucks covers all 2024 and 2025 mannequin years, manufactured from November 13, 2023, to February 27, 2025. The NHTSA order says that Tesla turned conscious of the issue early this 12 months.
Movies posted on social media exhibiting folks ripping the panels off of Cybertrucks with their palms have gone viral in current days.
The Cybertruck, which Tesla started delivering to consumers in late 2023, has been recalled eight occasions up to now 15 months for security issues, together with once in November as a result of a fault in an electrical inverter could cause the drive wheels to lose energy. Final April, the futuristic-looking vans had been recalled to repair acceleration pedals that may get caught within the inside trim. Different recollects had been associated to windshield wipers and the show display.
It’s the newest setback for the Elon Musk-owned electrical automaker, which has come beneath assault since President Donald Trump took workplace and empowered Musk to supervise a brand new Division of Authorities Effectivity that’s slashing government spending.
Whereas no accidents have been reported, Tesla showrooms, automobile tons, charging stations and privately owned automobiles have been focused.
Prosecutors in Colorado charged a woman final month in reference to assaults on Tesla dealerships, together with Molotov cocktails thrown at vehicles and the phrases “Nazi automobiles” spray-painted on a constructing.
And federal brokers in South Carolina final week arrested a person they are saying set fireplace to Tesla charging stations close to Charleston. An agent from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives wrote in an affidavit that authorities discovered writings important of the federal government and DOGE in his bed room and pockets.
Even earlier than the assaults ramped up in current weeks, Tesla has been struggling, going through elevated competitors from rival electrical autos, notably out of China.
Although largely unaffected by Thursday’s recall announcement, Tesla shares have plummeted 42% in 2025, reflecting newfound pessimism as gross sales crater across the globe.
With regard to Thursday’s recall, Cybertruck house owners could contact Tesla customer support at 1-877-798-3752 and the Nationwide Freeway Visitors Security Administration Automobile Security Hotline at 888-327-4236, or go to nhtsa.gov.
