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Tesla Recalls 46,000 Cybertrucks over Cant Rail Issue
On Thursday, Tesla announced a recall of all Cybertrucks in the United States produced between November 13, 2023, and February 27, 2025, citing faulty exterior trim panels affixed to the vehicle on either side of the windshield.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has warned that the stainless steel pieces, called cant rails, could detach during normal use of the vehicle, causing a hazard. The recall applies to more than 46,000 Cybertrucks and is the eighth recall for the EV since customer deliveries began a little over 14 months ago.
Incidents involving the faulty trim began being reported on Tesla forums, and earlier this month Tesla issued a containment hold on the vehicle, essentially freezing delivery to customers of any further Cybertrucks in order to investigate the issue. On March 18, the company filed a Safety Recall Report with the NHTSA and described the issue:
“The Cybertruck is equipped with a cosmetic applique along the exterior of the vehicle, known as a cant rail, which is an assembly comprised of an electrocoated steel stamping joined to a stainless steel panel with structural adhesive. The cant rail assembly is affixed to the vehicle with fasteners. On affected vehicles, the cant rail stainless steel panel may delaminate at the adhesive joint, which may cause the panel to separate from the vehicle.” The report further states that a “delaminated cant rail panel may create a detectable noise inside the cabin. Separately, the customer may observe the cant rail panel coming loose or separating from the vehicle.”
In the report, Tesla states it first became aware of the potential for this issue on January 7, 2025, and began investigating. Tesla has identified 151 Cybertruck warranty claims related to this issue—1% of all Cybertrucks produced to date—and has pinpointed the cant rail’s adhesive as the culprit, stating it will reapply the trim pieces using a different adhesive that is “not prone to environmental embrittlement.” As of today, all Cybertrucks in production will also benefit from the updated adhesive.
Tesla claims it “is not aware of any collisions, fatalities, or injuries that are or may be related to the condition.”
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More recalls for the CyberYuck. Not shocking. I still don’t understand the appeal for this thing.
Buy a can opener or look for the pull tab?
It’s ‘Karma’
What’s the saying? If I had your money I’d burn mine?
hmmm…what?
I thing they look like cardboard milk cartons.
Except that milk cartons don’t fall apart that I’ve heard of…
Can someone please explain to me why anyone would buy this monstrosity?
Not I.
I saw Youtube videos of people peeling these things off of Cybertrucks. The NHTSA should get a Youtube account
May I suggest plastic zip ties? Super strong and the black ones are UV resistant.
Like at Space-X. they suffer an ” rapid unplanned disassembly”. But here it is a a confidence builder to know the rolling stainless origami is structurally glued together.
The cant rail is a trim piece, not a structural member. That being said, there are many modern cars, particularly those with aluminum bodies, that use adhesives to join structural members, often in conjunction with rivets, There is nothing wrong with this construction method if the joint is properly designed and the correct adhesive is used. As for the Cybertruck’s appearance, the sad fact is that almost all modern cars are pretty ugly. The Cybertruck does take ugliness to a new level, however. Still, I see a fair number of them on the road, so somebody must like them. To each his own.
I recommend 100mph tape it could only improve the looks of that rolling hunk of brutal ugliness.
Hauling garbage, hauled away AS garbage, or just converted to a stainless steel dumpster because it closely resembles one now?
Cyber Dumpster.
Stand it upright and turn the AC up full blast… refrigerator
So ugly. Def a case of the emperor’s clothes going on here. Kim Kardashian was driving one so there you go. And the recall history…..
Go away please
RickN asked the question – but who will answer it? Plenty of negatives and not one word of support for them here. Is it that no one in the Hagerty Community likes them, or that no one wants to stand out as being someone who admits it?
I like parts of it, I will admit that.
Which parts? The ones falling off or the ones holding on? 😂😂😂
A little from column A, a little from column B…
I have no beef with someone who wants to drive a Cybertruck. If nothing more, they are distinctive. Personally, I think they lack the styling and quality to go with the price tag, and I think they look like awkward behemoths. My Allante gets flamed mercilessly for not being the car that matched its price tag, and the Cybertruck has all the styling of the Aztec. It is a hard vehicle to defend.
Carma
Stupid is – stupid does.
The only HONEST reason I can think of why someone would buy one of these is, an ego trip (albeit exponential magnitudes smaller than the maker’s CEO’s own.)
“Hey look at me, I have $100k to set on fire for something so unrepentantly ugly that you’ll HAVE to notice me.”
They are barely usable as a truck, and I haven’t seen a single one so far being used as one. BTW, what happens when you back it into the water at the marina unloading your boat?
Look on the bright side – ever hear of one being stolen?
Appropriately named since it CANT stay on.
Every decade has their Edsel
It’s ‘Karma’
What’s the saying? If I had your money I’d burn mine?
hmmm…what?
I thing they look like cardboard milk cartons.